EASL basketball stars, magpapasiklab sa Cebu
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00:00 The final four phase of the East Asia Super League has just begun on the first week of March.
00:07 The host will be the Hoops Dome of Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu.
00:11 What can the Cebuano basketball fans expect here?
00:15 Let's find out in the coverage of Rafael Bandayret.
00:17 The Dio in the Queen City of the South is one of the biggest basketball stars in Asia this March.
00:27 It's because Cebu Province will host the final four phase of the East Asia Super League.
00:33 The former NBA star, Jeremy Lin, will play here.
00:37 Lin Sanity will try to lead his team, the New Taipei Kings, against the Chiba Jets.
00:44 On the other bracket, Renz Abando's team, the Anyangjung Wanjang Red Boosters and Seoul SK Knights, will play.
00:53 PBA legend Ramon "El Presidente" Fernandez is excited to give his countrymen a chance to witness this event.
01:03 I'm very happy and glad that they decided to hold it here in Cebu, the semifinals and the finals.
01:12 A lot of friends are already very excited.
01:16 I hope I can bring them in because there's quite a number of them already expressing their desire to watch the game.
01:27 EASL co-founder and CEO, Henry Cerens, sees Cebu's potential as a world-class destination.
01:37 That's why they chose Cebu as their host city in the first final four of the EASL.
01:44 We are extremely excited to be in Cebu.
01:47 I've traveled all over Asia and all of our colleagues have too, and we've all discussed this.
01:54 But Cebu really is one of the youngest, most energetic and most exciting places to be right now.
02:02 From a non-basketball perspective, we see a lot of great things happening there.
02:08 We see a lot of opportunity there.
02:11 So when we chose Cebu, it was not just about the love for basketball and the great city and the great beaches and the great opportunity for our fans.
02:19 It was really about establishing a long-term partnership with the city.
02:24 Mark Fisher, a former NBA Asia official, promised that this was just the beginning of EASL plans to make basketball more popular in Asia.
02:37 This is really, I think, first of all, the beginning of the beginning.
02:41 This final four as the inaugural final four for EASL really marks the start of the fulfillment of our vision, which is to elevate professional basketball in Asia.
02:58 And this goes as much for the Philippines as it does for China and Japan, Korea, all the nations in Asia that love basketball are going to benefit from the platform that EASL is creating.
03:18 The semifinals of the tournament will be held on March 8, while the most anticipated championship game will be held on March 10.
03:26 Rafael Bandayrel for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.