{"id":200216,"date":"2019-02-01T02:45:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200216"},"modified":"2019-02-01T02:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:45:17","slug":"familymart-enderun-joins-pba-d-league-former-pros-included-in-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/01\/familymart-enderun-joins-pba-d-league-former-pros-included-in-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"FamilyMart-Enderun joins PBA D-League, former pros included in lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Japanese convenience store brand FamilyMart and top-notch hospitality management and business administration school Enderun Colleges, team up to form the FamilyMart-Enderun basketball team and announced their official entry to the tournament for its 2019 Aspirants Cup.” (File\u00a0Photo<\/a>: Enderun Colleges<\/a>\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Enderun Colleges has announced their partnership with FamilyMart in creating a team to bid for in the 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Developmental League (D-League), being the very first competition that the school has been joining other than the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (NAASCU).<\/span><\/p>\n

In the words of Enderun Head Coach Pipo Noundou about the announcement, \u201cYears ago, our school president asked me if we can join the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) or the UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) and I told him no because we don\u2019t meet the requirements. What we can do is if we can get better, we can join the D-League.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

He added, \u201cSo every year, it was a goal for me to push the guys there. Now, we\u2019re here,\u201d being one of the 20 teams joining the competition this year. When talking about what they\u2019re aiming for, Coach Pipo reported, \u201cWe joined to raise our level of competition. In the NAASCU, we lost to St. Clare in the Finals because we lacked D-League experience. What we want now is to get better through the D-League so that when we meet [St. Clare] again, we can be more competitive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides collegiate players, Enderun is including former PBA pros in their lineup, like Fonzo Gotladera, who was released by NLEX last year, and Marvin Hayes, who used to play for the college\u2019s sister team Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters and currently plays for the Manila Stars in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). San Beda University skipper Joe Presbitero and former Titan star player Jan Vidal will be there as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTheir goal is to help make the team more competitive. More importantly, as veterans, this is their chance to mentor the younger players,\u201d Titans team manager Paolo Bugia shared when talking about their veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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