Monthly Archives: October 2008

SYDMAN’S POWER RANKINGS: THE FANTASY LEAGUE EDITION (OCT 22-26)

For last week’s rankings… click here Hello! This is week three and I’m going to mix my PBFANTASY TIPS with my rankings. So sit back and relax as we start this F’N UNBELIVABLE SHOW! ** credit to my new catchphrase to Rob Van Dam… and Slam Dunk’s resident statistician Hikoichi Aida (I heard they areaaa

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Gary David’s Buzzer Beater

I was out last night and didn’t see the Alaska-Air21 game. I searched for the end game finish by Gary David. Here’s the clip, it’s a TV capture but still semi-ok for those who missed it. Strong legs, strong arms/wrist action, moves well without the ball and not afraid to take the last shot, that’saaa

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Pilipinas Hoops Poll: Are You Solarized?

Are you satisfied with Solar Sports’ coverage of the PBA? YES! Cheska Litton is HOT! (27%) YES! Definitely Solar Sports is an upgrade over ABC 5. (23%) YES, but I want all games covered live. (16%) NO, I want live games. All The Time! (11%) NO, I miss ABC 5 and Barry Pascua. (11%) NO,aaa

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A Nike To Share

We got some NIKE Stuff to share. More than 20 items of Nike Bags, Nike Cases, NIKE DVDs My Game and Nike Water Bottles. (Thanks NIKE PHILIPPINES and OGILVY for providing the freebies) Two ways to get this. (1) Join the conversation via comments section and (2) joining the polls (see the polls below eachaaa

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Hoops Bounce!

The redesign of our site is almost over. We’ll continue to improve this here and there. Quick X and Os… Featured articles at frontpage. Recent articles and recent comments are now seen in the left side bar. Feedblitz sign-up is still on. It’s at top. Please subscribe to get the ball buzz. Also, you canaaa

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Advisory Group Meeting – Part II – Jaworski, In The House

Part I here. After the break, here are further details about the so-called Advisory Meeting. We were able to get access to this event. Robert Jaworski was able to make the meet and Tim Cone hurriedly left the building to attend to something. LEGEND: (<— Not the Jaworski Legend) Sonny Barrios – (SB) Robert Jaworskiaaa

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Ball Hog: Coke Spirit & Favis Fired, Miller Time & Raul Says Beware!

Coke Spirit Looks like Coke is running out of spirit. Reportedly, some of the players are tuning out coach Binky Favis. News link here. “There has been disagreement with some of the players regarding our game plans,” said Favis on Tuesday. “While we try to resolve the issues, management and I agreed that I takeaaa

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FINALLY FANTASY – PBA LEAGUE ONLINE

** As of October 21, 2008 I just registered in the online fantasy league site called pbfantasy.com. Its kind of a big deal site since it gets exposure in the actual PBA coverage. It’s simple… could be boring… but it could morph to bigger things once you cash in on its dividends. Hey, you knowaaa

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2008 – 2009 PBA Philippine Cup ASTIG RANKINGS – Week 2

Alright, as a few of you have said in my previous ranking, there are indeed a lot of flaws on my scoring system. One could be my formula, on what to add to a team who won with a negative ranking. (See previous ranking) Anyway, I still wouldn’t change my formula because you know, thataaa

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SYDMAN’S POWER RANKINGS (OCT 15 – 19, 2008) – Reigning MVP Kelly Williams Tops

The first Power Rankings had everything crazy on it. Benchwarmers ranked higher than the big guns… rookies reign supreme… and teams that could win last season are looking to tremendously outdo their selves. Now everything’s back to normal. Sure, we could see surprises here and there but the best players are leading the pack. Andaaa

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