PBA 2008-2009 season

[vanguard]

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Sending a pure breed, 100% Pinoy basketball team in the international scene will give horrible results. Let's all face it, genetically, Filipinos aren't that gifted and blessed with the strength, size, height, and power needed in basketball so far. We might have the skills but heck a 6'4 center will still have no match for a 7'0 well exposed center. We can never send a team of guards and expect to win games and make it far. We need those cross breeds after all they still carry Filipino blood.

[amamangloy]

Json Castro moduwa najud sa Phone Pals. Di na siya moduwa sa Singapore Slingers

[skadiboy]

all we need in our national team is height height i mean HEIGHT..... usa na sa mga rason we dont have a legitimate 7 foot center who can slams dribs shoot and def the ball...

[digitalsuperman]

fil am mana si ryan reyes......

he is 100% Filipino.. AFAIK, he has filipino parents its just that he grew up in the states.

[skadiboy]

he is 100% Filipino.. AFAIK, he has filipino parents its just that he grew up in the states.

aw mao bah ehehe.. english paking man gud.. preha diay sila nila dela crz, helterbrand caguiao etc.. ehehe

[skadiboy]

STA. LUCIA LEAVES FOR US TRAINING

Giants� draftees have to earn spots

Friday, 05 September 2008

Without a major draftee, reigning Philippine Cup champion Sta. Lucia Realty will try to improve through hard training in the US, pitching camp under coach Kevin Barbosa in Boston before going through a different group of trainers in New Hampshire.

The Realtors leave for the US Thursday, dropping by San Francisco first for a four-day holiday as part of their bonus in winning the 2007-08 All-Filipino tourney.


"Pagkatapos ng four-day holiday, bubugbugin na namin sa training. We thought that's the only way para makasabay kami sa mga kalaban na halos lahat nag-improve ang lineup through the Draft," said Sta. Lucia top official Buddy Encarnado, awarded as Executive of the Year by the PBA scribes in their annual awards Tuesday.

The Realtors actually picked two players in Chito Jaime and Kelvin Gregorio in last Sunday's draft exercise at the Market! Market! in Taguig.

"They (Jayme and Gregorio) have to earn their spots because our old reliable relievers are still there. And we're investing on our old players by sending them to training in the US," said coach Boyet Fernandez, also an awardee as Best Coach in the PBAPC bash.

Fernandez and Encarnado said the team will still revolve around senior players Dennis Espino and Marlou Aquino.

“They are still vital cogs to our team and unless we find others who are capable of replacing them, they will continue to play for us,” said Encarnado.

The 35-year-old Aquino’s old contract expired last month and that of Espino, 34, ends Dec. 31. Encarnado bared a new contract has been given Aquino which will end after the season while that of Espino will easily be renewed.

Meanwhile, Talk n Text has also signed up No. 4 pick Rob Reyes to an P8.7-million contract for three years – the same maximum deal gotten by Gabe Norwood, Solomon Mercado and Jared Dillinger.

At Purefoods, team manager Alvin Patrimonio said draftees Beau Belga and Jonathan Fernandez also have to earn their slots.

Patrimonio said James Yap, Kerby Raymundo, Enrico Villanueva, Chico Lanete, Roger Yap, Jondan Salvador and Peter June Simon are the only players assured of slots in the team thus far.

Being considered are free agents Chad Alonzo and Al Vergara. Retiring at the end of the 2007-08 season were Rey Evangelista and Noy Castillo. (NC)

[theGoodBoy]

Nag-evolve na ang Philippine Basketball, di na ta matingala if moabot ang time nga puro fil-ams na ang manula, and i've seen nothing wrong with it. I've heard once from a pinoy sports analyst nga ang best training camp is toa gyud sa gawas, which is true. So mao ni nga daghan na kaayo mga fil-ams nga ng-eskwela karon sa US in preparation for their basketball career and mga gahi na kaayo nig balik diri sa Pilipinas

Sending a pure breed, 100% Pinoy basketball team in the international scene will give horrible results. Let's all face it, genetically, Filipinos aren't that gifted and blessed with the strength, size, height, and power needed in basketball so far. We might have the skills but heck a 6'4 center will still have no match for a 7'0 well exposed center. We can never send a team of guards and expect to win games and make it far. We need those cross breeds after all they still carry Filipino blood.

