PBA 48th season

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If Kouame is included in the ROS roster, then he must be out already from the Gilas pool. The proximity of schedules of the Jones Cup and the World Cup will make it hard for Kouame to return into Gilas practice.

Looks like he is out of the pool

https://t.co/Al3fPpp1MQ

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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu3WQrvvVbk/

Asia’s most fearsome new pro team has a new home, a new look, and unfinished business…

The Bay Area Dragons will be based in Hong Kong in 2023-24, playing home games in the city in East Asia Super League Season 2 and the PBA Commissioner’s Cup. Hong Kong has got some new hometown heroes ♂️

Hong Kong basketball fans can look forward to EASL Season 2 home games against the PBA’s Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, B.LEAGUE champs Ryukyu Golden Kings, and Korean Basketball League runners-up Seoul SK Knights.

And yes, you read that right, the Dragons will be BACK IN THE PBA for the Commissioner’s Cup. After making the Finals last season, can they go all the way in 2024?

Finally, the Dragons have a fresh new logo for the new season, that you can see in this graphic.

Is it us … or have things just got a little hotter in Asian hoops?

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The Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons

https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/19/23/bay-area-to-host-select-commissioners-cup-games-in-hk

MANILA -- The Bay Area Dragons are bringing the PBA to their home court in Hong Kong.

Last year's Commissioner's Cup finalists will not only be making their PBA return in one of the league's import-laden conferences, but they are also set to play some yet-to-be-determined games in their home soil aside from the matches scheduled in the Philippines.

“The PBA is very excited about adding in a Hong Kong element to our upcoming Commissioner’s Cup, and we look forward to the Bay Area Dragons team re-joining the PBA,” said PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial.

This would be their second tour of duty in the league, previously facing crowd-darlings Barangay Ginebra San Miguel last year in a classic seven-game Finals series that even saw a new PBA attendance record of 54,589 fans.

Returning to the PBA is one of many assignments of the Dragons, as they are set to stay in Hong Kong starting August 2023.

“We expect the Dragons to bring Hong Kongers immense excitement, inspiration and pride. Dragons’ games will be the hottest sports tickets in town,” said EASL CEO and co-founder Matt Beyer. Their home court will be at the Southorn Stadium.

They will have another chance for redemption as they take part in Season 2 of the East Asia Super League (EASL), the league that created Bay Area, facing Ginebra, Japan B.LEAGUE 2022-23 champions Ryukyu Golden Kings, and Korean Basketball League 2022-23 runners-up Seoul SK Knights.

Making Hong Kong their home court is a part of their partnership with local team Chun Yu Basketball Club and with the recognition of the Hong Kong Basketball Association.

With this, they will now banner the name Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons across their leagues in the 2023-2024 season, alongside new uniforms, branding, and logos.

Returning to Chun Yu Bay Area are Chinese stars Zhu Songwei and Liu Chuanxing, Team Hong Kong captain Duncan Reid and former South China standout Glen Yang. New players will also be introduced upon the formal introduction of their roster for next season.

Also coming back to lead the Dragons are its coaching staff which is composed of head coach Brian Goorjian, assistant coaches William Tomlinson and Jimmy Li, and strength and conditioning coach Francesco Berre.

General Manager Liu Quansheng and Vice General Manager Garrison Guo will also continue overseeing the team.

[reamily]

Boy Mac Belo has that nice shooting stroke. Bige what if as he is a great 2 way player...

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Boy Mac Belo has that nice shooting stroke. Bige what if as he is a great 2 way player...

Vic Pablo on a busted knee

[reamily]

Vic Pablo on a busted knee

too bad for him he came to the league 3 years too early as he would be a good b league player

[hmbopbaduwap]

And how about Santillan being developed into a JDV/Bong Hawkins type by Yeng?

[Rodbi]

The Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons

https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/19/23/bay-area-to-host-select-commissioners-cup-games-in-hk

MANILA -- The Bay Area Dragons are bringing the PBA to their home court in Hong Kong.

Last year's Commissioner's Cup finalists will not only be making their PBA return in one of the league's import-laden conferences, but they are also set to play some yet-to-be-determined games in their home soil aside from the matches scheduled in the Philippines.

“The PBA is very excited about adding in a Hong Kong element to our upcoming Commissioner’s Cup, and we look forward to the Bay Area Dragons team re-joining the PBA,” said PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial.

This would be their second tour of duty in the league, previously facing crowd-darlings Barangay Ginebra San Miguel last year in a classic seven-game Finals series that even saw a new PBA attendance record of 54,589 fans.

Returning to the PBA is one of many assignments of the Dragons, as they are set to stay in Hong Kong starting August 2023.

“We expect the Dragons to bring Hong Kongers immense excitement, inspiration and pride. Dragons’ games will be the hottest sports tickets in town,” said EASL CEO and co-founder Matt Beyer. Their home court will be at the Southorn Stadium.

