November 29, 2024

Dwight Ramos named Asia All-Stars team captain anew in 2025 B.League All-Star Weekend

Dwight Ramos named Asia All-Stars team captain anew in 2025 B.League All-Star Weekend
Dwight Ramos and Ray Parks Jr. aim to make back-to-back wins for the Asia All-Stars against the Japan Rising Stars. | Photo: B.League

Dwight Ramos is back at it again. 

Ramos has been named as the team captain of the Asia All-Stars for the second straight year. The 2025 B.League All-Star Weekend will take place in Funabashi.

The Gilas Pilipinas mainstay will lead a collection of Asian Quota Players anew in facing the best young talents of Japan’s top flight league during the two-day midseason spectacle scheduled from January 18-19, 2025.  

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Other notable Filipino Asian imports who will join the Levanga Hokkaido team captain are Kai Sotto of the Koshigaya Alphas, Kiefer Ravena of the Yokohama B-Corsairs, Matthew Wright of Kawasaki Brave Thunders, Ray Parks Jr. of the Osaka Evessa, and AJ Edu of the Nagasaki Velca. 

Rounding up the squad are Tyler Lamb, Mohammad Al Bashir Gadiaga, Yu Ai-che, Sun Xiao, Takuto Nakamura, and Tseng Hsiang-chun. 

They will face a Rising Stars squad led by Masato Ichikawa and Takuto Nakamura of the defending champion Hiroshima Dragonflies, Ren Kanechika of Chiba Jets, and Kai King of Yokohama B-Corsairs to name a few. 

Last year, Ramos and Co. beat their counterparts, 127-115, in Okinawa where Carl Tamayo led the squad with 18 points. 

[ALSO READ: B.LEAGUE: Carl Tamayo leads Asia All-Stars to another win in Asia Rising Star Game]

Meanwhile, Parks Jr. will also take part for the first time in the Three-Point Contest.

Ryukyu Golden Kings’s sniper Ryuichi Kishimoto is back to defend his crown that also includes former NBA player Yuta Watanabe of the Chiba Jets. 

Naoto Tsuji, Ryo Yamazaki, Makoto Hiejima and Aima Sekiya composed the seven-man field. 

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