Rodriguez played in Letran for 4 years and helped them to win the championship in 2003 and 2005. He was then selected to represent the country with the RP-Harbour Centre in the SEABA Championship in Indonesia. Rodriguez also played in the Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon, Ratchasima in Thailand on December 2007.

During the 2006 PBA Draft, he went undrafted. He was then signed by the Burger King Whoppers as a free agent in 2009.

Name: Rey Francis Guevarra
Jersey Number: 6
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1986-11-24
Birthplace: Paranaque City
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Position: Small Forward/Shooting Guard
Draft(Year): 3rd overall by Air21 (2010)
College/University: Colegio de San Juan De Letran
Monicker/Nick:

He also had a brief stint with the Smart Gilas national team under Serbian mentor Rajko Toroman.

Among hist batch, Rey Guevarra is considered as one of the most versatile rookies to enter in the PBA. He can shoot from downtown or in the perimeter and can drive fast to the basket as what he did during his collegiate days in Letran.

Name: Siverino Baclao
Jersey Number: 7
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1987-06-15
Birthplace: Bacolod City
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Position: Small Forward/Power Forward
Draft(Year): 1st overall by Air21 (2010)
College/University: Ateneo De Manila University
Monicker/Nick:

He played three seasons for the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009 and led the Eagles to back-to-back basketball championships in his last two seasons with them. He also played for the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League and led the team as the inaugural champion of the 2009-10 ABL season.

Name: Ron Jayson Buenafe
Jersey Number: 8
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1983-05-27
Birthplace: Quezon City
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Position: Shooting Guard
Draft(Year): 11th overall by Coca Cola (2007)
College/University: Emilio Aguinaldo College
Monicker/Nick: Red Dragon

During his rookie year, he made a huge impact and was considered the biggest draft steal among his batch. A member of the All-Rookie Team in 2007-08 campaign, the former Emilio Aguinaldo College standout had a steady sophomore season with the Tigers after averaging 11.1 points per game, almost duplicating his 11.2 average in his rookie year with Coke. He played 32 games and started four times during the season with the Tigers and contributed 2.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

Name: Rabeh Ahmed Al-Hussaini
Jersey Number: 11
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: N/A
Birthplace: N/A
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Position: Center
Draft(Year): 2nd overall by Air21 (2010)
College/University: Ateneo De Manila University
Monicker/Nick:

A power forward/center, he played five seasons for the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to 2009 and led the Eagles to back-to-back basketball championships in his last two seasons with them. He averaged 24.6 point per game, 13 rebounds per game, and 2 assists per game.

Name: Leomar Najorda
Jersey Number: 14
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1982-02-16
Birthplace: Ilocos Norte
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Position: Center
Draft(Year): 9th overall by Red Bull (2005)
College/University: San Sebastian College-Recoletos
Monicker/Nick: The Lion

Name: Wesley Gonzales
Jersey Number: 15
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1987-07-27
Birthplace: Manila
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Position: Shooting Guard/Small Forward
Draft(Year): 9th overall by FedEx (2004)
College/University: Ateneo De Manila University
Monicker/Nick:

At 6-foot-4, Gonzales played for the 2002 UAAP championship squad of the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles, and was named co-Finals MVP, along with teammate Larry Fonacier. He was drafted 9th overall in the 2004 PBA Draft by the FedEx Express. In 2006, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen and in late 2009 he became a player of the Coca-Cola Tigers before eventually going back to Air21.

Name: Marcy Arellano
Jersey Number: 18
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1985-05-25
Birthplace: N/A
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Position: Point Guard
Draft(Year): 15th overall by Rain or Shine (2009)
College/University: University of the East
Monicker/Nick:

He plays for the Air21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). During 2005-2009, he played in the Philippine Basketball League(PBL). Earlier, he played collegiate basketball in the University of the East where he was a Rookie of the Year recipient.

Name: Wynne Arboleda
Jersey Number: 19
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1976-11-26
Birthplace: Kalibo, Aklan
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Position: Point Guard
Draft(Year): Undrafted by Pop Cola (2000)
College/University: Manuel L. Quezon University
Monicker/Nick: The Snatcher

Arboleda first played for the Laguna Lakers in the MBA and later entered the PBA in 2000. He had short stints with the Pop Cola Panthers and the Tanduay Rhum Masters before joining the FedEx Express where his career really blossomed. He is known for his solid one-on-one defensive skills and is also a potent scorer while dishing out a good number of assists every game.

The Aklan-born guard is the last and only remaining member of the original 2002 FedEx team.

Joseller "Yeng" Guiao (born March 19, 1959) is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Air21 Express in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in the early 1990s. He is a former Philippine Basketball League commissioner from 1997-2000. He is also the Vice Governor of the Province of Pampanga.
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 First Coaching Stint
3 Philippine Basketball League Commissioner
4 Commentator
5 Red Bull head coach
6 Burger King head coach
7 National team coach
8 Political career
9 Criticisms and controversies
10 See also
11 External links
12 References
[edit]Early life

Guiao is the son of former Pampanga Governor, the late Bren Z. Guiao. He was an alumnus of La Salle Green Hills and studied at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he was a member of the senior men's varsity basketball team. He entered the coaching ranks in the 1980s.
[edit]First Coaching Stint

Prior to his PBA coaching career, Guiao was the head coach of the Swift franchise in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League with Alvin Patrimonio as one of its top stars. The RFM franchise entered the PBA in 1990, as Pop Cola, joining market rival Pepsi. Guiao was the team's first head coach and led the renamed Diet Sarsi to its first finals appearance, losing to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the 1991 All-Filipino Finals.
In the 1992 Reinforced Conference, he led Swift to their first championship with a 4-0 sweep of 7-Up in the championship. It was also Guiao's first championship in the PBA. He would also led the Mighty Meaties squad to two finals appearances in 1993 and 1994, losing to San Miguel and Alaska.
In 1995, Guiao and then-Pepsi mentor Derrick Pumaren were involved in rare coach for coach trade. While Pumaren led the rechristened Sunkist Orange Juicers to two championships that year, Guiao had two forgettable seasons with Pepsi and then-renamed as Mobiline before leaving his coaching position in 1996.
[edit]Philippine Basketball League Commissioner

