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Meralco bigs draw out Fajardo nerves
San Miguel center June Mar Fajardo during the PBA Finals press conference.–PBA IMAGES San Miguel Beer star June Mar Fajardo faces a big problem in the PBA Philippine Cup Finals. Two, actually. When the defending champion Beermen play the Meralco Bolts in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series on Wednesday, the challengers will have a…
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Keep ‘bigs’ shootout, revive dunk tilt
Meralco’s Raymond Almazan wins PBA All-Star Big Man 3-point shooting. –PBA IMGS BACOLOD CITY—Count the inaugural champion of the PBA’s three-point shootout big man edition as among those who initially wondered why the Slam Dunk contest was scrapped from this year’s All-Star Weekend. “To be honest, I was surprised because it has been a part…
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Japeth Aguilar’s presence looms large for Gilas with key bigs out
Japeth Aguilar goofs around with his Gilas Pilipinas teammates during a training session ahead of the Filipinos’ game against Hong Kong in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 qualifiers. –DENISON DALUPANG HONG KONG — Gilas Pilipinas fixture June Mar Fajardo is beyond grateful that Japeth Aguilar came in to plug his and AJ Edu’s absences for…
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AJ Edu relishes challenge of playing vs marquee bigs – rezal404
Gilas Pilipinas center AJ Edu during a Fiba World Cup game between Gilas Pilipinas and Dominican Republic. –Marlo Cueto/INQUIRER.net BOCAUE — AJ Edu, who has been big in Gilas Pilipinas’ preparatory games, came up big Friday night in the team’s loss to the Dominican Republic in the Fiba World Cup’s opening night at Philippine Arena.…
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Playing vs Lithuania gives Gilas chance to address defending stretch bigs – rezal404
June Mar Fajardo and Gilas Pilipinas are fast learning how to deal with bigs who can shoot from the outside. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/ELVIS ZALDARIS When the lone naturalized player’s spot in his roster was likely boiling down to either Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson or Barangay Ginebra resident import Justin Brownlee, Gilas Pilipinas showed that it…
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Victor Wembanyama’s long frame, versatile game has him topping list of ‘bigs’ – rezal404
Victor Wembanyama has long been earmarked to be the No. 1 overall selection in the NBA draft, a player so unique that he challenges traditional categorization. He heads The Associated Press’ list of big men in the draft with a 7-foot-3 frame that could eventually help him dominate inside to go with his perimeter skills.…
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Rain or Shine stays unbeaten despite struggle to contain Phoenix bigs – rezal404
Rain or Shine’s Andrei Caracut. -PBA PICTURES ANTIPOLO—Rain or Shine put up another big second half before scuttling Phoenix’s comeback attempt down the stretch for a 113-104 victory in the PBA On Tour on Friday at Ynares Center here. Five players scored in double figures as the Elasto Painters won for the second time in…
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