Monthly Archives: February 2007

God hates Shaun Livingston

Let’s talk about potential. Tell me, if you would see a 6’7″ highschool kid who plays the point guard position pretty well, what comes in to your mind? Correct, pure potential and a good basketball future. That’s what scouts saw in Shaun Livingston. Shaun Livingston was drafted in 2004. He came out of highschool byaaa

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HITS and MISSES 1

Duct tape your wieners because its now time for another Top Ten!!!! Hehe Joke. I still haven’t finished my 10 Worst NBA Number Picks right? I’ll finish that later. In the meantime… Sydman’s Hits and Misses: 10. Dennis Johnson – God took him at 52. One of the best defensive guards of the league ofaaa

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Alex Compton Will Play in the PBA: Finally!

Running the PBA is like running a business. With a dozen PBA superstars out to fight for the Philippines in international meets and with no marquee (‘cept perhaps for Marquin, rhyme intended) import to showcase, PBA board decided to bend the rules a little bit. They want to create some more buzz. And here’s theaaa

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PBA Philippine Cup Cyber Awards Anyone?

I’ve been planning to make this article for a long time now but thanks to some sort of illness called procrastination, I wasn’t able to do one. So I guess, now’s my only chance to make one. Mainly because The Reinforced Conference will start next Sunday. Ok, here it goes. I’ll still base it onaaa

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Philippine Basketball’s Olympic Comeback Starts Now

Last December, I made an entry about my own PBA “Dream Team”. I had Asi Taulava, Kerby Raymundo, Eric Menk, Mick Penissi (as a back-up if Pingris and Reavis are not convincing), the 110 percent man – Rudy Hatfield, Danny Seigle, Don Don Hontiveros, James Yap, Mark Caguioa, Willie Miller, Jayjay Helterbrand, Jimmy Alapag.

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There Is Hope For James Yap

Purefoods’ James Yap is having a bad year eh? His team was booted out by Talk and Text during the quarter finals, 3-1. From All-Filipino Champions to being out early in the QF, this is a downgrade. Purefoods’ James Yap is having a bad month eh? His marriage with Philippine TV Queen Kris Aquino isaaa

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Final 12 PBA Players Named

TWELVE brave souls. One common mission. The roster of the RP men’s basketball team out to seek the country’s first ever Olympic berth in 34 years was finally unveiled Saturday, an all-pro selection which its high-profiled mentor best describes as a bunch of young, quick and fundamentally sound players. Coach Chot Reyes named five guards,aaa

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Thoughts on game 6: Ginebra completes comeback, Wins the Championship

After a shaky 0-2 start, Ginebra completed their comeback. With their never say die attitude and Class A intensity and energy, they proved their critics wrong and eventually claimed the PBA Philippine Cup Championship. Sunday’s heroics on a friday Now tell me, who would ever expect Sunday Salvacion to hit three clutch baskets at crunchtime?aaa

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Friday NBA Bulletin

No Big Deal At the end of the NBA trade deadline, only two deals got done and both are not playoffs altering trades. Anthony Johnson being traded by the Dallas Mavs for second round draft pick and peanut butter. While, Juan Dixon went to Raptors and Brian Colangelo sent Fred Jones (formerly of Pacers) toaaa

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ESPN Wants Your Opinions

In a sudden twist, ESPN now features a blog-like comments section at end of each article. ESPN calls the feature ESPN Conversation. It’s currently in Beta but it’s working fine. This ESPN comments section will surely make my eyes red and teary even more. Too much online reading. This is not the first time thataaa

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