Crowd darling Barangay Ginebra came out masterfully on both ends to send the Alaska Aces tumbling back to reality with an 85-77 beating in today’s first match of the PBA Philippine Cup over at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
MANILA, Philippines – The hot topic around the PBA and basketball for that matter these days is where Tim Cone will land. Nothing official has been picked up although the understanding for most basketball buffs is that he will be landing a coaching job soon either in the collegiate ranks or with one of the [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Air21 and Barangay Ginebra consummated another PBA trade today. Willie Miller will be headed to Air21 in exchange for the high flying KG Canaleta and a 2012 draft pick. The deal has already been approved by PBA commissioner Chito Salud. Willie Miller has been seeing limited playing time as of late with [...]
MANILA, Philippines – It seems only yesterday when we saw Air21 and Petron (formerly SMB) trade players. In that trade, we saw veterans Danny Seigle, Dorian Pena, Dondon Hontiveros and Paul Artadi go the Express for top rookies Rabeh Al Hussaini, Noy Baclao and Rey Guevarra. In the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, the two teams felt [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Talk ‘n Text coach Chot Reyes believes that winning game 1 doesn’t tell how their series with the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings and actually terms it as the “first punch”. Despite winning via rout last Wednesday, 102-83, the fiery Texters coach is bracing for a Barangay Ginebra comeback in game 2.
