Photo from PBA The first virtual PBA Rookie Draft had its share of technical issues, comic relief and personal moments some of the 65 players selected will cherish for a very long time. With all applicants limited to attending the proceedings via Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions, most turn Draft...
Photo from Chooks to Go Terrafirma officially made Joshua Munzon as the top overall pick of the record-setting PBA Rookie Draft held Sunday, March 14. The Dyip made no surprises in picking the 26-year-old Fil-American to start off the draft proceedings held both virtually and at the TV5 Media...
Fellow colleagues, fans and observers have been spending the past few weeks doing their own mock version of the PBA Rookie Draft to figure out where the best players from the list of 86 applicants are going to end up with. With the draft proceedings slated Sunday, March 14, 2021, this writer opted...
Photo from FIBA NLEX coach Yeng Guiao admitted that the decision to send the No. 4 pick in the PBA Rookie Draft to TNT through a three-team trade was something beyond his control. “We have discussed thoroughly the recently concluded trade between Blackwater, TNT and NLEX within the organization,...
Photo from Chooks to Go Terrafirma is all set to welcome Joshua Munzon as its No. 1 overall pick on Sunday, March 14, when the PBA holds this year’s Rookie Draft virtually for the first time. Barring a last-minute change of draft, the Dyip plans to select Munzon to kickoff the 4 p.m. proceedings...
The PBA assured that its television deal with TV5 won’t be severely affected after the latter forged an agreement with ABS-CBN to air some of its primetime programs. Questions as to whether the PBA coverage will be bumped off from Manny V. Pangilinan’s flagship channel were raised after TV5...
Photo from PBA TNT, reeling from the decision of Ray Parks Jr. to skip the upcoming season, made an immediate remedy by acquiring NLEX’s No. 4 pick in this weekend’s PBA Rookie Draft in a three-way trade that included Blackwater. The PBA approved the deal late Wednesday, March 10, with NLEX...
Photo from Chooks to Go Terrafirma head coach Johnedel Cardel sees Joshua Munzon as a “complete package” and worthy of the No.1 spot in Sunday’s virtual PBA Rookie Draft. “He can score, he can defend, he’s also coachable, pero ang pinaka-mahalaga sa tingin ko mabait na bata (most...
Photo from PBA The PBA is forming a study group aimed at implementing new policies to deal with situations like the one involving Ray Parks Jr. and TNT Tropang Giga. PBA chairman Ricky Vargas of TNT made the announcement days after his team felt it was left in the dark when Parks decided to skip...
Photo from FIBA Some of the big guns from the PBA won’t be reinforcing Gilas Pilipinas for the third window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio said the decision was made as the two international tournaments...
The PBA hopes for a longer season than the previous one with plans to stage two conferences during a 10-month period under a semi-bubble format starting April 11. PBA chairman Ricky Vargas said that the league aims to open the 46th season with the centerpiece Philippine Cup followed by a longer...
Photo from Chooks to Go One of the Fil-foreigners who are eligible to be selected in Sunday’s PBA Rookie Draft said that getting the needed documents can be a difficult process right from the beginning. “It was really tough,” Troy Rike said in the recent episode of the Prospects Pod. “It...
