Monthly Archives: May 2008

CHICAGO GETS THE BIG PICK

What the hell? The 1.7 percent chance of claiming the top pick proved enough as the Chicago Bulls are the holders of the top pick of the 2008 Draft. Again… what the hell. The boot the Bulls is more of luck rather than lack of talent. Boasting guys like Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng,aaa

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Kobe and the Lakers stops The Tim Duncan Spurs in Game 1…. Oh wait.

Well, I was talking to my HooPHmate Sydman earlier, and we agreed to part the East and West finals into two. I am unofficially assigned to do the West side and the Sydmeister will provide his “Now you can surf porn” insights to the Eastern Conference. Enjoy. M-V-P, M-V-P The game was falling right intoaaa

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Pros and Cons Of Solar Sports or ABS CBN Coverage of the PBA

ABS-CBN Pros – Clearer TV signal than RPN-Solar (at least, in my town). – Better line-up of sports/basketball analysts. For one, I am a fan of TJ Manotoc anchoring. – Tested and reliable network – Good marketing record ABS-CBN Cons – It will surely take some logistics, resources and funds off the UAAP. Expect aaaa

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PBL Finals: Harbour versus Hapee (again)

Left out in this year’s basketball calendar is the PBL Finals. Well, they are roughly light years ahead from the Fr. Martin’s Cup but let’s be realistic here: the NBA Finals is nearing and the PBA is playing. Thanks to the crappy decision-making skills known to many as Sky Cable, we will never see theseaaa

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The Eastern Conference Finals Breakdown: A Classic Rivalry

A rivalry renewed.. can you expect a better Eastern Conference finals? A little background on this tale: Back in the 80s, the Pistons and the Celtics met twice in the Eastern Conference finals.. they split the series 1-1, with the Celtics taking the 86-87 East Finals (Yes, the memorable Larry Bird steal on Isiah Thomas)aaa

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Tony Parker haters unite!!

So I was reading the Blog of Cait earlier and I found this very interesting entry about Tony Parker… and it has Tony Parker’s video of his ghetto days in France!! In other words, TONY PARKER IS RAPPING!! Yes, you heard me right Tony freakin’ Parker has a rap video in French! Too bad weaaa

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Desperate Champs, desperate measures.

(Picture credits: http://go2page3.blogspot.com/2008/05/ingredients-find-opposing-player-not.html) After watching a disastrous third quarter both from the Hornets and the calls from the refs in the game earlier, I had to turn off the television to get ready for a 4 hour part time job that could give me fits as I try to survive my summer. So what’s theaaa

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FIESTA CONFERENCE POWER RANKINGS (AT LAST) – START ‘TIL MAY 16

START OF CONFERENCE to MAY 16, 2008 Last Thursday I was minding my business when I browsed at the Results page of the PBA website. Hey, you know me; I like to check out stats even if this means I will manually insert them to Microsoft Excel (since the PBA website won’t offer subtotals). Loaaa

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Some random basketball stuff from the Internet

A filler post. Will promise to continue writing as soon as the Lakers eliminates the Jazz tomorrow. Hahaha Pay up, Sir Charles! LAS VEGAS (AP)—Charles Barkley acknowledged he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino and promised Thursday to repay it after a prosecutor said the retired NBA star faced criminalaaa

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Playoff Photo of the Day: Distractions FTW!!

Ok, so I haven’t posted a Photo of the day for awhile so I’m glad to say I’m back and enjoy this golden photo which was taken from the fifth game of the Hornets and the Spurs. Caption: “Must… not.. be.. distracted by the.. Peja pogo heads… must.. focus…. HOLY CRAP!! PEJA LOOKED LIKE MYaaa

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