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Filipino teen-age basketball sensation Kobe Paras and his team the Compton Magic Elite was eliminated in the Elite Eight of the Adidas Uprising Summer Championship in Las Vegas after they were defeated by the LoneStar Elite Coleman with the final score at 77-80. The 17-and-Under silver bracket of the competition features the Filipino international sensation … Read more
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) hopes that teenage basketball sensation Kobe Paras will compete in the highly anticipated Manila Masters of the 2015 FIBA 3X3 World Tour which will be hosted by the Philippines in the next few days. SBP Executive Director Sonny Barrios hopes that the US-based high school basketball star will represent … Read more
Veteran PBA coach and considered as the winningest mentor in the PBA, Coach Tim Cone will be transferring to Barangay Ginebra in the coming days. Although there is no official statement yet, but some sports insiders already revealed that the announcement will be officially released by the San Miguel Group any day from now. Aside … Read more
Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters aims to give its frontline a huge boost in the 2015 PBA Rookie Draft which will be held next month as they owned the first overall pick in the highly-touted rookie draft which will feature one of the most talented batch of rookies entering the pro league. During the last … Read more
Former NBA Most Valuable Player Dwyane Wade stays with the Miami Heat after 12 years of service to the franchise as he agreed with a $20 million, one-year deal with his team. The agreement between the Heat Management and his agent just showed how the Heat franchise valued him as on of their star player. … Read more
Purefoods Star Hotshots clinched one of the semi-finals berth of the 2015 PBA Governors Cup after they defeated the fifth-seeded GlobalPort Batang Pier whom the team defeated during the do-or-die game with the final score of 101-94 in favor of the Hotshots. The Star Hotshots will make a trip to the semi-finals as five of … Read more
GlobalPort Batang Pier enters the quarterfinals of the 2015 PBA Governors Cup with a twice-to-beat advantage as they ranked No. 4 during the elimination rounds while the Purefoods Star Hotshots was ranked at No. 5 at the end of the elimination, but that advantage was wiped away by the Hotshots. The Batang Pier suffered their … Read more
Bobby Ray Parks Jr., the supposed to be first home-grown Filipino-American player to play in the National Basketball Association went undrafted during the recently concluded 2015 NBA draft wherein sixty names were chosen by various NBA teams. Although Ray Parks was undrafted he got invites from one of the leagues team. The Dallas Mavericks where … Read more
The Minnesotta Timberwolves, picked teen big man Karl-Anthony Towns from the University of Kentucky squad as the No. 1 draft pick in the 2015 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. The 19-year-old Karl-Anthony Towns averaged 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots last season leading his team unbeaten until losing to Wisconsin in the NCAA … Read more
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Best-of-Seven finals series and brought home the NBA title after 40 years of title drought. The last time that the Golden State Warriors won an NBA Championship title was way back the year 1975. The Warriors is one of the team … Read more