Gilas Pilipinas won’t have the luxury to play big with its tallest players in Kai Sotto and Quentin Millora-Brown out of commission for the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, but head coach Tim Cone is searching for ways to match the height of New Zealand and Australia. And...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone explained why two of his frontliners in Kai Sotto and Quentin Millora-Brown were absent in the Final 12 of the national team for the pair of road games in the third window of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Speaking at the end of the Gilas’ open...
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...
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...
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...
Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone expressed frustration over what he described as an unfair narrative surrounding the PBA Commissioner 's Cup Finals, saying the Kings are often accused of benefiting from officiating whenever they win. "I 'm just getting really tired of the idea that...
Barangay Ginebra eyes a coronation while TNT pushes for a winner-take-all when they lock horns in Game 6 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, June 14. History favors the Kings in the contest that tips off at 7:30 p.m. with another big crowd...
Through the first two games of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup Finals, some fans and critics are hard on Ginebra gunner Stephen Holt for what they believed his lackluster performance in the series. And the frustration was understandable. Holt was held to just one point in Game 1 and...
Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone didn’t mince words and blasted the officiating in their 101-94 loss in Game 2, believing that the Kings did not get the right calls all-game long. “We didn’t get a break from the referees. I thought it was a terrible crew tonight,” said Cone, who in...
Ginebra may have drawn first blood in the Finals series but head coach Tim Cone is not being complacent against TNT come Game 2 of the best-of-seven series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday, June 5. Tip-off of the clash is at 7:30 p.m. with the Kings aiming to correct their mistakes that...
There was no sense of any celebration from RJ Abarrientos after nailing not just one – but two clutch four-pointers late in Barangay Ginebra’s 102-100 win over TNT in Game 1 of the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup finals. Instead, the presumptive Best Player of the Conference palmed his face...
