SAN Sebastian is dead set in bringing back its lost glory with first-year head coach Rob Labagala and new backer Red Dynasty fronting the charge.
READ: San Sebastian rebuild underway with Rob Labagala as architect
Labagala, the architect behind this rebuild, is already hard at work in putting the pieces in place, with a slew of promising prospects headed to Recto.
Ian Cuajao, the 2025 NBTC All-Star Game MVP, is the latest get for the Golden Stags, bolstering their backcourt which still features Paeng Are.
The 5-foot-10 guard normed 15.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.0 assists for Emilio Aguinaldo College in the NCAA Season 100 juniors basketball tournament. For that, he was listed No. 18 in NBTC's annual rankings of the top 24 under-19 players in the Philippines.
Come the All-Star Game, Cuajao stole the show from more heralded peers in the likes of De La Salle Zobel's Kieffer Alas and University of Santo Tomas' Koji Buenaflor, hitting the game-winning three to lift Team Heart over Team Hustle.
Now, the 19-year-old takes his talents to a San Sebastian side which last made the Final Four before the pandemic in 2019 when coach Egay Macaraya and RK Ilagan were still in gold-and-red.
San Sebastian's haul, so far
Cuajao will be joined by another former NBTC All-Star in Jevy Hinoguin, NU-Nazareth School big Gab Nepacena, and Gomez de Liano brothers Jordi and Jaime as San Sebastian's new building blocks for the future.
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