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Former PBA players where are they now?

Aqua Light said:
Oh my bad ,sorry i forgot SEA dont have heavyweight boxers :(
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No problem bro..:)

On the side note, I believe it's not a good idea for ABAP to go for washed up players. Plus the slots afforded for Asia in the heavier ranks are minimal. They should, atleast, try to get young guys who stand over 6ft but have little chance of making it big in basketball. We have lots of them. They can be developed for the long-term. Something the track and field association should be doing as well..we have lots of speedsters in the highschool and collegiate basketball ranks..

Sorry for the OT..:D
 
Toyota’s Gil Cortez bats for pure Pinoys
By Recah Trinidad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:28:00 02/25/2010
Filed Under: Basketball, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
WHEN THE PBA opened its door to Fil-Am players in the late ’90s, it resorted to an untested cure to offset jitters over failing gates.

The PBA was not unlike a hypochondriac which took the first available drug, ignorant of its exact effect.

Actually, the influx of Fil-Am players was more of a knee-jerk reaction to the establishment of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which was formed to overtake the PBA but which later flopped and disintegrated.

Records show that the Fil-Am invasion of the PBA had delivered nothing more than a placebo effect.

The PBA did look good and robust, what with all the hairy Filipino-Americans flashing their doubtful worth hereabouts.

Soon enough, though, Filipino basketball devotees, finding not enough competent compatriots to cheer and worship in other PBA clubs, started to shy away.

Last heard of, these lonely fans were still holding out, waiting for the full-scale return of beloved native basketball heroes.

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Gil Cortez, who played for Dante Silverio’s Toyota team in the PBA, has written to agree and confirm that there, indeed, is a clamor for pure all-Filipino competition in the pro league here.

A standout of the Holy Angel College in Angeles City, the 6-foot-4 Cortez, a hardcourt heartthrob, played for the RP national team in the eighth Asian Basketball Confederation championship in Bangkok in 1975.

He’s currently the sports director in the province of Pampanga and the Region 3 director of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.

Kindly share the musings of this young, articulate sports leader.

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“Hi! I’ve read your article today regarding your longing for the good old days of the Toyota-Crispa rivalry that’s why I wrote to you to say that I became nostalgic and longed for those days too. As a member of the Toyota team, my memories are still vivid about those wonderful days.

Basketball was the most popular pastime then and time would stand still for everybody whenever there was a game between Toyota and Crispa. Their immense popularity was so phenomenal that, in my opinion, it would be hard to duplicate in professional basketball. Times have changed since then and people now have an unlimited source of entertainment. It would take a lot to be able to duplicate the fervor of the fans who supported these teams. I think the PBA ought to cultivate strong brand loyalty among their fans to ensure faithful support, much like how it is with the Ateneo and La Salle rivalry. Anyway I pray that the league finds the magic formula once again and bring the people trooping back to watch the games.

“By the way, I am running for board member in the third district of the province of Pampanga. This is my first time to enter politics but I’m not new in government service since I have been handling the sports program of the province since 1992. I have served four administrations already and I am hoping that by winning a seat I would be able to help improve the sports development program of the province. Thank you very much and more power.”
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Joy Carpio: Still making it count
THE GAME OF MY LIFE
By Bill Velasco (The Philippine Star) Updated February 27, 2010 12:00 AM
When he was born, he was bigger than most infants. So his family named him after the mythic native hero. The Filipino version of Samson, Bernardo Carpio, is sometimes said to be the one who causes the earthquakes in Rizal province, trapped there between two huge boulders by an enchanted opponent who could not accept that Carpio beat him in personal combat.

The human Bernardo Carpio, nicknamed Joy, also wrote his own legend, albeit in basketball. After an eventful high school career with UST, Joy teamed up with Fritz Gaston, Steve Watson, future pro teammate Padim Israel and Chito Narvasa as a 6’4” center-forward on the Ateneo Blue Eagles from 1974 to 1977, winning back-to-back NCAA titles in 1975 and 1976, right before San Beda rose up for its own title run.

