Manila, July 12 -- Barring yet another postponement, Soccsksargen will make its much-anticipated Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) debut when it battles Muntinlupa in the curtain-raiser of a three-game card on Friday night at the Caloocan Sports Complex.

The Marlins, not to be confused with the SocSarGen Marlins of the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), had their supposed first two games postponed, but as it stands, there is no stopping them from playing this time as they will face the Cagers at 4 p.m.

Despite being a totally different franchise from the Marlins 1.0, the current Marlins incarnation will still have some MBA flavor as former Pampanga Dragon Norman Gonzales returns to club basketball play to lead t...