Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad Basketball Newses

Sad news 1 (at least, to me)… When each W in the West could propel you to have a higher playoffs seeding, the Lakers dropped a Bobcats game. No energy from the get-go. Body signs show they are tired and frustrated. Every teammate error, Kobe is whining and raising his arms in dismay. Eventually, heaaa

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Video: Lakers Rhapsody

Lead from Ball Don’t Lie.

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Sydman’s Side Defect: ONE SUNDAY

I can’t help but feel robbed at the outcome of this year’s Ateneo-DLSU tilt. Yes, I know that the match was for charity and I was half-guessing myself whether or not I want to see a brawl between E-Vil and the Ninja but the latter part of the match has the outskirts of an epicaaa

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Weekend Basketball Bitstuff 4: PBA Trade, CP3-MVP and Republika Ginebra

Blessed Holy Week to all you folks… Tenorio, Fonacier for Ken Bono and Cortez I’ll score this one in favor of Alaska. It gives Alaska one legit playmaker (Cortez is more of a scoring point guard) in Tenorio and finally, they have one reliable outside shooter that will help them spread the floor. Fonacier isaaa

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Sydman’s Side Defect: THE RIGHT SHIFT

SYDMAN’S SIDE DEFECT: THE RIGHT SHIFT There are four players that switched teams in the course of the Philippine Cup and their results vary. As of this moment, there are a lot of talks of player movement as we have heard a couple as of this writing. I guess the best player to come ofaaa

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Sydman’s Side Defect: THE BEST OF THE PHILIPPINE CUP

Sydman’s Side Defect: THE BEST OF THE PHILIPPINE CUP Conference MVP: KELLY WILLIAMS – Who do you expect? The team most likely to join Welcoat in the cellars became the conference’s biggest shocker. He had everything from clutch baskets, to stellar feats of athleticism… even making Tim Cone angry. Yes, the surprise find in theaaa

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One for Kobe

It’s official! March 12 2008 is Kobe Bryant Blog Day! *Cheers Cheers* So this one’s a message to my fellow hoops blink writers, PAY HOMAGE TO THE GUY! Ok let’s start.. If there’s one thing everyone can agree about on Kobe Bryant, it’s that this guy is man of extreme followers. There are an awfulaaa

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Super Rookies: The Top 10 Individual Rookie Performers in the Philippine Cup

If we would base the ROY award on their team’s perfomance, Ryan Reyes would be a runaway winner with Chico Lanete coming in as a distant second. That’s why I took the liberty to sum up the 10 best individual rookie perfomers of the Philippine conference. I’ll base it on their overall efectiveness on theaaa

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On the Bestern and the Leastern Conference

The playoffs is just around the corner, with approximately 20 games to play for each team, who would’ve expected that a team with a 30-32 record would be sitting pretty in one of the playoff seats while on the other hand, teams with 41-22, 40-23, 39 – 23 and 37 – 25 records are stillaaa

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Sta. Lucia – Forecasts From Hell

Now they’ve won the PBA’s ultimate crown, what if the championship fever goes into their cocojam and they all go nuts. They are the champions, nothing to prove anymore eh? This article forecasts the worst case and absurd scenarios for Sta. Lucia franchise. 1. Joseph Yeo – Feeling he’s now one of the established 2-guard,aaa

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