RJ Abarrientos refused to celebrate even after winning the Best Player of the Conference award, stressing that the goal is to win the championship after failing in his two tries. But now that he can finally call himself a champion after Ginebra won the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s crown in its...
Justin Brownlee just couldn’t hold back his tears during the post-championship interview, and then later on revealed that it was simply all about the emotions and reflections throughout the years as Barangay Ginebra 's resident import. For the 38-year-old forward, being able to play in the...
Scottie Thompson is skipping the July window of the 2026 FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers due to injuries with Converge guard Juan Gomez de Liaño set to take his spot, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas announced on Friday, June 19. Thompson was initially part of the 12-man roster released by the...
Chris McCullough’s return to the PBA may have not ended like the first time he played in the league, but he is nonetheless proud of what he had achieved with TNT in the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup. Coming in as a late replacement for the Tropang 5G import Bol Bol, who went down with an...
Now with 26 championships under his belt — which is the most by any coach in the PBA — Ginebra tactician Tim Cone was surely asked how the recent title differed from the previous one. And Cone has a stock answer: “The next one is going to be my favorite.” But at this point, the 68-year-old...
Gilas Pilipinas is hoping to make the most of the limited time it has to prepare for its pair of road games against New Zealand and Australia in the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers. Fresh from steering Barangay Ginebra through a grueling seven-game series to claim the PBA...
Scottie Thompson was sprawling on the Mall of Asia Arena floor already, playing the confetti with his kids during the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup awarding ceremony and not minding that there’s still a trophy that is needed to be handed out. Not until he heard his name gets called by the...
With everything that he has accomplished in the PBA and for Gilas Pilipinas, many have still doubted Justin Brownlee when he reprised his role as Ginebra’s import for the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup. Some said he was too old. Some felt he was too small. But there’s a reason why he was...
Ginebra players were jumping up and down as soon as the buzzer sounded. Some, mostly those who were already on the court, immediately hugged each other. It was a picture of celebration — and perhaps, even relief as they finally erased the agony of three Finals defeat at the hands of TNT. The...
One of the best two-way players in the TNT lineup, RR Pogoy has fully embraced the job of shadowing Ginebra resident import Justin Brownlee all throughout the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals series. He willingly accepted but it was by no means easy. In fact, Pogoy himself admitted that he...
Rain or Shine and NLEX banked on familiarity in choosing their imports for the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup. The Elasto Painters are bringing back Aaron Fuller, who they reached the semifinals with in the same conference last season before bowing to eventual champions TNT Tropang 5G. With Fuller,...
The game plan for TNT all along was to let Justin Brownlee win games against the Tropang 5G. And while it seemed like a "pick your poison" type of gamble, it somehow worked wonders for the Triopa particularly in the do-or-die Game 6 when they pulled off a 98-80 win to force the winner-take-all...
