A brand-new league that is purely developmental comes to the fore when the Perlas ng Silangan Basketball League gets going on July 24 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
The LGU-based league will focus on the youth not only in basketball but in developing the skills of all participants in categories like Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21.
“This is a new developmental league that will cover at least seven regions. And ang kaibahan is that kami ang lalapit sa mga kabataan. We will create a platform and reach out to everyone,” said league founder Christian Ensomo in yesterday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Ensomo said those set to field teams in different brackets are Bulacan, Caloocan, Quezon City, Manila, Paranaque and Taytay in Rizal.
From the NCR leg, which will be held at the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City and San Andres Gym in Manila, the league plans to reach the Cordillera Region then Bicol, Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