These statements are very true! SBP has already drawn up long term plans to improve the RP basketball program and one of the proposed plans is enlisting a naturalized big man. Times have changed. Size has become a very big factor in international competitions. If you're still for an all pure-pinoy lineup then you are living in the past.

[theGoodBoy]

SOLAR TO LAUNCH HIGH-TECH PBA TELECAST
Friday, 05 September 2008
http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2261/1/

A fresh audio-visual look is in store for televiewers as Solar Sports embarks on a high-tech coverage of the PBA's 34th season starting Oct. 4 with the goal of taking the telecast to the next level.

Solar chief operating officer Peter Chanliong assured PBA chairman Joaqui Trillo, outgoing chairman Tony Chua, commissioner Sonny Barrios, executive director Rickie Santos, media bureau chief Willie Marcial and finance manager Jimmy Sunglao in a meeting at the network headquarters in Salcedo Village, Makati, the other day that the coverage will be "second to none."

Solar and the PBA formalized their three-year contract in a signing ceremony during the meeting. Solar was represented by chairman William Tieng and president Wilson Tieng.

Solar vice president for sales and marketing Jude Turcuato said the philosophy of "mass follows class" will be adopted in bringing the coverage to a level where market segments converge at the top. He described the job of the commentators as "aspirational," challenging the on-camera talents to deliver a high-quality performance that the country's No. 1 sports entertainment vehicle deserves.

Solar vice president for production Erick Tam said the company invested at least P20 Million for new equipment in a bold attempt to reach the standards of the NBA. A typical game will now be covered by six to seven brand-new Sony D55 digital cameras and two ENG Panasonic P2s. A Harris G-series inscriber was bought with the capability of showing seven layers of graphics on the screen like what is used in the NBA, CNN, Fox Sports and ESPN. An SNG flypack dish was also acquired to replace transmission by microwave in beaming the games from the venue to the Solar base in Antipolo using satellite technology.

Tam added that a Doremi hard drive-based video recorder connected to a Cooper slow-mo controller, a new OB Van (Isuzu head with a 22-foot body now under construction by Almazora and LED monitors) and LED displays to replace the "rolltech" in the venues are other new features of the coverage.

Tam said new angles will be shown using an isolation camera, multiple versions of a sequence in slow-mo will enhance the appreciation of the action on the floor and playback of highlights every quarter will provide the continuity for an exciting story unfolding.

To prepare for the launch, Solar sent Tam, head of graphics and animation Mhelvin Evangelista and head of post production Froilan Manila to Los Angeles for an intensive exposure program to familiarize the team with the new equipment for the PBA. The team was trained in Hollywood on broadcast row where the Disney, NBC, Universal and Paramount offices are located.

Turcuato introduced Solar's "first fives" of anchors, analysts, courtside reporters and interviewers to the PBA brass during the meeting.

The anchors are Mico Halili, Vitto Lazatin, Ed Picson, Paolo Trillo and Turcuato. The analysts are Norman Black, Danny Francisco, Quinito Henson, Vince Hizon and Jason Webb. The courtside reporters are Richard del Rosario, Patricia Bermudez-Hizon, Eric Reyes, Anthony Suntay and Dominic Uy. The interviewers are Peaches Aberin, Reema Chanco, Lia Cruz, Cheska Litton and Marga Vargas.

Also in the cast of on-camera talents are Mark Zembrano, Mica Abesamis, Jimmy Javier and Chiqui Reyes.

[st.anger]

aw mao bah ehehe.. english paking man gud.. preha diay sila nila dela crz, helterbrand caguiao etc.. ehehe

mao jd... parehas gd ni Joey Mente, abi nko fil-am.. hehehe

[skadiboy]

joey mente? ehehehe sila mana ka tribu ni junthy valenzuela ehehe XD