Pinoys add glitter to B. League All-Stars

MANILA, Philippines — Kiefer Ravena of the Shiga Lakestars and Ray Parks Jr. of the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins will lead fellow Filipino imports donning the same uniform in the Japan B. League All-Star on Jan. 14-15 in Okinawa.

Kiefer and Parks will play for the B. League Asia All-Stars squad along with Thirdy Ravena (San-en NeoPhoenix), Kobe Paras (Niigata Albirex BB), Dwight Ramos (Toyama Grouses) and Javi Gomez de Liaño (Ibaraki Robots), who are all playing in Division I.

Though they are in Division II, Juan Gomez de Liaño of Earthfriends Tokyo Z and Kemark Cariño of Aomori Wat’s have also been included in the squad composed of Asian standouts under the B. League’s Asian Player Quota program.