Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (December 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2023–24 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
Founded	2006
History	Welcoat Dragons (2006–2008) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2008–present)
Team colors	Navy blue, red, yellow, white
Company	Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc.
Board governor	Mamerto Mondragon Edison Oribiana (alternate)
Team manager	Mamerto Mondragon Jay Legacion (assistant)
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
Ownership	Raymond Yu and Terry Que
Affiliation(s)	Sista Super Sealers
Championships	2 championships 2012 Governors' 2016 Commissioner's 6 Finals appearances
Website	asiancoatings.com/elastopainters/
Light uniform Dark uniform Alternate uniform

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association owned by Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. It debuted in the league in the 2006–07 PBA season after acquiring the franchise rights of the Shell Turbo Chargers in 2006, which disbanded after the 2004–05 PBA season.

From 1996 to 2006, the franchise played in the Philippine Basketball League, carrying the name Welcoat House Paints, Welcoat Paintmasters and the St. Benilde-Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, winning a total of six championships.

Beginnings

Philippine Basketball League (1996–2006)

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters debuted in the

In 2005, Welcoat changed its name to Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, one of the products of their parent company, Welbest. The Elasto Painters made it all the way to the finals of the Heroes Cup against Magnolia. After leading the series 2–0, Rain or Shine suffered one of the biggest collapses in league history as the Wizards won the series in five games. In the 2006 PBL Unity Cup, the Elasto Painters were swept in the semifinals by the Toyota-Otis Sparks to end their four consecutive finals appearance, but placed third in a one-game playoff against Montaña Pawnshop on June 8. Prior to the start of Game 3 of the Unity Cup title series between Harbour Centre and Toyota-Otis on June 13, 2006, the league awarded the team with the Dynasty Award for their 10 years of success in the league. Several past and present members of the Welcoat franchise were on hand, as they brought their six championship trophies during the ceremony.

Acquiring a PBA franchise

After Shell's departure in the PBA in 2005, the league gave Shell an ultimatum of until early 2006 to either announce their return to the league for the 06–07 season, or to sell the franchise to a prospective buyer. In several press releases and interview, then-PBA Commissioner Noli Eala mentioned that some companies were interested in joining the league, although he did not stress which of these companies were. One of Eala's vision was for the PBA to be a 12-team league. Welcoat suddenly came into the picture, expressing interest to buy the Shell franchise. By January 2006, major newspapers reported that the Welcoat team is nearing the completion of acquiring the Shell team. By February, the PBA announced the entry of Welcoat as the 10th PBA team for the 2006–2007 season. People's Journal said that the turnover was approved between P30-40 million, a big drop from the original P60 million the Turbo Chargers wanted [1]^{[permanent dead link]} The Manila Times, however, reported that it was close to P55 million that Shell wanted [2]

Welcoat put out P60 million as bond for five years, P7 million for participation fee and another P6 million for transfer fee.

As incentive, the PBA allowed Welcoat to grab three amateur players from their Rain or Shine PBL team. The Paint Masters named

In August 2006, Welcoat announced that they will be named as the Welcoat Dragons in their pro stint while also grabbing former UP Fighting Maroons players Abby Santos and Jireh Ibañes as the team's new rookies, although Santos failed to sign with the team.

Welcoat Dragons (2006–2008)

Welcoat Dragons
Uniforms
Light uniform	Dark uniform

In its PBA debut, Welcoat lost to eventual champion

During the

Before the start of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, Leo Austria resigned as head coach of the Dragons citing that the management wanted a new direction.^[1] Then-assistant coach Caloy Garcia was named interim head coach on March 18 and would eventually become the team's official head coach.^[2] The Dragons finished with another 7–29 record and failed to qualify again for the playoffs in either of the two conferences.

