Tag: TNT
TNT drops away game to Taiwan’s Fubon, stays winless in EASL
TNT Tropang Giga import Rondae Hollis Jefferson warms up before an EASL game. MANILA, Philippines–The woes of the TNT Tropang Giga in the East Asia Super League (EASL) continued Wednesday after being handed a 106-97 away defeat by Taiwanese side Fubon Braves at Heping Gymnasium in Taipei. Despite the return of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to join…
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TNT fixes import issues as Miller stands in for RHJ after Converge
Tony Bishop (center) will don Barangay Ginebra’s famous jersey as a temporary replacement for Justin Brownlee (left). (PBA IMAGES) TNT has sorted out its import mess and the moment it tangles with Magnolia on Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum, an unpredictable and wild-and-woolly season in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will get going. In the…
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TNT scampers for RHJ stand-in as Converge nixes Miller release
TNT Tropang Giga vs Chiba Jets in EASL. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO As if having three top players decommissioned wasn’t enough, TNT now has to race against time to find a temporary replacement for import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. The Tropang Giga are set for an opening-day clash with Magnolia on Sunday, when the PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) Commissioner’s…
Read More TNT loses again to Chiba Jets to stay winless in EASL
TNT Tropang Giga vs Chiba Jets in EASL. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO STA. ROSA, Laguna—Shorthanded TNT tried to overhaul a huge deficit before falling short once more to the Chiba Jets, 75-66, on Wednesday in the East Asia Super League at City of Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex here. Despite import Quincy Miller leading the fightback, the Tropang…
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PBA: TNT looking for temporary replacement for Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
TNT import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson out of Tropang GIga’s EASL home game. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO STA. ROSA, Laguna—Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is doubtful for Sunday’s PBA Commissioner’s Cup opener against Magnolia due to an illness, prompting TNT to make an immediate search for a temporary replacement. Coach Jojo Lastimosa said the Tropang Giga are hastily searching for a temporary…
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After EASL loss, Jolas focuses on getting TNT in PBA shape
TNT Tropang Giga import Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. -EASL PHOTO Coach Jojo Lastimosa believes getting results both on home soil and foreign shores won’t be a problem once TNT reaches the form it envisions. “We will be better off finishing games when we get in shape,” Lastimosa said in a short message to the Inquirer Thursday, a…
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Shorthanded TNT vows to fight all the way in EASL
Jojo Lastimosa: No expectations. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Coach Jojo Lastimosa believes the presence of Rondae Hollis-Jefferson will help galvanize a TNT Tropang Giga squad that will head to the opener of the East Asia Super League (EASL) campaign against Japan’s Chiba Jets shorthanded and far from its best form. “Having Quincy and Rondae doesn’t mean it’s…
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NBA in play for Rondae Hollis-Jefferson–but first, a stint with TNT – rezal404
Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson shoots a fadeaway jumper against New Zealand in the Fiba World Cup at Mall of Asia Arena. -FIBA PHOTO Rondae Hollis-Jefferson’s performance for Jordan through the first round of the Fiba World Cup has raised some possibilities of a potential return to the NBA. But while opportunities abound, the former Brooklyn Nets…
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RHJ, a champ with TNT, now powers Jordan drive – rezal404
Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. -FIBA PHOTO Because of events over the past six months, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has come to expect the unexpected in the Philippines. His latest welcome surprise? Returning to the country to reinforce another basketball team. Not the TNT Tropang Giga in the PBA this time, but the Jordan national squad in the Fiba…
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Anthony Semerad sparks NLEX’s come-from-behind win vs TNT – rezal404
NLEX Road Warriors’ Anthony Semerad. –PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines—NLEX banked on Anthony Semerad to gain the come-from-behind win over TNT in the PBA On Tour, 97-84, at San Juan Arena on Wednesday. After being down by as much as 22 in the second quarter, 39-17, the Road Warriors rode on a momentous performance from Semerad,…
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