Tag: PBA
Converge owner asks for reconsideration as PBA board denies Dennis Pineda as team governor – rezal404
Converge team governors Chito Salud, Converge co-founder and CEO Dennis Uy and PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial. PBA PICTURES MANILA, Philippines–Converge owner Dennis Anthony Uy is hoping that the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) would reconsider its decision to deny Pampanga governor Dennis Pineda being the team’s representative to the league’s Board of Governors. Pineda’s political connections…
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PBA goes to four provinces for ‘On Tour’ exhibition games – rezal404
INQUIRE FILE PHOTO The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will visit four provinces and one prominent campus in Metro Manila as part of its “On Tour” exhibition series which starts later this month. Part of the two-month slate that runs until the end of July are visits to Baliwag, Bulacan and Batangas City, both located near…
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Challenge system up in ‘PBA on Tour’ – rezal404
PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial. – INQUIRE PHOTO Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coaches will get a chance to finally test the long-clamored challenge system during a series of exhibition games that starts later this month. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said that this will be done along with other proposed rule changes during a two-month series dubbed…
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PBA penalizes 10 players for ‘ligang labas’ participation; Jio Jalalon fined P100K – rezal404
Magnolia guard Jio Jalalon during the PBA Governors’ Cup. PBA PICTURES MANILA, Philippines-Ten PBA players were found a total of P590,000 for taking part in a number of unsanctioned exhibition games known locally as “Ligang Labas.” Magnolia’s Jio Jalalon drew the stiffest penalty when he was asked to pay P100,000 after being among those summoned…
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Singaporean charged over alleged bribes offered to fix PBA, Thailand League matches – rezal404
INQUIRE FILE PHOTO SINGAPORE—A Singaporean has been accused of offering nearly $70,000 in scraps to fix the results of basketball games in Thailand and the Philippines. Koa Wei Quan, who was handed 14 graft charges on Thursday in the State Courts in Singapore, is said to have tried to influence games played in the Philippines…
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Ginebra still ‘growing,’ says coach Tim Cone after PBA Governors’ Cup Finals loss – rezal404
Ginebra coaches Tim Cone in Game 6 of the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals. —Marlo Cueto/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Barangay Ginebra will have room to grow, believes coach Tim Cone, after the Gin Kings surrender their hold of the PBA Governors’ Cup to new champion TNT on Friday. While Cone and his Kings couldn’t extend their reign on…
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Mikey Williams bags second PBA Finals MVP for TNT after Governors’ Cup conquest – rezal404
TNT guard Mikey Williams carries Tropang Giga in Game 6. –MARLO CUETO/Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines–At the cutting edge of TNT’s offense all series long, Mikey Williams took things to another level on Friday night and found great results. The spitfire guard had 38 points in a hot shooting night, helping the Tropang Giga to their first…
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PBA 3×3 clubs TNT, Cavitex see action in Asia Tour – rezal404
TNT’s Samboy de Leon. -PBA PICTURES MANILA, Philippines — TNT Triple Giga, the most successful PBA 3×3 team with four titles, is set to compete in the Asia Tour 3×3 this weekend at SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. Coach Mau Belen banks on Samboy de Leon, Ping Exciminiano, Gryann Mendoza, and Beninese import Raoul…
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TNT nears PBA title but Brownlee, Ginebra and recent history temper team’s excitement – rezal404
TNT import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. – MARLO CUETO/Inquirer.net There was a sense of accomplishment among some of the TNT players as they went back to the locker room following a hard-fought Game 5 win that put them closer to the finish line of the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals. But coach Jojo Lastimosa does not feel any…
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PBA Governors’ Cup Finals may be headed to tight finishes, more defense – rezal404
Ginebra’s Scottie Thompson (left) and TNT’s Mikey Williams are two locals who could step up to help their team’s imports. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ TNT coach Jojo Lastimosa is beginning to wonder, four games into the title series, if the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup Finals is due for at least one cardiac finish. “We have…
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