47th PBA Season (Philippine Cup, Commissioner’s Cup & Governor’s Cup)

[CoJ]

It wasnt reported that the bribe was accepted.

yup it was not reported but the desired result of the syndicate happened , Mags losing to SMB, BWE covering the spread vs The Dyip. Anyway benefit of the doubt of course

[Sikatrix]

Isn't $5000 too low?

It wasnt reported that the bribe was accepted.

[CoJ]

Isn't $5000 too low?

P250k for one game? hmm easy money anyway.. Though it feels that they (avenido and the singaporean) has something on Sanggalang, Vosotros and BWE

[thatweirdguy]

SINGAPORE—A Singaporean has been accused of offering nearly $70,000 in bribes to fix the results of basketball games in Thailand and the Philippines.

Koa Wei Quan, who was handed 14 graft charges on Thursday in the State Courts in Singapore, is said to have tried to influence games played in the Philippines Basketball Association (PBA) and the Thailand Basketball League between April and July 2018.

The 32-year-old, who used to own transportation firm Koa Motor, had allegedly offered a bribe of US$5,000 (S$6,670) to one Ian Sanggalang on or around April 6, 2018.

The court heard that he worked with two others – Sergei Bien Orillo and Leonidez Zapata Avenido – to arrange for the Magnolia Hotshots to lose their match against the San Miguel Beermen by nine or more points in the PBA Philippine Cup Final Game 5.

Isn't $5000 too low?

[boytapboard]

SINGAPORE—A Singaporean has been accused of offering nearly $70,000 in bribes to fix the results of basketball games in Thailand and the Philippines.

Koa Wei Quan, who was handed 14 graft charges on Thursday in the State Courts in Singapore, is said to have tried to influence games played in the Philippines Basketball Association (PBA) and the Thailand Basketball League between April and July 2018.

The 32-year-old, who used to own transportation firm Koa Motor, had allegedly offered a bribe of US$5,000 (S$6,670) to one Ian Sanggalang on or around April 6, 2018.

The court heard that he worked with two others – Sergei Bien Orillo and Leonidez Zapata Avenido – to arrange for the Magnolia Hotshots to lose their match against the San Miguel Beermen by nine or more points in the PBA Philippine Cup Final Game 5.

[CoJ]

JUST IN: PBA commissioner Willie Marcial says the league will investigate allegations that a Singaporean businessman bribe several players to fix games between 2017 to 2018.

Marcial deferred from making further comment but a Straits Times story bared that a certain Koa Wei Quan has been charged in Singapore for allegedly offering about $70,000 to fix games in the PBA and Thailand’s TBL.

Among the names mentioned in the Straits Times story were Ian Sangalang, Almond Vosotros (during his Thailand stint) and Leo Avenido (who was said to be working with Koa). | via Jonas Terrado, Inquirer Sports

heck even the entire Blackwater elite roster is said to be involved with Koa Wei Quan

[boytapboard]

JUST IN: PBA commissioner Willie Marcial says the league will investigate allegations that a Singaporean businessman bribe several players to fix games between 2017 to 2018.

Marcial deferred from making further comment but a Straits Times story bared that a certain Koa Wei Quan has been charged in Singapore for allegedly offering about $70,000 to fix games in the PBA and Thailand’s TBL.

Among the names mentioned in the Straits Times story were Ian Sangalang, Almond Vosotros (during his Thailand stint) and Leo Avenido (who was said to be working with Koa). | via Jonas Terrado, Inquirer Sports

[thatweirdguy]

To be honest his offense is not NBA level but his D, athleticism and length is. If he improves his 3 pt shooting he can still be a 3&D player in the NBA. Actually he is not the usual import you get in this cup. His shooting stroke is really inconsistent. But he is so long and athletic, nobody can block his mid range. But most important is his defense. JB cannot take over with him around. And with TNT also having tall and long players to matchup the other players GSM was stopped.

He's not that bad of a player and is probably better than most end of bench guys in the NBA. I like his fit better for our NT than Brownlee with our relatively tall wings now. But for sure he'll be a lot more expensive to naturalize. JB is getting up there in age and is probably tiers below other NPs except Japan.

[Rds]

Didn't even matter because he was excellent in everything else during his stint. And teams could not take advantage of his weakness.

Kinda OT but there's a bunch of posts in r/nba asking why he's out of the league. The consensus was he was above average on D but terrible on the other end. Even though he's kinda youngish teams would rather develop younger guys or get gamble on unknown prospects.

To be honest his offense is not NBA level but his D, athleticism and length is. If he improves his 3 pt shooting he can still be a 3&D player in the NBA. Actually he is not the usual import you get in this cup. His shooting stroke is really inconsistent. But he is so long and athletic, nobody can block his mid range. But most important is his defense. JB cannot take over with him around. And with TNT also having tall and long players to matchup the other players GSM was stopped.

[R0N1N]

Happy right now as a TNT fan. Finally, a Governor's Cup title.

[thatweirdguy]

He was 10-35 (28.6%) from three in the PBA in 15 games. Not great.

Didn't even matter because he was excellent in everything else during his stint. And teams could not take advantage of his weakness.

Kinda OT but there's a bunch of posts in r/nba asking why he's out of the league. The consensus was he was above average on D but terrible on the other end. Even though he's kinda youngish teams would rather develop younger guys or get gamble on unknown prospects.

[CoJ]

He was 10-35 (28.6%) from three in the PBA in 15 games. Not great.

no wonder he’s out of the nba. But his other NBA level skills are enough to dominate the PBA,

[IPC]

Does anyone know what is the 3pt% of RHJ in the pba? That's partly the reason he couldn't stick in the nba because he shot around 20% from 3pt.

He was 10-35 (28.6%) from three in the PBA in 15 games. Not great.

[IPC]

The PBA had an offensive explosion this Governors' Cup: https://basketball.realgm.com/intern...tals/ortg/desc

9 teams reached 110 and above, and the top 2 offensive teams (Ginebra at 119.9 and TNT at 119.1) reached the finals. Finally, a tournament where teams have good offenses, after PBA offenses have suffered for so long.

[Metta]

RHJ was brilliant. It goes to show what NBA level athleticism and length can do to even thePBAs best import ever.

Does anyone know what is the 3pt% of RHJ in the pba? That's partly the reason he couldn't stick in the nba because he shot around 20% from 3pt.