Why Gabe Norwood is going to be awesome for Gilas Pilipinas

    Andray Blatche will no-show for Gilas Pilipinas in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.   Lebanon is near Syria… and that place has issues.   Totally understandable…   In some ways, Andray is just protecting his career. Even if he’s just about to turn 31, Blatche can pretty much bid his NBA career adieu …

2017 PBA Governors’ Cup Power Rankings Week 1

  Welcome to the 2017 PBA Governors’ Cup Power Rankings!   San Miguel and TNT have yet to see action and with the strong squads resting… NLEX, Phoenix, and Meralco are seizing the opportunity. In four playdates, guys like Chris Newsome, Kevin Alas, and RJ Jazul are tearing it up. Alas has enjoyed a string …

2017 PBA Governors’ Cup: First Impressions

  The first four games of the 2017 PBA Governors’ Cup has taken place with Phoenix, NLEX, Meralco, and Rain or Shine getting first blood as Kia, Blackwater, GlobalPort, and Alaska suffering setbacks. So I’m going to make a first impressions blog! Here are the top ten players of the first two playdates of the …

Christian Standhardinger’s learning process

  So Gilas Pilipinas got back from their dismal outing against South Korea by whipping Iraq. The thing about this match however is the physicality. Carl Bryan Cruz did a lot of things aside from hitting jumpers and that probably sent the enemies to dig deep and bring out their Oscar-bait acting.   At one …

1-of-26: It had to be against South Korea

1-out-of-26.   Imagine if Gilas Pilipinas had one-third of those shots made.   Matthew Wright botched all of his seven attempts and Roger Pogoy misfired five. Kiefer Ravena, Bobby Ray Parks, and Kevin Ferrer combined for ten. Jio Jalalon had the lone made… and he’s pretty much the only one apart from Mike Myers who …

Wendell McKines and San Miguel’s potential grand slam

  So Wendell McKines is tasked to send San Miguel to their second grand slam. I don’t know how he’ll do it, but the rest of the league wants him to choke. I know the word "choke" is a harsh term but for a team that has won five of the last eight conferences, you …

The 2016 PBA Re-Draft

Gilas Pilipinas is off to Chinese Taipei for the Jones Cup. The roster packs a mean punch as Kiefer Ravena, Bobby Ray Parks, Christian Standhardinger, Raymar Jose, Kobe Paras, and import Mike Myers join current Gilas pool members Mac Belo, Matthew Wright, RR Pogoy, Kevin Ferrer, Ed Daquioag, Carl Bryan Cruz, Mike Tolomia, Von Pessumal, …

Loyalty Swap: The cadet-to-(former)cadet trade between Arnold Van Opstal and Von Pessumal

  So wait... these teams can do this?   After all the hoopla which led to perhaps the worst draft of the league’s existence, things can even turn worse?   Holy crap!   San Miguel just traded former Gilas Pilipinas pool member Arnold Van Opstal to GlobalPort for Von Pessumal. The Batang Pier inquired for …

10 NBA Legends with the Best Farewell Games

  It’s the swan song...   The last hurrah...   It's the fitting end of what is to be a landmark career.   Some players go all out in their last game. It’s like... they saved their best for their last. They would play like there is not tomorrow... because they figuratively do not have …

Mark Andaya co-stars in Alden Richards’ McDo TVC

Forgive me for being ignorant but I just realized that the giant in the McDonald’s ad alongside Alden Richards is former PBA center Mark Andaya. Hehe. The eighth pick overall of the 2006 PBA Draft played in the PBA from 2006 to 2012. Andaya was selected ahead of Boyet Bautista and behind Aaron Aban. For …