After that, Joy became a sought-after commodity, a tall man with a strong inside game and a reliable jump shot. He joined the Crispa Redmanizers, and learned from his seniors, like Atoy Co, Freddie Hubalde, Bogs Adornado and Philip Cezar. He contributed mightily coming off the bench as Crispa constantly battled Toyota for PBA trophies. In 1985, however, Crispa soon followed Toyota into basketball oblivion, selling its franchise to Pilipinas Shell. Joy joined a powerhouse offensive team in Great Taste. After spending the tailend of his career with Seven-Up, number 29 was forced to end his playing days after nagging knee injuries could no longer repaired. He had spent 13 seasons in the PBA.

“It was not so much the age as the mileage,” Joy told this writer.

“The doctors told me that I had the knees of a 60-year old. But I was only 30 at the time.”

What followed was a series of operations, rehabilitation and comebacks that were often painful and draining. Joy attributes the damage to the physical regimen of players in his time.

“In my day, training was not scientific yet. All they’d do was tell us to run,” Carpio remembers. “And our shoes really didn’t have any technology in them, so you took your chances. Back then, so many of us had fluid in our knees.”

Eventually, the pain in his patella prevented him from playing at all.

The cartilage in his knees had become perforated, and needed to be shaved down as much as physically possible. There was really not much else they could do, since even jogging had become painful for Joy.

“When the best doctors tell you there’s nothing they can do, then you have to listen,” Carpio continued. “I still miss it, but then I could still bike inside the village. Now, it’s hard to do even that, because of all the traffic. And it’s dangerous to go out on the road early in the morning.”

Nowadays, he follows the NBA on cable to keep in touch with the basketball world. Joy is unable to even play in the Ateneo Basketball League with fellow alumni and former teammates like Gaston and Chito Loyzaga anymore.

For the last 10 years, Carpio – now 52 – has been making his own version of assists, making it count for the Commission on Elections.

His latest challenge in public relations and as a senior trainor is to educate election officers in the use of the new Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) counting machines that will be used in the May elections. Carpio is one of those in charge of Region 3, the vote-rich areas of Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and its environs.

“Our role is crucial because the ones we teach will pass on their learning to the teachers who will handle the precincts during the actual elections,” explains Carpio, who spent a week at the Hotel Stotsenberg inside the former Clark Airbase teaching Comelec personnel. “If what we teach them is right, then the trickle-down effect will be very good.”

Carpio also debunks the belief that it will be easier to cheat in the elections because the vote-counting will be automated.

“Actually, as long as there is human intervention, there will always be the opportunity to cheat. The counting machines minimize human intervention. Even if you bend the corner of the ballot, you can still insert it into the counting machine. There are four orientations, including backwards or upside down. The machine will still read it.”

The only problem will arise, he says, when a voter shades beside the names of too many candidates. The machine will not be able to decide who should be excluded from the counting. Carpio, who tasted PBA championships with both Crispa and Great Taste, also says that the rumor that knocking down the machines will erase its memory is not true.

“First of all, when would you knock down the machines? It would have to be after voting,” Carpio elaborates. “But right after voting, we print out eight elections returns for all those concerned: the major parties, etc. Then we also make copies for the media, and other concerned groups, about thirty copies in all. So people will have the results immediately.”

Joy Carpio is hoping more people will trust the process. He explains that, in many countries, they fully automated the machines, requiring voters to simply key in their votes on the screen provided.

Eventually, people in those more advanced countries chose a process like ours, wherein you write your votes down on a hard copy, and can keep track of where it goes.

