Team Borgie edges Team Chris in clash of college hoop stars
By Celest R. Flores
It might have just been an exhibition game, but their competitive fire will always come out.
It might have just been an exhibition game, but their competitive fire will always come out.
Chris Ellis, Barangay Ginebra’s creative high-flyer, won the PBA All-Star Week’s Slam Dunk title as expected—but worked hard to pull it off last night.
Paul Lee had a great look on an open left corner triple, Jeff Chan had a “gimme” and so did Gabe Norwood on a third try — all those opportunities came for Rain or Shine in the waning seconds of the game.
Rain or Shine will sign up former national team mainstay Chris Tiu to a three-year deal worth the maximum amount for rookies today.
I SMILED to myself when PBA commissioner Chito Salud announced during last Sunday’s Rookie Draft at Robinsons Midtown that Rain or Shine had picked Chris Tiu.
THE LAST pro hopeful may end up among the first picks. Chris Tiu beat the deadline for the 2012 PBA Rookie Draft yesterday to become one of the oldest amateur players in recent years to sign up for the pro league.
IT WAS an unsolicited advise to cager Chris Tiu, coming from a handful of selected sports scribes who attended the press briefing of his new program on AKTV as basketball ambassador.
CHRIS Tiu admitted that he was devastated when the Smart Gilas program was discontinued—justifiably so since the guy virtually donated blood and guts to the squad for three years—to the point that he wanted to quit basketball altogether.
The nucleus of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball champion squad may be elevated to the national team the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas will soon form with the long-term goal of playing in the 2014 Fiba World Championship.
Philippine sports is in dire straits, and the country’s disastrous campaign in the last SEA Games only exposed the calvary the Filipino athlete has had to surmount to achieve parity with his Asian peers
PBA commissioner Chito Salud will be one of the special guests when the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association launches its 42nd edition on Saturday at the Uno High School gym.
There were several close shaves and moments of glory, and Philippine sports leaders can argue all they want that some silver medals should have been golds had it gotten a break here or there.
The Smart Gilas program, with its key players now with the pros, has discovered worthy replacements Sunday night after the Philippine team bagged the gold medal in the 26th Southeast Asian Games.
