Laguna Krah Asia
League	MPBL (2018–present)
Founded	2018 (2018)
History	Laguna Heroes (2018–2019, 2021–2022) Biñan City Krah Heroes (2019) Biñan City Luxxe White (2019–2021) Laguna Krah Asia (2023–present)
Arena	Santa Rosa Sports Complex Laguna Sports Complex
Location	Laguna
Team colors
Main sponsor	Krah Asia Manila Inc.
Head coach	Nath Gregorio

The Laguna Krah Asia is a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of Laguna. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of six active teams based in the Calabarzon region, splitting their home games between Santa Rosa Sports Complex in Santa Rosa and Laguna Sports Complex in Santa Cruz.

The team began play during the 2018–19 season as the Laguna Heroes.^[1][2] The original name references the national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba.

As of 2023, the Laguna Krah Asia is tied with the Parañaque Patriots for the longest active playoff drought in the MPBL, with both teams having missed the playoffs since 2019.

History

The Laguna Heroes joined the MPBL as one of sixteen expansion teams for the 2018–19 season. The team finished with a 10-15 record, finishing ninth in the South Division.

For the 2019–20 season, the team was renamed as the BIñan City Krah Heroes and later as Biñan City Luxxe White. The team finished in tenth with a 12-18 record, matching their winning percentage from last season.

Entering the 2021 Invitational, the team was renamed as Laguna Heroes Krah Asia, bringing back the team's old name. In the Invitational, the team lost in all of their group stage games. In the 2022 season, the team only won three of their 21 games, giving them the second-worst record in the division and third-worst in the league.

In 2023, the team was renamed to Laguna Krah Asia.

Season-by-season records

This is a list of seasons completed by Laguna. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Laguna Krah Asia seasons.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning percentage

Current roster

Laguna Krah Asia roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB From F 1 Ibanez, Nino 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum F 3 Matias, Raymond 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) RTU G 5 Pontejos, Paolo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 1991–03–16 José Rizal G 6 Añonuevo, Allen Matthues F 9 Celis, Jason 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) José Rizal F 10 Serios, Virgilio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Philippines F 12 Rivera, Jonathan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 1983–12–06 Philippine Christian F 13 Mescallado, Dexter 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philippine Christian G 14 Anonuevo, Patrick Gabriel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 1996–12–12 José Rizal C 15 Dedicatoria, Floyd 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal C 18 Cudal, Steven Zyron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UE F 19 Estrella, Darius Duane 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) José Rizal G 21 Santiago, David OLFU F 23 Camacho, Francis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 26 Acibar, Kenneth 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UE F/C 27 Villanueva, Ivan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson F 28 Pallares, Mico Bren 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum F 44 Garcia, Jerome Emilio Aguinaldo F 62 Quiminales, Paolo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) José Rizal G 73 Peña, Erwin Van 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) De La Salle Araneta	Head coach Nath Gregorio Assistant coach(es) Leo Sherwin Mampusti Merlin Custodio Allan De Leon Jomar Tierra John Dale Valeña Team manager Teddy Villadolid Legend (EP) Ex-PBA (HG) Homegrown (FF) Filipino-foreigner (SGL) Special Guest Licensee Injured Roster – via Genius Sports

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