After making his shots count in the PBA, the real Bernardo Carpio is still making a difference, helping voters’ one shot at choosing their next leaders count.
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poch juinio....

http://www.inboundpass.com/2010/02/26/the-tip-of-the-triangle-a-chat-with-poch-juinio/

FEB 26
The tip of the triangle: A chat with Poch Juinio
by Charlie Cuna

HE IS not mentioned in discussions of the greatest centers in Philippine basketball history. However, Edward “Poch” Juinio had a solid, if unspectacular, UAAP career and reached heights other players can only dream of in the professional league. After a long and successful run playing the country’s most popular sport, as Poch calls it a career, let us take a glimpse at his path to grand slam greatness.
Surprisingly, basketball was not an early interest for Poch. He wasn’t that tall early-on, and was far from the big man he became. Studying at La Salle Greenhills (former stomping grounds of UAAP stars Eric Reyes and Joey Guanio, among others) from Prep to High School, Poch only started playing basketball when he was in 2nd year, for the aspirants team under LSGH Coach Cavestany. This was largely because, by that time, he already stood 5’11.
Things started looking up, literally, when Poch entered 3rd year High School – over the summer, he had grown four inches! As a 6’3 junior center for Coach Tatang Mendoza, he started dominating the competition in different leagues like PRADA, MMBL, PAYA, and a host of other “street leagues”, as Poch refers to them. By the time he reached his 4th year, he was 6’4 and shooting over all his competition. He ended his High School career under Coaches Norman dela Cruz and former University of the Philippines back-up center Chris Somera.
The year after, 1991, Poch made his debut for the UP Fighting Maroons. The coach of UP was Rey Madrid, former assistant to legend Joe Lipa, who then was already the head coach for the A&W team in the PBL, where Madrid was an assistant. There was not much fanfare upon the entry of Poch in the Seniors division, but he proved to be quite an addition to the Maroons – a tall, intelligent and agile big man, who played good defense and could hit a mid-range jumper.
Although the Maroons did not perform as well as the UP faithful wanted during the three years Poch was with them (1991-1993), the team was known to be tenacious, with a very high basketball IQ. In fact, many of the former teammates of Poch at UP went on to become coaches at different levels – Ryan Gregorio of Purefoods in the PBA, Bo Perasol of Coca-Cola in the PBA, Lito Vergara, who coached his alma mater from 2003 to 2005 and now coaches Xavier School, with a stint as an assistant at Jose Rizal University of the NCAA, and Patrick Aquino, who also once coached at Xavier School and is the RP women’s youth team mentor. Poch remembers his teammates fondly, and aside from those who became coaches already mentioned, Poch remembers Jasper Javier, Lino Ong, Tata Marata (father of current DLSU swingman Joseph Marata), Alfie Manlulo, Harlan Yu, one-time UAAP Rookie of the Year Paul Du, and his closest “barkadas” on the team, Ian Sanchez and Marvin Panganiban, the son of former Purefoods Team Manager and Department of Agriculture Secretary Ding Panganiban. He considers his UP days as the best of his life, which says a lot, considering his great success after leaving UP.
After his freshman year, Poch got the chance to play for Joe Lipa at A&W in the PBL. He was supposed to play for the RP Youth Team, but unfortunately contracted Hepatitis-A only a week before the team was scheduled to leave for abroad to compete, and had to give up his slot.
Poch had not finished his BS Tourism course at UP when the pro ranks came calling. Alaska Coach Tim Cone himself asked Poch to join the 1994 PBA Draft, where Alaska went on to select him with the fifth pick of the 1st round, just one slot ahead of fellow Alaska-draftee Merwin Castelo of San Sebastian. This marked the beginning of a long and successful career in the PBA, where Poch was a big part of several championship teams, including the 1996 Grand Slam-winning roster of the Milkmen. Throughout his stint with Alaska, Poch played the part of the perfect tip of the triangle offense that Cone ran, being a smart passer and good screen-setter, freeing up shooters like Jojo Lastimosa, Jeffrey Cariaso and former King Tamaraw Johnny Abbarientos. He was a decent rebounder, an above-average shot-blocker and, when needed, could score consistently from the perimeter or inside from drop passes or on put-backs. He was also a good free-throw shooter, a big asset for a center in the PBA.
All in all, Poch was a part of twelve championship teams in the PBA, and was named the Most Improved Player in 1996 and Finals MVP in the 2000 All-Filipino Conference. He played for Alaska from 1994 to 2000, and was traded to Pop Cola (Now Coca-Cola) in 2001. He had a short stint with Talk ‘N Text, before heading back to Alaska, which Poch refers to as his “home team”, staying with them for six more conferences before leaving his pro career behind in 2009.
Poch remembers the big men during his UAAP days, like Dennis Espino of UST, Jun Limpot of De La Salle, and Marlou Aquino and EJ Feihl of Adamson University. He recalls having a difficult time guarding Aquino and Feihl simply because “they were so tall and long”. In the PBA, he considers four-time MVP and former Mapua standout Alvin Patrimonio as the toughest opponent to guard simply because he was so talented, and he remembers difficult matchups against bull-strong Nelson Asaytono and Danny Seigle. His close friends in the pros were all his long-time Alaska teammates, Billy Mamaril, former UST player Gerard Francisco, John Ferriols, and current Alaska big man Reynel Hugnatan.
As for the ongoing championship series in the ‘09-‘10 PBA Philippine Cup between his home team and Purefoods, Poch anticipates a long, grueling series, at least six games. He sees that Hugnatan and Sonny Thoss are great at making the triangle offense work. Thoss, Poch says, has matured immensely and the game of Hugnatan has expanded so much from when Hugnatan started his PBA career.
Poch still occasionally watches the UAAP games, and he says that the training is significantly changed from his era, now that the approach is very scientific and training methods, such as plyometrics, are already used by such young players. He believes that it is much harder to have a basketball career nowadays since there are so many tall, strong, quick players with so much talent and athletic ability, as well as the proper training. He remembers that, in contrast, he learned most of his moves during street pickup games.
As for the impact and effect of being part of the ’96 Grand Slam Alaska team, Poch says that he did not realize the greatness of that team until recently, as his career was winding down. People still remember him as the center of Alaska during that great run, and he is very proud to have been a big part of it.
Nowadays, Poch, 36, dabbles in buy and sell, and takes great pleasure in working with Air Safari, which recently sponsored the 15th Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark, Pampanga. He has two children, a boy and girl, and enjoys spending time with them, going out of town, especially to the beach. He will always have basketball in his life, and he is very much interested to try his hand at coaching, although he prefers to be an assistant coach as he considers a head coaching job too tough to handle at this point. His brainy manner of play and his declaration of interest to coach will surely get him some offers in the near future.
Such is the basketball story, so far, of Edward G. Juinio – the reluctant player who reached the top of the Philippine basketball world time and again. Bigger and more powerful centers in the UAAP and PBA, there were many. But Poch had a solid college career, emerging as a first round draft pick, was part of some of the greatest teams in pro history, and played his part in the triangle offense to perfection. For him, the team always came first and he was glad to play his part in a quiet, professional manner.
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With PBA path uncertain, Alex eyeing boxing
Sports
Written by Reuben Terrado / Reporter
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 20:04
DON’T look now, but Alex Crisano, the six-foot-seven Filipino-American journeyman in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), could be competing for flag and country as an amateur boxer.

