Air21 Express (2012–2014)
basketball team
The Air21 Express was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) that debuted in the 2011–12 season. The team debuted as the Shopinas.com Clickers during the 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup. In 2014, the franchise was sold to Manila North Tollways Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, and was subsequently renamed the NLEX Road Warriors.
History
Energy Food and Drink Inc., owner of the original Barako Bull Energy Boosters franchise, informed the PBA board in March 2011 of its intention to cease operations, citing a planned shift in business strategy amid ongoing legal disputes and the death of board governor Tony Chua during Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana).
Barako Bull had been on leave since the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup and was planning to sell the franchise to Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., the sponsor of the league's games outside Metro Manila. On the PBA board meeting, the board disallowed the sale of the franchise to Phoenix, failing to get at least two-thirds of the ten board members, although they allowed Barako Bull to stay on leave until the 2011 PBA Governors Cup.
In June 2011, Barako Bull informed the PBA it intended to sell its franchise to the Lina Group of Companies (LGC), owner of the Air21 Express franchise, reportedly for 50 million pesos. In July 2011, the board approved Barako Bull's sale to Airfreight 2100, while deferring the new franchise's concession that might be given to the team to improve its roster. Air21's Manny Alvarez mentioned that the second Lina Group franchise will be named "Shopinas.com", named after its new company that focuses into e-commerce, and that the new team's representative would be Shiela Lina, who is then forming the team's coaching staff.
Shopinas.com Clickers
Former De La Salle Green Archers coach Franz Pumaren was named as head coach.
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