The Air21 Express first participated in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) draft as the Shopinas.com Clickers on August 28, 2011, one month before their first PBA season. The Clickers bought the original franchise of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in 2011 when Barako Bull filed for leave of absence after the 2010-11 PBA Philippine Cup and eventually disbanded after the season ended. Shopinas.com received the rights for all of the Barako Bull's players and draftees. As an incentive of being a new franchise, the PBA Board of Governors gave Shopinas.com the 11th overall pick (first in the second round).
Mark Barocca became the team's first draft choice, the 5th pick in the 2011 PBA Draft. Barocca was later traded to the B-Meg Llamados, just two days after he was drafted.B-MEG SNARES BARROCA IN 3-WAY DEAL, PBA.ph, September 6, 2011
The team was renamed as the Air21 Express after the 2011-12 PBA Philippine Cup.
Selections +Basketball positionsPG Point guardSG Shooting guardSF Small forwardPF Power forwardC Center Draft Round Pick Player Position Place of birth School 2011Casio first, Lee second in 2011 PBA draft , Mikkel Bolante, InterAKTV, August 28, 2011 1 5 Mark Barroca PG Far Eastern University 2 11 Magi Sison C UP Diliman 3 21 Mark Cagoco PG/SG Jose Rizal University 20122012 PBA Draft Results , InterAKTV, August 19, 2012 2 11 Yousef Taha G North Lake/Mapúa 3 21 Simon Atkins G De La Salle-Manila 2013 2 6 Eric Camson SF Adamson 3 1 Joshua Webb SG/SF De La Salle 4 1 Angelo Ingco De La Salle 5 1 Randolph Chua Saint Benilde
Notes 1.All players entering the draft are Filipinos until proven otherwise.
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