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (2008–present)

2008–2009 season

In 2008, a new name was introduced for the team – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. At the

They made their first final appearance after winning against

On their debut game for the 2012 Governor's Cup, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters won a very physical game against B-Meg Llamados 91–80. The team had a disappointing loss on Game Two where their rookie, Paul Lee, re-injured his left shoulder 80–85. Even without Paul Lee, the team bounced back on their third and fourth games, 93–84 and 94–89, respectively, to lead the series 3–1. However, the team lost both Game 5 and 6 with B-Meg forcing a winner-take-all Game 7. On August 5, 2012, the six-year-old franchise won their first Championship title after handing B-Meg an 83–76 game loss. The undermanned team led by coach Yeng Guiao along with their import Jamelle Cornley and the local Jeff Chan, who won the Finals MVP, grabbed the lead early in the third quarter after B-Meg Llamados' import Marqus Blakely had foul trouble.

2013–2014 season

In

2014–2015 season

In

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Nocum, Adrian (R) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 1999−08−10 Mapúa G 3 Mamuyac, Gian 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999–03–05 Ateneo G/F 5 Norwood, Gabe (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1985–02–09 George Mason G 8 Asistio, Anton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1995–06–02 Ateneo F 10 Ildefonso, Shaun 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1997–09–30 National-U F 12 Belo, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993–02–12 Far Eastern G 14 Caracut, Andrei 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996–01–30 De La Salle F 16 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1984–11–01 UE C 21 Datu, Keith (R / IN) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–03–19 Chico State G/F 22 Clarito, Jhonard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1996–04–03 De Ocampo F 23 Concepcion, Sherwin (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1997-01-23 UST C 24 Villegas, Luis  (R) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997−09−05 UE F 25 Santillan, Leonard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996–03–05 De La Salle F/C 26 Paredes, Philip 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–01–12 De La Salle F/C 28 Belga, Beau 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1986–11–30 Philippine Christian F 31 Demusis, Nick 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991–05–09 Whittier	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Caloy Garcia (1st assistant) Mike Buendia Ricky Umayam Team manager Mamerto Mondragon[a] Jireh Ibañes (assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured Roster

• ^a also serves as Rain or Shine's board governor.

Head coaches

Season-by-season records

Records from the 2023–24 PBA season:

*one-game playoffs
**team had the twice-to-beat advantage

Players of note

Members of the PBA's 25 greatest players

• Samboy Lim, former player, assistant coach and consultant in their Philippine Basketball League squad.

Other notable players

• Ryan Araña
• Junjun Cabatu
• Jervy Cruz
• Paul Lee
• Jonathan Uyloan
• J.R. Quiñahan
• Arizona Reid
• Jay-R Reyes
• Ty Tang
• Jeff Chan
• J. R. Quiñahan
• Chris Tiu

Coaches

• Leo Austria (2006–2008)
• Caloy Garcia (2008–2011)
• Yeng Guiao (2011–2016)
• Caloy Garcia (
  2016
  –2020)
• Chris Gavina (2021–2022)
• Yeng Guiao (2022–present)

Records

PBL championships

• 1999 1st PBL Challenge Cup (def. Red Bull 3–0)
• 1999 2nd PBL Challenge Cup (def. ANA Water Dispenser 3–0)
• 2000 PBL Chairman's Cup (def. Shark Energy Drink 4–0)
• 2001 PBL Cup (def. Shark Energy Drink 4–0)
• 2002 PBL Challenge Cup (def. Dazz 3–0)
• 2005 PBL Unity Cup (def. Montaña 3–1)

PBA championships

• 2012 PBA Governors Cup (def. B-Meg Llamados 4–3) Game 7 series
• 2016 PBA Commissioners Cup (def. Alaska Aces 4–2)

See also

• Rain or Shine Elasto Painters draft history

References

External links

• Official website
• Enter the Dragons: Welcoat undergoes a ‘paint-staking’ makeover
• MYPBL.com: Rain or Shine
• PhilippineNews.com: Welcoat team: ‘Genesis’ of great players
• Sunstar Cebu: PBA offers franchise to Welcoat Paints
• Manila Times: Welcoat poised to enter PBA via Shell’s franchise
• Journal: Welcoat joins PBA family^{[permanent dead link]}
• Manila Times: PBA welcomes Welcoat Paints as 10th member
• PBA.ph: Welcoat wants Compton in PBA debut