Monthly Archives: June 2007

Sydman’s Side Defect: The Very Early PBA Draft Preview

20 Best Players in the PBL (A somewhat PBA Mock Draft) With Gary David out of the Air21 lineup, Nino Marquez was tapped from the regional league to at least give the Express an additional firepower. Sure, Marquez, the former Spring-Tagaytay standout has a slim chance to become great in the league but this pint-sizedaaa

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PBL MVP Is Jason Castro

Jason Castro clinches PBL MVP plum IT TOOK three derby races, including one in the NCAA, before Jason Castro of Hapee Toothpaste finally realized his dream of winning the ultimate prize. Yesterday, the 5-foot-10 guard stood tall in this game of giants as he won the Most Valuable Player award in the PBL Silver Cupaaa

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Harbour Sweeps Cebuana Lhuillier Pera Padala, Now A PBL Dynasty?

SAME FAMILIAR faces, same script and same result. And so Harbour Centre’s dynasty is now complete. With Jason Castro and Chico Lanete producing numbers befitting their status and Ryan Arana providing the needed firepower, the Batang Pier etched their names in the history books when they overpowered Cebuana Lhuillier Pera Padala, 90-75 and completed aaaa

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The PBL Finals: All Aboard!

The PBL Finals: All Aboard! You see, Harbour Centre is a win away to sweep Cebuana Lhuillier. More than that though, they are also looking for a three-peat. This year, the Batang Pier has yet to lose in the finals. Leading the way are the PCU tandem of Jason Castro and Beau Belga (who incidentallyaaa

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2007 NBA Finals Game 3 – Another Ugly Game

NBA Finals Game 3 – Another Ugly Game Game 3 was another sleeper, an ugly game in fact. * Neither team shot over 42%, Cleveland a stunning 37% * A combined 26 turnovers * Ginobili without a field goal, and 3 points all from the stripe in the last few minutes * So much foraaa

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Team Spurs Versus LeBron

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Nothing beats playing as a team! This is the bitter lesson that the mighty Lebron James discovered when the San Antonio Spurs scorched the Cleveland Cavaliers in Games 1 & 2 of the 2007 NBA finals. How else can you beat a team led by a no-nonsense coach in Gregg Popovich, thataaa

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Would You Believe That? Would You Believe That?

Coke up by four with 13 seconds to go and they went home crying. Boys don’t cry but on that night, they were allowed to. And why not, after watching the game and having my dinner, I was going, “Would You Believe That? Would You Believe That?” the whole time. No one in the Cokeaaa

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2007 NBA Finals Live Blog – Game 2

It’s the Quinito-Chino tandem covering the game for RPN9. I’ll tune in to the RPN9 coverage for this 2007 NBA Finals Game 2 diary. This could be the best tandem that RPN9 could offer. I just don’t like Vito Lazatin’s shouting nor Andy Jao’s lack of NBA viewing and researching. Another option could have beenaaa

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PBA: No violation committed in RTL procedures

The PBA Board of Governors came to a conclusion Thursday that there was no violation committed on Rico Villanueva’s delisting from the Restricted Trading List (RTL) and his subsequent transfer from Red Bull to San Miguel Beer. The three-way trade deal among Red Bull, San Miguel Beer and Purefoods involving Villanueva, Romel Adducul and Donaaa

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San Antonio Spurs Will Rock Lebron

Ball is round eh? Look, this time last year, the ooohs and the ahhhhs were directed towards Dwayne Wade. The inevitable Jordan comparisons were for him only. Neither Kobe nor Lebron was relevant this time last year. Now, thanks to Kobe trade noise and James K.O.-ing the Pistons, it’s the other way around. Lebron isaaa

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