Each team in the Philippine Basketball Association is owned by a corporation. This makes for some colorful team names:
The Powerade Tigers
The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
The Shopinas.com Clickers
The Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters
The Alaska Aces
The Barangay Ginebra Kings
The Barako Bull Energy
The B-Meg Llamados
The Meralco Bolts
The Petron Blaze Boosters
Defunct teams include the Toyota Super Corollas, the Sta. Lucia Realtors, the Shell Turbo Chargers, the Pop Cola Panthers, and the Great Taste Coffee Makers. Between 1980 and 1986, the national team was called Northern Consolidated Cement.
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