Globetrotters Asian tour slated

MANILA, Philippines — In celebration of the upcoming centennial celebration of their founding next year, the Harlem Globetrotters have launched the 2025 World Tour Asia that will be unveiled in the Philippines on Aug. 9 at the Filoil EcoOil Arena.

The world renowned basketball team, which is famous for trick shots, signature spins, rim-rattling dunks and entertaining game, sent its two members – Lou “Too Tall” Winston and Mark “Spalsh” Blunt – to the country last Monday to launch its much-awaited road show.

Winston and Blunt dazzled Filipino fans at the Tenement Court in Taguig City with the former impressing with a long-range shot from the fifth floor of the multi-level building that swished through the net.

The Philippine leg, a show to watch, will open the team’s Asian Tour to be followed by stops in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea.