ankle breaker
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maybe he's shifting to showbiz now. he used to do some cameo roles in some comedy flicks way back in the late 90's to early 2000.
Former PBA players where are they now?
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grahamtelly
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if Bolado wins the Survivor then his really a certified Lucky jumbo!
saints13
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I heard over the GMA radio that Bolado indeed is a participant in the Philippine Survivor..hehehe..I don't know, bigla ako natawa.hehehe. I don't know what kind of spice Jumbo Bolado will add to the show. hehehe. I'm not a fan of that show but knowing he's there, I wanna know how it will turn out. hehehe
jericho D. Niera
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hahaha.. is that jumbo bolado? i thought he is just a "kontra-bida" in a tagalog movie turned survivor.. si jumbo bolado pala.. hahaha.. now im curious with survivor PI.. will the bolado magic work? 
c_d
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Airing tonight: Survivor Philippines Palau starring Chris ‘Jumbo’ Bolado
Normally, I wouldn’t devote a whole post to a GMA Telebabad show, but I wanted to give a heads-up to all the readers of this blog, because one of the castaways in tonight’s Survivor Philippines Palau premiere will be former PBA player Chris ‘Jumbo’ Bolado.
Pinoy fans would of course remember Bolado’s ‘lucky’ run in the mid-90s, when he was part of Alaska’s grand slam season in 1996. The following season, he was traded to Purefoods, who immediately won the subsequent All-Filipino Conference. Purefoods shipped him to Ginebra (in exchange for EJ Feihl) the very next conference… and Ginebra won the championship! This was the memorable Chris King championship run that Gary Granada sang about.
Anyway, Bolado’s fortunes have apparently turned, and he’s now plying his trade as a basketball instructor. I chuckled when I read that, because Bolado has as much business teaching kids how to shoot jumpers as Ato Agustin has of preaching defense and unselfishness. But hey, whatever works!
I hope this opens the floodgates for mediocre former PBA players to invade the local reality TV landscape. I want Wilmer Ong in the Pinoy Big Brother house. I want to hear Max Delantes, Peter Naron, and Harmon Codinera on the Singing Bee. I want to see Giovanni Pineda’s dreams come true on Wish Ko Lang. I want Richie Ticzon to ply his wares in the next Project Runway Philippines. I want Boybit Victoria’s next harassment case to be on Imbestigador.
What, too much?
c_d
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Ato Agustin, coaching genius.Or: how San Sebastian learned to stop worrying and love the (atom) bomb
I did not see this coming at all. Neither did you, and if you say you did, you’re lying.
I’m not talking about Ato Agustin’s thinning hairline, or the disappearance of his killer stache, although those are weird too. I’m talking about the Ato Agustin taking over the coaching reins of the San Sebastian Stags and turning them into the best team in Philippine college basketball, highlighted by their sweep of the first round of the NCAA capped by a victory over arch-rival Letran.
It’s really weird. He preaches tough defense and unselfishness – and his team buys it! Apparently, they’ve never seen a tape of him playing, ever. I mean, I watched Ato Agustin carry those hobbled San Miguel teams in the early ‘90s, and I loved it when he led the Pampanga Dragons to the first MBA national title over the Negros Slashers, but he’s really not the guy who has the most credibility when he implores his players to play unselfishly and make the extra pass, is he?
His sideline demeanor is also kind of a surprise. He doesn’t subscribe to the mura philosophy of his former coaches (and fellow Kapampangans) Aric del Rosario and Yeng Guiao, although he gives out instructions in the huddle in English (with a heavy Kapampangan hint) like Guiao.
This time last year, I was taking a long break from work, and I had the opportunity to watch more NCAA games than perhaps anyone not paid to watch them. Agustin took over for a San Sebastian team that lost their best player, 6’7” center Jason Ballesteros, and was left with spare parts. So how did he end up, less than a year later with this juggernaut?
Well, there’s the defense. They play hard all the time, and their pressure defense (actually, a 1-2-2 backcourt trap) is absolutely suffocating. I was surprised at how good their press is; it’s better than the presses by teams like De La Salle and Letran, whose programs have been running pressure defensive schemes for years.
But more importantly, they are playing with swagger, something that Agustin had in no short supply all throughout his career. They were never rattled even when Letran went on a huge run and led by double-figures, or when Rey Guevarra and Kevin Alas made several impossible shots off daredevil drives, or when Letran gunner Jaypee Belencion hit a bunch of three-pointers.
They always knew they could come back, and they did, erasing the Letran lead in a huge third quarter run. It was a great performance that could only come from a crew who truly, honestly believe that they’re better than the other team.
Letran was able to limit the Stags’ main man Jimbo Aquino, but Ronald Pascual stepped up in his stead. But I suspect that if it hadn’t been Aquino or Pascual, it would have been someone else for the Stags. The team’s just built that way, and Agustin deserves all the credit in the world for that.
I did not see this coming at all. Neither did you, and if you say you did, you’re lying.
I’m not talking about Ato Agustin’s thinning hairline, or the disappearance of his killer stache, although those are weird too. I’m talking about the Ato Agustin taking over the coaching reins of the San Sebastian Stags and turning them into the best team in Philippine college basketball, highlighted by their sweep of the first round of the NCAA capped by a victory over arch-rival Letran.
It’s really weird. He preaches tough defense and unselfishness – and his team buys it! Apparently, they’ve never seen a tape of him playing, ever. I mean, I watched Ato Agustin carry those hobbled San Miguel teams in the early ‘90s, and I loved it when he led the Pampanga Dragons to the first MBA national title over the Negros Slashers, but he’s really not the guy who has the most credibility when he implores his players to play unselfishly and make the extra pass, is he?
His sideline demeanor is also kind of a surprise. He doesn’t subscribe to the mura philosophy of his former coaches (and fellow Kapampangans) Aric del Rosario and Yeng Guiao, although he gives out instructions in the huddle in English (with a heavy Kapampangan hint) like Guiao.
This time last year, I was taking a long break from work, and I had the opportunity to watch more NCAA games than perhaps anyone not paid to watch them. Agustin took over for a San Sebastian team that lost their best player, 6’7” center Jason Ballesteros, and was left with spare parts. So how did he end up, less than a year later with this juggernaut?
Well, there’s the defense. They play hard all the time, and their pressure defense (actually, a 1-2-2 backcourt trap) is absolutely suffocating. I was surprised at how good their press is; it’s better than the presses by teams like De La Salle and Letran, whose programs have been running pressure defensive schemes for years.
But more importantly, they are playing with swagger, something that Agustin had in no short supply all throughout his career. They were never rattled even when Letran went on a huge run and led by double-figures, or when Rey Guevarra and Kevin Alas made several impossible shots off daredevil drives, or when Letran gunner Jaypee Belencion hit a bunch of three-pointers.
They always knew they could come back, and they did, erasing the Letran lead in a huge third quarter run. It was a great performance that could only come from a crew who truly, honestly believe that they’re better than the other team.
Letran was able to limit the Stags’ main man Jimbo Aquino, but Ronald Pascual stepped up in his stead. But I suspect that if it hadn’t been Aquino or Pascual, it would have been someone else for the Stags. The team’s just built that way, and Agustin deserves all the credit in the world for that.
icebreaker
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Is there any instance that a son of a former PBA player has become a much better player than his father?
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Is there any instance that a son of a former PBA player has become a much better player than his father?
nardy
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Ritualo is one .....
patay-butiki
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^^^
johnny abbarientos, a lot better than haba-haba.
this is way off-topic by the way.
johnny abbarientos, a lot better than haba-haba.
this is way off-topic by the way.
dreamwalker
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patay-butiki
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dennis abbatuan in 1985...
he once scored more than 50 points against ncc.
now in london with wife dr. maria lucila ciriaco-abbatuan and daughter karen.
he once scored more than 50 points against ncc.
now in london with wife dr. maria lucila ciriaco-abbatuan and daughter karen.
c_d
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Life after PBA for the "Fortune Cookie"
By Marjorie Gorospe
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:39:00 09/11/2009
Filed Under: Basketball
By Marjorie Gorospe
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 17:39:00 09/11/2009
Filed Under: Basketball
nardy
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Willie Pearson was chased out of the country by the BIR for Tax evasion charges years ago when he was with the Alaska Milkmen. A good jump shooter and could've been a great PBA player. But poor work ethic, and the fact that he started playing in the PBA at age 27 caused his career to slide quite early. And tax evasion ended his PBA career for good after the 1989 season, when he played with Alaska.
He was first recruited to play for St George Whisky, the farm team of the PBA's Gilbey's Gin at the MICAA. But he was lured to play for Arellano Flaming Arrows after the MICAA folded-up and he eventually gone to the La Salle Green Archers which was already out of the NCAA which made it possible for him to be part of the original NCC Team where he was a benchwarmer with homegrown players JB Yango and Frankie Lim as that team had Ricardo Brown, Dennis Still, Jeff Moore, Steve Schall, Steve Lingerfelter, Bruce Webster, Willie Polk, Eddie Joe Chavez and Michael Antoine. After his National Team stint in the SEA Games he joined the PBA with the Crispa Redmanizers where he garnered the Rookie Of the Year Award. Before ending-up with Alaska, after Crispa he played with Shell and Great Taste.
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The_Big_Cat
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I recall Willie Pearson wearing number 33 for Great Taste.
This was the time when Great Taste Coffee were led by the "Three Bs"; Bogs Adornado, Ricky Brown and import, Norman Black. They were coached by Baby Dalupan.
nardy
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Pearson came to Great Taste after the Three Bs that is because he was the player which was traded by Shell in order to acquire Bogs Adornado and remember Bogs used the number 33 after he left Crispa and ironically it was Willie which used the number 11 for the Redmanizers when Adornado was gone. What I could not recall is if Adornado and Pearson became team mates at Alaska which was the last team in the PBA for both players.
lizardking
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Anybody know what happened to Steve Watson? and how was he a filipino? I mean he looked pure white to me.
nardy
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Steve Watson the "Bandana Kid" used to manage Pepsi Mega (the ancestor of Mobiline/Talk 'n Text) in the PBA but that was almost 14 years ago. He is a Fil-Australian. I remember he played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the NCAA college competition while still a senior in high school.
Last I heard of him was when he played for the Ateneo All-stars in the 2006 Fil-Oil Flying V Homegrown Cup. He was supposed to play at the aborted San Beda vs Ateneo Games last 2008.
