Chot Reyes, the Gilas Pilipinas coach, Saturday took the withdrawals of two candidates from the national pool in stride but stressed that inclusion into the group was not exclusively for the World Cup in Spain but also for the more winnable Asian Games.
Import Richard Howell struck twice inside the final two minutes and helped Talk ‘N Text rise to 2-0 in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup with a 95-91 decision of Air21 Saturday night at Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
When Greg Slaughter of Ginebra and Marcio Lassiter of San Miguel Beer begged off from joining the pool of aspirants for the Gilas Pilipinas national team to the World Cup in Spain and the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, most people concluded that they were told to do so by their mother ballclubs.
Defending champion Alaska rebounded from a poor opening game showing with a 93-77 win over Globalport in the 2014 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Saturday at the Cuneta Astrodome.
On the way out even before his first PBA game, Josh Boone showed a tremendous amount of professionalism Friday night and still played his heart out in leading San Miguel Beer to a memorable league comeback at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
San Miguel’s Marcio Lassiter also backed out of the national basketball team training roster shortly after Greg Slaughter announced his withdrawal Friday.
San Miguel got off to a dominating start in the 2014 PBA Commissioner’s Cup by routing Meralco, 94-76, Friday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Ginebra rookie Greg Slaughter has begged off from Smart Gilas Pilipinas training pool for the Fiba World Cup.
San Miguel import Josh Boone hasn’t even played a game in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, but he could be his on his way out.
San Miguel Beer, the only remaining pioneer in the PBA, returns in place of Petron Blaze Friday as it clashes with Meralco in the Commissioner’s Cup eliminations at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Another team has expressed its interest of joining the PBA. NLEX, one of the powerhouse-champion squads in the PBA D-League, is making a jump to the big league as it submitted a letter of intent to the PBA on Wednesday.
Getting a dressing down at halftime, Herve Lamizana responded in the final two quarters Wednesday night and led Air21 to an 83-78 victory over Globalport at the start of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup eliminations at Mall of Asia Arena.
Talk ‘N Text rode on its strong play in the second and third quarter to smother defending champion Alaska to an 85-72 decision at the start of the 2014 PBA Commissioner’s Cup Wednesday night at the Mall of Asia Arena.
