One of the highlights of in Basketball in the next season of the Universities and Athletics Association of the Philippines (its 74th season), would be the battle of the rookie big men between perennial University rivals Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) and De La Salle University (DLSU). (Discuss Philippines basketball in our forum) On one [...]

I have been “weaning” myself away from basketball, but still knew enough to be shocked by the news when Air21 picked Nonoy Baclao over Rabeh Al-Husseini as the number one pick overall in the 2010 PBA Rookie Draft. (Discuss Philippines basketball in our forum) I have nothing against Nonoy, I think he is a good [...]

For only the third time in the history of the PBA’s Philippines Cup, the playoff finals were totally dominated by one team. (Discuss the PBA, Philippines Basketball) The Purefoods Tender Juicy Giant, owned by the San Miguel-Purefoods Company, Inc., left Alaska Aces winless in the series and claimed the trophy in the fourth game played on [...]

Game four of the playoff semi-finals of PBA’s Philippine Cup (actually a championship with just Filipino players, part of a two-competition league) played yesterday lasted only less than a period. (Discuss Talk N’ Text’s Playoff Walkout) The reason was simple: one of the teams, Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters, abandoned the game. Everything started with [...]

Two smaller professional basketball leagues in the Philippines, the PBL and Liga Philippines, are in talks to combine their leagues according to reports. (Talk the league mergers and Philippines Basketball in our forum) “We’re looking at the relevance of the merger in the Philippine basketball landscape,” said PBL commissioner Chino Trinidad. “If the two leagues become [...]

At 5-6 and 135lbs, Manny Pacquiao isn’t an intimidating figure initially, but the diminuative Filipino may be, pound-for-pound, the toughest boxer on the face of the planet. Slam Magazine recently interviewed the street-tough fighter about his other passion- basketball. Here’s an excerpt of the interview: SLAM: Tell us how you got into basketball Pacquaio: It’s [...]

In a game between Smart Gilas and Burger King of the Philippines Basketball Association, one of the Burger King players goes after a fan in the stands and begins to kick and punch the fan. (Discuss Philippines Basketball in our forum) Burger King player Wynne Arboleda was playing dirty all game long before attacking Gilas [...]