May 06, 2024
Monday
AS in the previous years, there are five games to be played on Christmas Day (December 26, Manila time) in the National Basketball Association (NBA). These are: Boston at Toronto (1:00 a.m. MT), Milwaukee at Philadelphia (3:30 a.m.), Houston at Golden State (6:00 a.m.), Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers (9:00 a.m.) and New […]
I AGREE with the decision of national team head coach Tim Cone to get the best ingredients of an ice cream from his Barangay Ginebra factory for the men’s basketball team that will be defending its title in the multi-sport 30th Southeast Asian Games to be held in Manila, Clark and Subic from November 30 […]
I AM sure basketball fans remember the 1992 Dream Team at the Barcelona Olympics fielded by the Americans consisting of the finest NBA stars like Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Larry Bird, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin and John Stockton. It was a real All-Star team […]
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 […]
AS great as Shaquille O’Neal (28,596), Moses Malone (27,409), Elvin Hayes (27,313), Hakeem Olajuwon (26,946) and Oscar Robertson (26,710) had been during their heyday, none of them breached the 30,000-point barrier during their distinguished careers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In NBA regular-season annals, only seven men have collected at least 30,000 career points. […]
IF it’s any consolation to the Lakers Nation, the top four all-time leading scorers in National Basketball Association (NBA) regular-season history have suited up the colors of the Los Angeles Lakers at one time their distinguished pro career. The Fantastic Four are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant and now LeBron James, who surpassed His […]
THERE are two key events in the NBA on Friday, February 8 (Philippine time). First, there’s the NBA trading deadline at 3 a.m. and then the 2nd NBA All-Star Draft at 7 a.m. The All-Star draft, which will be nationally televised – unlike a year ago when the selection process was held in confidentiality for […]
I GET it. The popular vote goes to his His Airness Michael Jordan as the GOAT in National Basketball Association history. Jordan, after all, earned six title rings with the Chicago Bulls in “three-peat” fashion twice from 1991-93 to 1996-98. And fans may have been awed by the glitz lights of scientific technology during the […]
LIKE a 50-point game, a triple-double performance by an athlete during a basketball contest is something special that easily attracts a lot of attention from hoops fans. And it becomes even more mind-boggling if a player is able to AVERAGE a triple-double for an entire season such as what Oscar Robertson (The Big O) and […]
ARE 29 teams in the forthcoming 2018-19 National Basketball Association season simply playing for second place? In a survey among NBA general managers, 87 percent of those polled said the Golden State Warriors would win their third straight title this season – and fourth in five years – this season and become the first team […]
MENTAL health is a hot topic in the National Basketball Association (NBA) nowadays, much so after Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers) and DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio Spurs) publicly admitted that they have suffered panic attacks, anxiety and/or depression during the games and were seeking treatment. According to Houston Rockets assistant coach John Lucas, who was banned […]