Bigger PBA role eyed for second Smart Gilas PH team
By: June Navarro
The Philippine Basketball Association will be an integral part of the next Smart Gilas Pilipinas national team.
The Philippine Basketball Association will be an integral part of the next Smart Gilas Pilipinas national team.
A new proposal is reportedly in the works as Powerade and Petron continue to work on a deal that will send rookie Marcio Lassiter to the Blazers, even as Tigers coach Bo Perasol hopes nobody from among his big-hearted wards will be dealt.
Rising star John Kevin Baytan buried a three-pointer while Wilson Bartolome came through with a defensive gem in the last two minutes as Chiang Kai Shek College thwarted Hope Christian High School, 79-75, in Game 1 of their best-of-three title series in the 42nd Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament Monday at the Uno High School gym.
Jeremy Lin flirted with a triple double but the New York Knicks struggled to find the right chemistry with the return of Carmelo Anthony, losing 100-92 to the New Jersey Nets on Monday.
Chiang Kai Shek College completed a double victory in the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association by clinching both Aspirants and Girls Divisions titles over their fancied rivals.
Those dashes in the lane that Marcio Lassiter used to make in a Powerade uniform won’t be seen in another team. At least for now.
The New York Knicks rebounded from their first loss of Jeremy Lin’s magical run to defeat the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Sunday.
Hope Christian High School is hoping to end a 19-year title drought when it battles Chiang Kai Shek College at the start of the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTBA) best-of-three title series at the Uno High School gym Monday.
Vying to turn itself into a league contender, National University taps another Philippine youth team star to boost its UAAP men’s basketball campaign.
Rodolfo “J-Jay” Alejandro III committed Sunday to suit up for the Bulldogs just months after starring for the national under-16 team and the Mapua Red Robins in the NCAA juniors division.
A steady force for Petron Blaze, Nick Fazekas finally got the needed shot in the arm from his teammates.
Vincent “Chot” Reyes has earned another crack at steering the national team after the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas picked him as head coach of Smart Gilas Pilipinas 2.
Air21 snapped its 14-game misery dating back to last conference as it turned back Barako Bull, 97-88, Sunday night in the 37th PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.
The same racial stereotypes that dogged Yao Ming early in his National Basketball Association career are now being cast upon Harvard educated, New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin.
