Filipino wunderkind Kai Sotto bagged the Fans' Most Valuable Player Award in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) to end his rookie season with the Adelaide 36ers on a high note. Kai Sotto of Adelaide 36ers (Photo from NBL Twitter) Sotto averaged 7.52 points and 4.48 rebounds in his first...
Photo from FIBA Juan Gomez de Liano will play for Platinum Karaoke Philippines in the ASEAN Basketball League International Champions Cup slated April 16 and 17 in Bali, Indonesia. The former B.League cager and Gilas Pilipinas member will join Chris de Chavez and imports Marcus Hammonds and Carlos...
Kenneth Tapia, an player on the men's national wheelchair team “Pilipinas Warriors", has expressed support for the UniTeam presidential-vice presidential tandem of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. A Filipino cager goes for an easy lay-up over his Thai...
The Philippine Basketball Association welcomes its newest member Converge FiberXers. (Noel B. Pabalate) Converge will carry the moniker FiberXers for its maiden foray in the Philippine Basketball Association next season with some of the former members of the old Alaska franchise on board. Owners...
Matthew Aquino Matthew Aquino could see action for the first time as a member of the Japanese national team after being named to the 12-man lineup for its game against Taiwan on Saturday, Feb. 26, The Japanese Basketball Association listed the 6-foot-9 Aquino as eligible to play for the 11:05 a.m....
Dwight Ramos resumes Gilas duty from Feb. 24 to 28 as Gilas Pilipinas battles New Zealand, India, and rekindles rivalry with South Korea at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The highly-anticipated partnership between Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and the International Basketball Federation was...
File photo from AFP Manu Ginobili, who won four NBA titles with the San Antonio Spurs and 2004 Olympic gold with Argentina, was among 11 finalists named Friday for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Ginobili spent his entire 16-year NBA career with the Spurs and together with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker...
The Taguig City government has allowed the playing of basketball, volleyball, football, and other contact sports in the city under Alert Level 2. The Taguig Safe City Task Force recently issued Advisory No. 67 allowing contact sports in Taguig based on the resolutions issued by the Inter-Agency...
Chooks-to-Go Sports and Marketing Director Mel Macasaquit, Games and Amusements Board Chairman Abraham Mitra, and Chooks-to-Go MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes The Games and Amusements Board has unanimously approved the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's accreditation to be a...
Screenshot from Kai Sotto's Instagram Kai Sotto has revealed the severity of a knee injury that will force him to miss the Adelaide 36ers’ season-opening match against the Perth Wildcats in Australia’s National Basketball League. The 7-foot-3 took to social media to show photos of his sore knee...
Defense remains to be the key for Bicol Volcanoes head coach Aldin Ayo as he transitions to the pro ranks through the upcoming Chooks-To-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Invitational. Photo from Chooks To Go MPBL Although MPBL isn’t entirely new to Ayo who had a brief stint as...
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes is keeping his fingers crossed as the league hopes to finally reopen its doors for the fans when the Chooks to Go MPBL Invitational kicks off on Dec. 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena. MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes and...
