The Imus Bandera (also known as Imus Bandera–Yang Kee Logistics for sponsorship reasons) is a Philippine professional basketball team based in Imus, Cavite. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team most recently played its home games at Imus Sports Complex.
The team joined in 2018 as a charter team of the MPBL. The name is a reference to Imus being known as the "flag capital of the Philippines". The Agimat is one of five teams and based in Calabarzon and previously shared the province of Cavite with the Bacoor City Strikers from 2018 to 2023.
History
2018–2023: Original franchise
The team began play in 2018 as one of the ten founding teams of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The team lost a tiebreaker to the Bataan Defenders that would have given it the final playoff spot. In the 2018–19 season, Imus would make its first playoff appearance, but lost to the Batangas City Athletics in the First Round. In the 2019–20 season, the team ended the season with a record of 6-24, the second-worst in the league.
The team saw potential in the 2021 Invitational, after leading 4-1 in Group D, they would go on to finish in fourth place. However, in the following 2022 season, the team finished ninth in the Southern Division, once again failing to make the playoffs.
During the 2023 season, Imus have acquired nine-time PBA champion Marc Pingris, making it his first stint in professional basketball since he announced his retirement. The SV Squad finished 7th in the South Division with a 15–13, their best season by win percentage, but would fall once again to Batangas City Embassy Chill in the Division Quarterfinals.
2024: Current franchise
After the 2023 season, the SV Squad organization would leave Imus for Biñan to form a new team, the Biñan Tatak Gel. Imus' slot in the MPBL would be filled in with a new team, known as the Imus Agimat.
2025-present
For the 2025 season, the team changed their name as the Imus Braderhood due to sponsorship reason.
For the 2026 season, the team reverted back the name as the Imus Bandera.
Home venues In their four of the first five seasons, the Imus Braderhood have always played their home games in Imus Sports Complex. Venue Location 2018 2018–19 2019–20 2022 2023 2024 2025 Imus Sports Complex Imus
Current roster
Head coaches Imus Bandera head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 2018 2018 — 2 2018 2018 — 3 2018 2019 — 4 2019 2019 — 5 2019 2019 — 6 2019 2019 — 7 2019 2020 — 8 2019–20 2020 — 9 2021 2022 — 10 2022 2022 — 11 2023 2023 — 12 2024 2024 — 13 2024 2024 — 14 2025 2025 — 15 2026 2026 — 16 2026 current —
Notable players
MPBL All-Star Day
All-Star selections Ian Melencio – 2019 Gerald Anderson – 2020 Leo Najorda – 2022 Poypoy Actub – 2023 Jimboy Estrada – 2023
Pre-game event winners Garex Puerto – Slam Dunk Contest (2022)
PBA players
Ex-PBA players
Chad Alonzo M.C. Caceres JR Cawaling Andrian Celada Jackson Corpuz Barkley Eboña Bryan Faundo Jerwin Gaco Marvin Hayes Jayjay Helterbrand Carlo Lastimosa James Martinez
Khasim Mirza Leo Najorda Marc Pingris
Drafted to PBA Simon Camacho – 34th overall, 2019 Andre Paras – 27th overall, season 47
Other notable players Gerald Anderson
Season-by-season records League champions Division champions Qualified for playoffs Best regular season record
Season Regular season Playoffs Division Finish GP W L PCT GB Stage ResultsImus Bandera 2018 None 9th 9 2 7 6 Did not qualify 2018–19 Datu Cup South 7th 25 11 14 9 2019–20 South 14th 30 6 24 20 Did not qualifyImus City Bandera 2022 South 9th 21 5 16 13 Did not qualifyImus SV Squad 2023 South 7th 28 15 13 8 Division quarterfinals lost vs. Batangas City, 0–2Imus Agimat 2024 South 14th 28 2 26 19 Did not qualifyImus Braderhood 2025 South 13th 29 9 20 19 Did not qualifyImus Bandera 2026 South 10th 25 4 21 17 Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs All-time regular season record 54 141 2 playoff appearances All-time playoff record 1 4 0 Finals appearances All-time overall record 55 145 0 championships
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