Inside the Esquire Apartment With Golden State Warriors Stars Klay Thompson and Kevon Looney
Esquire Philippines hosted Esquire Apartment last Thursday night (August 31) for some National Basketball Association (NBA) champions.
The intimate welcome dinner was dedicated to visiting Golden State Warriors Stars Klay Thompson and Kevon Looney at Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar in Quezon City. Believe it or not, this was Thompson and Looney's first time in Manila (a decidedly Dub nation in recent memory), and sufiice it to say, it was a wild, wild day from start to finish. They tell us they'll be back for the beaches soon enough.
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Both players were in the country upon the invitation of sports apparel brand Anta, who they represent. Esquire Apartment was done in collaboration with our friends from Anta Philippines, Tissot, Conzace, and Remy Martin. The Golden State Warriors teammates are part of a roster of fellow Anta endorsers that include Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, Terrence Mann, and Alex Caruso, among others. The brand has become one of the fastest-growing players in the sports world in the past few years.
Thompson and Looney sat down with us to try on some custom-made Barong Tagalogs, eat some Bistek, drink some Tropical Mistrals, and talk some ball (Who's the toughest guy to guard down low? What was it like for Thompson's uncle to be a Philippine Basketball Association import? Is the Chris Paul beef over, over? What do they make of the Lakers versus Warriors Filipino basketball fans culture wars?). Yeah, all that and more.
Among some of those who attended the dinner include Jugs Jugueta, James Deakin and his son Alex, Martin Javier, Jose Sarasola, the Knicks' Dr. Erwin Valencia. We were, of course, also joined by Summit Media execs and members of the Anta China delegation. A lot of very cool people indeed.
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