The steady rise of Cebu and Manila Chooks as formidable FIBA 3×3 teams has not gone unnoticed. No less than the current top-ranked FIBA 3×3 player in the world, Serbia’s Strahinja Stojacic heaped praise particularly for Cebu Chooks, which gave his Ub Huishan NE squad some fits during the pool stages of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2022 Manila Masters.