In 1997, Guiao became the new commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League, replacing Charlie Favis. His first move was to put the league's game from the Rizal Memorial Coliseum to the newly-built Makati Coliseum. He also helped the league gained marginal success from 1997-1999, with teams such as the Tanduay Rhum Masters winning titles and Blu Detergent signing-up Asi Taulava.
In 1999, he put the PBL coverage for one-season on Vintage Sports, the same coveror of the PBA games back then. The year saw significant exposure for the league while Welcoat Paints established themselves as the league's new dynasty.
[edit]Commentator

Around the time he was the PBL commissioner, he also joined Vintage Sports as their regular color commentator from 1997 to 1999. From 1998 to 1999, Guiao formed a popular tandem with Chino Trinidad, mostly delivering humor to the broadcasting booth. Trinidad and Guiao called Barangay Ginebra's upset of the Mobiline Phone Pals in 1999 All-Filipino Cup quarterfinals for Vintage Sports.
Guiao would leave the commentary booth, as well as the Commissioner post in 2000 to join Red Bull's move to the pro ranks. Ironically, the PBL board chose Trinidad as its successor.
[edit]Red Bull head coach

In 2000, Guiao made his PBA coaching return for the Batang Red Bull Energizers. Despite poor performances in the All-Filipino and Commissioner's Cup, he coached the Thunder to a third-place finish in the 2000 Governors Cup.
In 2001, he would lead Red Bull to its first PBA title by defeating San Miguel 4-2 in the Commissioner's Cup finals with Antonio Lang as import. The series was marred by physical play between both teams and also Guiao's famous "San Miguel has never beat us with a complete lineup" line, during the series. It was a reference to the PBA suspending Kerby Raymundo and Junthy Valenzuela in Games 3 and 4, respectively as the Beermen won both games.
Guiao would later repeat the same feat in 2002 Commissioner's Cup, leading the Red Bull Thunder to a seven-game series victory over Talk 'N Text to defend its championship won a year ago.
Red Bull had a two-season title drought, despite several respectable finishes during those seasons. But in the 2005-06 PBA season, he coached the Bulls to the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference Championship, defeating Purefoods in six games and a runner-up finish in the 2006 Philippine Cup, losing to the same Purefoods team, 4-2.
In the 2006-07 Philippine Cup, Guiao led the Bulls to its ninth semifinals appearance in franchise history but lost to San Miguel in seven games. The series saw physical confrontation between teams, even Guiao was ejected in Game 6 for elbowing Dondon Hontiveros and getting involved in a verbal exchange with SMB assistant Pido Jarencio.
The Barakos, with a depleted line-up, snatched a slot in semi-finals after it swept the powerhouse team Magnolia Beverage Masters 2-0 in best of three quarter finals of the 2007-2008 Philippine Cup.
In 2008, Guiao resigned as Barako Bull head coach.
[edit]Burger King head coach

In 2009, he was signed by the Burger King Titans as the new head coach of the team.
[edit]National team coach

On September 25, 2008, hes was officially named the head coach of the Philippine national basketball team tasked with selecting, forming, and training the national squad with the ultimate goal of competing in the 2010 World Basketball Championship (FIBA World Championship) in Istanbul, Turkey. Guiao was the successor of Chot Reyes, the current head coach of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. Guiao became the 6th coach to head a PBA-backed national squad after Robert Jaworski, Sr. (1990), Norman Black (1994), Tim Cone (1998), Jong Uichico (2002), and Reyes, who had a 9th-place finish in 2007 FIBA-Asia Men’s Basketball Championship in Tokushima, Japan. [1][2] After a failed bid, he was then succeeded by Rajko Toroman as the national coach.

Name: Ronnie Matias
Jersey Number: 20
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1983-11-29
Birthplace: Manila
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 184 lbs.
Position: Small Forward
Draft(Year): 9th overall by Burger Kings (2009)
College/University: University of Manila
Monicker/Nick:

Name: Ram Carlo Sharma
Jersey Number: 34
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1980-09-20
Birthplace: Makati
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Position: Center/Power Forward
Draft(Year): 12th overall by Shell Turbo (2004)
College/University: De La Salle University
Monicker/Nick:

Sharma is a solid power forward who sometimes play the center spot. He gained a lot of minutes when Barako Bull traded Enrico Villanueva to the San Miguel Beermen. He was also a candidate for the most improved player in the 2006-07 PBA season.

Name: Joseph Ronald Quinahan
Jersey Number: 48
Team: Air21 Express
Birthdate: 1984-05-08
Birthplace: Cebu City
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Position: Center/Power Forward
Draft(Year): 7th overall by Alaska (2007)
College/University: University of the Visayas
Monicker/Nick: Baby Shaq

A 6-6 slotman who loves to use his heft to be effective inside the paint. He has a decent stroke from the outside and can consistently hit the open jumper from any distance.

Dubbed “Baby Shaq” in the Philippine Basketball League where he played for the Granny Goose team because of his physical resemblance to the Boston Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal. He was drafted in the first round of the 2007 PBA Draft by the Alaska Aces. He was then traded to the Air21 Express before the 2008-2009 season started. He had a short stint with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters before finding his way back again to Air21. He played for the University of the Visayas Green Lancers during college where he helped his school team win several championships.