PBA na ulit... (continued)

**wowiesy** · May 22nd, 2013 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by baludoy

jaworski as polarizing as abueva? i don't know about that. siguro nung height ng crispa-toyota rivalry (pero hindi pa ko talaga naabutan iyan so ewan ko lang). pero hindi ba respetado siya sa labas ng basketball ng peers niya (outside of fernandez and the crispa guys i suppose

)?

i for one am not a ginebra fanatic nor a jaworski fan but the respect is there for me because when i was a kid, my father and i had a fleeting chance encounter w/ the big j himself in front of a telephone booth (ang tagal na nun considering pilahan pa iyong mga pldt red phones) and he acquitted himself quite nicely by being a gentleman and all. he was soft spoken plus he let my father use the phone first w/c left an indelible mark on a young impressionable child like me. so yeah, i'm okay w/ him but i won't get into a fist fight for his benefit

as for abueva, the hate in the ncaa for this guy was palpable (only the baste guys loved him) that even a non-ncaa fan like me can feel the animosity whenever he played. i'm guessing this hate thing would carry over to the pro leagues in and out of the hardcourt

Ang ping uusapan naman na love him or hate him is only on the court di ba? I think jaworski is one of those...

**shadow** · May 22nd, 2013 09:33 AM

The original...love him or hate him...

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**chua_riwap** · May 24th, 2013 07:24 PM

trade rumors......

caguioa for gary david.
how true?

**_Qwerty_** · May 27th, 2013 01:20 PM

sabi dati gary david for J wash??

hmm may pag asa pa pala si Abueva sa MVP.. kung makuha nya BPC for the last conference..

Abueva on track to becoming 2nd ROY-MVP in PBA history | Sports, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

Abueva on track to becoming 2nd ROY-MVP in PBA history

MANILA, Philippines – Calvin Abueva might have a shot at becoming only the second player in PBA history to win MVP honors in his rookie year should he sustain his searing pace in the season-ending Governors Cup slated to start Aug. 14.

Abueva, the season’s second draft pick behind Petron Blaze’s Junmar Fajardo, is on track to making the official candidates list, being a strong runner-up in the Best Player of the Conference derbies in the Philippine Cup and in the Commissioner’s Cup.

Talk n Text’s Jayson Castro and Ginebra’s LA Tenorio are already official MVP candidates for winning the BPC plums in the all-Filipino tourney and mid-season confab, respectively.

Abueva and Petron’s do-it-all star Arwind Santos are both in contention on the strength of their huge numbers in the stats derby.

In the unofficial tally through the semifinals of the first two conferences, Abueva and Santos were running first and second with averages of 29.716 and 28.95 statistical points, respectively.

As of posting time, the PBA has yet to release the official stats.

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But combining the numbers released by the league through the semis of the Philippine Cup and the Commissioner’s Cup, Abueva has got past Santos, the first conference stats champ.

The Alaska super rookie was runner-up to Santos in the stats race in the first conference and beat all comers in the second conference.

“I’m excited of Calvin having a chance to be a rookie MVP,” said Alaska top official Joaqui Trillo of the prospect of Abueva matching the record feat of Benjie Paras in 1989.

The energetic forward out of San Sebastian, however, must finish ahead of Castro and Tenorio in the stats race in the end for him to be an official MVP contender.

The same goes to Santos, a perennial BPC and MVP contenders in the last few years.

Right behind Abueva and Santos in the unofficial stats tally are Sol Mercado (27.81), Castro (27.346), Tenorio (26.796), Jayvee Casio (25.816), Ranidel de Ocampo (25.65), Cyrus Baguio (25.45), KG Canaleta (25.15), Marc Pingris (24.951), Joe Devance (24.42) and James Yap (24.375).

Out of the list is reigning MVP Mark Caguioa who missed most of the second conference. He was the BPC race leader before going down with an injury near the halfway mark of the elims.

Abueva and Tenorio finished in a virtual dead-heat but the latter emerged the runaway winner in the balloting among players, media and PBA officials.

To keep his competitive edge, Abueva is seeking treatment to his knee injury in Beijing next month. He decided to push through with his China treatment, begging off from joining Smart Gilas’ Lithuanian training.

Team officials said Abueva endured pain on his knee from midway of the Commissioner’s Cup elims.

**shadow** · May 27th, 2013 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

trade rumors......

caguioa for gary david.
how true?

impossible yan...

and plausible eh Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra for a couple of players...

**_Qwerty_** · May 27th, 2013 09:09 PM

tayo pa naman defending champion... tsk tsk tsk..

No Jones Cup for Gilas: Taiwan organizers withdraw invitation for Philippine team | InterAKTV

No Jones Cup for Gilas: Taiwan organizers withdraw invitation for Philippine team

Amid tensions between the Philippines and Taiwan, the organizers of the Taipei-based William Jones Cup have withdrawn their invitation to the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team, the defending champions of the competition.

Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes made the announcement on his Twitter account.

he Philippines won the competition last year on the strength the performance of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel guard LA Tenorio, who won Most Valuable Player honors.

Taiwan and the Philippines rose after the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fishermen by members of the Philippine Coast Guard earlier this month.

Several incidents of attacks on Filipino workers by Taiwanese locals have been reported.

Gilas members expressed disappointment over the decision of Jones Cup organizers.

Reyes, for his part, said that the development is a setback in the preparations of the national team, which is training to compete in the FIBA Asia Championship in Manila in August.

**beni23** · May 27th, 2013 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

tayo pa naman defending champion... tsk tsk tsk..

No Jones Cup for Gilas: Taiwan organizers withdraw invitation for Philippine team | InterAKTV

Sos takot lang yang mga yan.

**shadow** · May 27th, 2013 10:09 PM

Kawawa rin gilas lalo na mga pinoy OFW na manonood. Hostile crowd baka bugbugin pa sila ng mga Taiwanese pag tapos at uuwi na sa dorm nila mga OFW

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