June 15, 2026
Monday
ANOTHER National Basketball Association season, the 74th of its kind, is at hand. On Sunday September 29, training camps open for all teams taking part in preseason games outside North America. Asia is the favored destination for NBA preseason games. The Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings will lock horns in the NBA India Games on […]
STOP the malpractice or else… the National Basketball Association (NBA) is coming after you with a more hefty punitive action. The days of player tampering may be over after the NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved last September 20 (September 21 Manila time) a tougher set of measures that will upgrade fines for tampering by […]
VIVA Espana! Asia on its mind. After winning its first-ever gold in Saitama, Japan in 2006, Spain is back in the 18th FIBA World Cup throne with a masterful 95-75 decision over erstwhile unbeaten Argentina in the finals at the Wukesong Sport Center in Beijing, China. Six players scored in double digits for the Spanish, […]
THE buck stops with the national basketball federation. Accountability is needed. And this is very far from playing the blame game. We have known in the last three decades that the selection system of national players is not working in its fullest (team chemistry) and the cramming in the training is venomous. But the Samahang […]
SO sad … so sad as days go by. After a pair of blowout debacles at the hands of Italy (108-62) and Serbia (126-67), the Philippines lost for a third straight time in a close one, dropping an 84-81 overtime decision to African power Angola in the 18th FIBA Basketball World Cup in the People’s […]
“DEFEAT is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.” — Martial arts icon Bruce Lee. With that belief, Team Philippines will run roughshod over the opposition and romp away with the gold medal in the 18th FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in the […]
START ‘em young. This was the mindset of Ballout Hoops Challenge founder Cris Bautista as he is organizing the third edition of the basketball tournament set to commence action on Sunday, September 1, at the Blue Eagle Gym at the Ateneo de Manila University campus along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City that features 10-year-old (or […]
PLAYERS now call the shots in the NBA. Top-tier players demanding a trade from their teams while still having a “live” contract seems to be in vogue nowadays. Take for example the cases of Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Paul George and Jimmy Butler. According to Golden State bench boss Steve Kerr, the trend […]
THE trend of NBA players who are not free agents forcing trades to get out of existing contracts — like the cases of Anthony Davis last January, Kawhi Leonard in the summer of 2018, Jimmy Butler in the summer of 2018 and Paul George in both summers of 2017 and 2019 — is not unprecedented. […]
IT used to be “Strength in Numbers” for the Golden State Warriors during their five-year NBA Finals appearances that rewarded the Bay Area unit with three championships. With Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and Jordan Bell gone, and Klay Thompson expected to miss the bulk — if not all — of the […]
IF the shoe fits, make money out of it. New Orleans Pelicans rookie phenom Zion Williamson, the No. 1 overall selection in last June’s NBA draft, signed a five-year, $75 million shoe endorsement contract with Nike’s Jordan Brand last July 23. It is the richest rookie shoe deal in NBA history in terms of annual […]