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Phenom BRT Sumisip will take the spot of Blackwater in the new 3×3 tournament the PBA aims to start this year.

The PBA received an offer from the provincial government of Ilocos Norte to host a bubble in the event it becomes the league’s last resort to start the 46th season this year.

The PBA believes putting focus on vaccinating its teams and players will create an easier path towards starting the 46th season this year.

The PBA will implement a 20-percent salary cut on teams and employees as part of measures to deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NorthPort finally signed Jamie Malonzo and Troy Rike to rookie contracts more than a month after being taken in the first round of the PBA Draft.

How the PBA can start its 46th season despite the recent surge in COVID-19 cases is among a long list of agendas that will be tackled in a board meeting set Monday, April 19.

San Miguel star June Mar Fajardo has now ventured into business by launching his official clothing line merchandise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joshua Munzon is looking forward to the challenge of matching up with some of the PBA’s elite guards once the pro league’s 46th season can get underway.

Group workouts of pro teams and training of national athletes will remain prohibited even if Metro Manila and provinces inside the NCR Plus bubble were placed under a looser Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine guideline Monday, April 12.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel coach Tim Cone recognizes talent when he sees one, and from what he saw from rookie Andre Paras, there is one quality in the center’s game that impresses the champion mentor.

Blackwater coach Nash Racela believes the three players he picked in last month’s PBA Rookie Draft will be key pieces once the pro league’s 46th season tips off sometime this year.

Manny V. Pangilinan is backing a proposal which will pit a PBA selection against the Chinese national team in an exhibition aimed to start the league’s 46th season on a high note.

Matthew Wright perhaps echoed the sentiment of every PBA player recently as the waiting game for the 46th season to start lingers on due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The PBA’s plan to have its teams and staff vaccinated remains far from clarity even if the government is allowing private entities like the pro league to purchase on their own.

PBA teams and players are once again settling on individual or online workouts to make up for the temporary stoppage of practices due to the return of Enhanced Community Quarantine regulations.

PBA supervisor of referees and technical head Ferdinand "Bong" Pascual is set to make history after making it into the officiating crew of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics.

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the Executive of the Year award bestowed to him in the virtual Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night is a testament to the efforts of everyone who made last season’s bubble a success.

Basketball action is far from its return as the PBA is in another waiting game due to the strictly-imposed Enhanced Community Quarantine in the "NCR Plus bubble" starting Monday, March 29.