They will have another chance for redemption as they take part in Season 2 of the East Asia Super League (EASL), the league that created Bay Area, facing Ginebra, Japan B.LEAGUE 2022-23 champions Ryukyu Golden Kings, and Korean Basketball League 2022-23 runners-up Seoul SK Knights.

Making Hong Kong their home court is a part of their partnership with local team Chun Yu Basketball Club and with the recognition of the Hong Kong Basketball Association.

With this, they will now banner the name Chun Yu Bay Area Dragons across their leagues in the 2023-2024 season, alongside new uniforms, branding, and logos.

Returning to Chun Yu Bay Area are Chinese stars Zhu Songwei and Liu Chuanxing, Team Hong Kong captain Duncan Reid and former South China standout Glen Yang. New players will also be introduced upon the formal introduction of their roster for next season.

Also coming back to lead the Dragons are its coaching staff which is composed of head coach Brian Goorjian, assistant coaches William Tomlinson and Jimmy Li, and strength and conditioning coach Francesco Berre.

General Manager Liu Quansheng and Vice General Manager Garrison Guo will also continue overseeing the team.

This is a great development for PBA. I hope that they seriously consider a home-and-away series should BAD make the finals again. I think it's doable at this day and age. Hongkong home crowd would be filled by OFWs, lol

[CoJ]

This is a great development for PBA. I hope that they seriously consider a home-and-away series should BAD make the finals again. I think it's doable at this day and age. Hongkong home crowd would be filled by OFWs, lol

Hong Kong Classico sounds better than Manila classico

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Looks like Perkins lost a lot weight

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https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/23/sports/guiao-welcomes-bay-area-but/1901949

Lols at CYG.

If a PBA team got beat up again by B.League and KBL team EASL, they cannot ask for fairness.

[CoJ]

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/...ea-but/1901949

Lols at CYG.

If a PBA team got beat up again by B.League and KBL team EASL, they cannot ask for fairness.

lol instead of asking for fairness, PBA should just allow 2 imports per roster (hey pba teams could change imports anyway if they are injured/or if they are performing poorly) and remove the height limit. Instead of raising the standards of the league, they are just lowering the level of competition

[C2Hamm]

lol instead of asking for fairness, PBA should just allow 2 imports per roster (hey pba teams could change imports anyway if they are injured/or if they are performing poorly) and remove the height limit. Instead of raising the standards of the league, they are just lowering the level of competition

is there a cap on how much you can pay an import? maybe that is why teams dont have more than 2 at a time. teams probably dont want to, but if they limit salary of imports to same as max what a local can earn (on paper and pro rated per month) then they can probably hire 2 or more. if they dont control the salary, then teams who is willing to spend more, will get more seasoned players and the teams who will just comply will probably hire not as good\experienced players

[CoJ]

is there a cap on how much you can pay an import? maybe that is why teams dont have more than 2 at a time. teams probably dont want to, but if they limit salary of imports to same as max what a local can earn (on paper and pro rated per month) then they can probably hire 2 or more. if they dont control the salary, then teams who is willing to spend more, will get more seasoned players and the teams who will just comply will probably hire not as good\experienced players

Salary cap for imports is around $25,000 a month though rich teams can afford to pay $50,000 to $70,000 a month for their imports. While the poor teams only have a budget of $15,000-$20,000 a month for their imports. sabagay its not cost effective for teams to have 2 imports in their payroll if only 1 would be playing the whole tournament while the other is a reserve.

There was a rumor/report years go that the reason why PBA teams opted for height restriction is because smaller imports are cheaper compared to tall, 7 foot imports.

Sources:
The salary cap for imports, multiple PBA sources told me, is $25k a month.
Shabazz Muhammad is getting a reported $70k with SMB, which makes him underpaid.
Shabazz earned an average of $242k a month in China and $37k a game in the NBA.
-Homer Sayson

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/pba-rich-teams-spare-no-expense-to-get-the-best-imports-a2244-20211104

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Salary cap for imports is around $25,000 a month though rich teams can afford to pay $50,000 to $70,000 a month for their imports. While the poor teams only have a budget of $15,000-$20,000 a month for their imports. sabagay its not cost effective for teams to have 2 imports in their payroll if only 1 would be playing the whole tournament while the other is a reserve.

There was a rumor/report years go that the reason why PBA teams opted for height restriction is because smaller imports are cheaper compared to tall, 7 foot imports.

Sources:
The salary cap for imports, multiple PBA sources told me, is $25k a month.
Shabazz Muhammad is getting a reported $70k with SMB, which makes him underpaid.
Shabazz earned an average of $242k a month in China and $37k a game in the NBA.
-Homer Sayson

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/p...a2244-20211104

Is it feasible to get an FSA as the second import in the PBA? It seems to me that they are alot cheaper, though, skillwise, most of them are subpar.