The Shopinas.com Clickers is a Philippine Basketball Association

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 (PBA) team that debuted on the 2011–12 PBA season

2011–12 PBA season

The 2011–12 PBA season is the 37th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season was formally opened on October 2, 2011 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, and expected to finish around August 2012. The season uses three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the...

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Sale of the Barako Bull franchise

Energy Food and Drink Inc., owner of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters franchise, had informed the PBA board on March 2011 that they intend to fold citing the plan to shift their business strategy, their ongoing lawsuit against TC Pharmaceuticals Industries Co., manufacturer of Red Bull

Red Bull

Red Bull is an energy drink sold by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987 by the Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz. In terms of market share, Red Bull is the most popular energy drink in the world, with 3 billion cans sold each year. Dietrich Mateschitz was inspired by an already...

 in Thailand, and the death of former board governor Tony Chua

Tony Chua

Antonio "Tony" Chua was a Filipino Chinese businessman. His family owns Photokina Marketing Corporation, which distributed Red Bull in the Philippines; he managed and was the governor of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters, the company's team in the Philippine Basketball Association in which he...

 at the height of Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana). Barako Bull had been on leave since the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

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, was then planning to sell the franchise to Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. is the first independent oil company to be listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange after the Oil Deregulation Law was passed in 1998...

, the sponsor of the league's games outside Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

. On the PBA board meeting, the board disallowed the sale of the franchise to Phoenix, failing to get at least two-thirds of the ten board members, although they allowed Barako Bull to stay on leave until the 2011 PBA Governors Cup

2011 PBA Governors Cup

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On June 2011, Barako Bull informed the PBA they intend to sell their franchise to the Lina Group of Companies (LGC) of Bert Lina, owner of the Air21 Express

Air21 Express

The Barako Bull Energy is a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002.Barako Bull is owned by Energy Food and Drinks Inc., a subsidiary of the Linaheim Corporate Services, owners of the defunct Laguna Lakers of the Metropolitan Basketball Association...

 franchise reportedly for 50 million pesos

Philippine peso

The peso is the currency of the Philippines. It is subdivided into 100 centavos . Before 1967, the language used on the banknotes and coins was English and so "peso" was the name used...

. On July 2011, the board approved Barako Bull's sale to Airfreight 2100, while deferring the new franchise's concession that might be given to the team to improve its roster. Air21 Manny Alvarez mentioned that the second LGC franchise will be named Shopinas, after the group's new company that focuses into e-commerce, and that the new team's representative would be Shiela Lina, who is then forming the team's coaching staff.

First season

Former La Salle Green Archers coach Franz Pumaren was named as the franchise's first head coach. Pumaren, who has coached the La Salle men's varsity basketball team to five University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball titles, resigned as La Salle coach in 2009 to concentrate on his political career. As a result of the old Barako Bull franchise trading away their best players, the franchise asked PBA commissioner Chito Salud

Chito Salud

Angelico T. Salud, better known as Chito Salud is the eight and current commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the son of Rudy Salud, who was also a commissioner of the PBA from 1988 to 1992....

 for concessions in the 2011 PBA Draft

2011 PBA Draft

The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event, which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event will be held at Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila on August 28, 2011...

, pending approval from the PBA board. The board eventually approved to give the team the first pick for the second round (11th overall).