Crisano, whose contract with Barako Bull has recently expired, was at the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (Abap) training center inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex on Tuesday afternoon for one reason—show what he packs in his punches to the national team coaches.
“I used to fight in the States when I was younger. I want to show them what they’re dealing with,” said Crisano. He has had experiences in a ring in Brooklyn, New York, during his late teens. He is now 34.

Wearing a white sando and brown shorts, Crisano showed a few of his boxing moves to a handful of sportswriters.

Crisano was earlier offered by Abap secretary-general Patrick Gregorio to fight as a heavyweigh but turned it down.

Now, it seems he has renewed interest in the sport after his manager, Robbie Pangilinan, revealed he received a call from Abap chairman Manny V. Pangilinan asking Crisano to try it out.

“I’m not saying yes, I’m not saying no. I just want to give it a shot,” said Crisano.
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an alex crisano sighting...

these fil-ams sure are living the life in manila. damn! :p

SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010
EVA IN MANILA PT. 1: WE HANG OUT WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE

On Eva's first night, we headed to Bugsy's Bar and Bistro. Not only is this one of Makati City's hip and happenin' spots where celebrities are often seen, it is also one of the few establishments that serves Dr. Pepper and Jameson whiskey (!).

(Not together. At least, not for me. That would be a terrible waste of Jameson.)

So there Eva and I were, sitting at the bar, minding our own business and apparently committing a social faux pas (of course) by ignoring bartender Perry Quimbo of Piedra fame -- when suddenly, the already-crowded bar burst into an excited roar and we were blinded by several flashing camera bulbs. A tall, heavily tattooed man entered the room rambunctiously and started shaking everybody's hands and greeting everybody in sight.

"Who is that?" Eva asked me. It was obviously somebody famous.
I shrugged. "Fuck if I know?"
"Are you kidding?!" The guy sitting next to us, who had been pretending to read a Time Magazine this entire time, exclaimed at me. He was clearly excited to have a reason into our conversation even though we'd been pointedly avoiding him. "That's Alex Crisano!"
I looked at him blankly. "Er... who?"
"You don't know him?! He plays for the PBA!"
"What's the PBA?"
The man paused, looking at me incredulously. "Philippine Basketball Association."
I suppose that, in the guy's eyes, it was understandable that I didn't know who the fuck Alex Crisano was. Maybe I was just a girl who didn't follow sports or something. But it was quite another thing not to know what the PBA is entirely. It would be analogous to say, not knowing what the NFL is in the USA, or FIFA in Europe.
Before I could explain that I wasn't retarded and had spent most of my life living abroad, I heard my name being hollered in the crowded bar. I turned around and saw my friend Mike. I was grateful for a way out of the conversation with Time Magazine man, anyway.
"Mike!" We did the awkward air-kiss-on-the-cheek greeting that I still haven't gotten the hang of. "So glad you're here -- quite the hip and happening spot you've suggested to us here. Apparently that guy is famous?" I jabbed my thumb at the giant.
Mike laughed. "Oh, Alex? Dude, we came together. He lives in our neighborhood (Mike and I are practically neighbors). We play basketball together on Sundays. Do you want me to introduce you?"

Hm.

I often think that living in the Philippines is wasted on me. The few acquaintances that I have seem to be people who grace local newspapers' society pages on a regular basis, own well-regarded hotels and restaurants, and have friends who are apparently the Filipino equivalents of Kobe Bryant. Or something like that. I feel like I would -- or should -- take more advantage of this. The problem is, I really can't find it in me to give a flying fuck about any of those things.

Except maybe the free food and drinks at the soft openings.

So, Eva and I politely demurred Mike's offer of an introduction. However, several straight Jim Beams and Jamesons later, the following conversation occurred:

"I dare you to ask that guy for his picture."
We couldn't even remember his name at this point; to be honest with you, I texted my friend Mike five minutes ago for the basketball player's name so I could write about him in this blog.
"Dude, no. I live here. I don't want to be that girl. Especially if he's Mike's friend."
"Fine, I'll do it," Eva stood up and turned in Alex Crisano's direction. We both watched as he lifted up his shirt to reveal his heavily tattooed and disgustingly muscled torso to a fawning girl.
"YERGH," we both screeched in horror. Eva sat back down.
"You backing out? Pussy."
"FINE."

Thus, the following photos:

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You know, props to Almarie and Eva for their straight faces. They at least look like they're taking him somewhat seriously. On the other hand, it's pretty clear that I have no regard for this guy whatsoever.

All I can say is that, I love it.
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Snow Badua: just got an email that former PBA player Ricardo
"Ricric" Marata passed away today. His ruins lie in New York City. our
deepest condolences. (via pbaonline)
 
Alex Crisano seen selling drugs at LAX

Alex Crisano seen selling drugs at LAX

My boyfriend visiting from the US and our friends decided to go to clubbing at LAX. We saw Alex Crisano was selling ecstacy to some Fil-Ams...he looked high and dancing wild on the dancefloor.

Gosh, its sad....he looks wasted.
 
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Looks like someone already wrote his biography on Wikipedia :p


@Creyes11111: I messed it up and ended up deleting your pic, sorry.
 
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