PBA na ulit... (continued)

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kunyari lang siguro yung injury.

ayaw nang lumaro. kaya ibinangko na lang.
houston rockets na nasa isipan ni kumag.

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Wala na talaga BGK

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With other options unavailable, Ginebra settles for two-time Best Import Gabe Freeman | InterAksyon.com | Sports5

With their top choices to replace Josh Powell unavailable, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel has settled on two-time Best Import Gabe Freeman to try to salvage the team’s campaign in the PLDT Home TVolution Commissioner’s Cup.

Ginebra official Robert Non confirmed the development to InterAksyon.com, saying Freeman is scheduled to board a flight to Manila on Monday night to be able to play for Ginebra on Sunday.

The Gin Kings earlier looked at Andre Emmett and Charles Thomas as options to take the place of Powell, who left the team to sign with the NBA’s Houston Rockets.

“Hindi available si Emmett and hindi rin puwede si Thomas,” Non told InterAksyon.com “Si Gabe ang sumagot and he will be here in our next game.”

According to Non, the team has been keeping an eye on Freeman even before Powell came in to replace original import Leon Rodgers.

“Last time, he couldn’t commit because he admitted na wala pa siya sa kundisyon. Kaya ang ginawa niya, nagpakundisyon siya, naglaro nang naglaro for three weeks,” said Non.

Freeman won two Best Import awards while playing for San Miguel Beer in 2009 and 2010. He led the Beermen to the Fiesta Conference title in 2009. Freeman last saw action in the PBA in 2012 for Barako Bull.

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Marlou and Kenneth making a comeback via Blackwater..

Marlou, Duremdes to unretire? Blackwater owner Sy keen to sign former superstars for debut season in PBA | PBA | SPIN.PH

BLACKWATER Sports team owner Dioceldo Sy has bared plans to tap retired PBA stars Marlou Aquino and Kenneth Duremdes as he tries to form a competitive nucleus in the team's first season in the pro league.

The 6-9 Aquino, 41, played 15 seasons in the league until 2011 while Duremdes is the 1998 MVP who last payed in 2008, but Sy said the two can serve as the 'elder statesmen' in what he anticipates would be a young Blackwater team next season.

Sy said he has already started talks with Danny Espiritu, the agent of the two players who are still active in minor leagues and legends games.

“Nag-usap na kami ng agent nila na si Danny Espiritu, sabi ko willing akong palaruin ulit 'yung dalawa,” said Sy, a few days after he received confirmation of his PBA application.

“Syempre, mga bata ang players na dadalhin ko. Kailangan nila ng guide. And I think, fit to that requirement yung dalawa,” added the Ever Bilena cosmetics president.

Aquino and Duremdes have 28 years of PBA experience between them.

Contacted for comment, Aquino said he is willing to come out of retirement, adding he feels he still has what it takes to be competitive in the pro league.

“Basta’t kailangan nila ko, ready ako. Siguro naman, hindi tayo mapapag-iwanan ng mga bata ngayon, kundisyon lang ang hahabulin,” said Aquino, who spent his best years with Ginebra and Sta. Lucia.

“Hindi rin naman tayo masyadong nabakante kasi lagi naman tayong naglalaro sa ilang mga liga,” added 'The Skyscraper,' who last played in the league with the Meralco Bolts in 2011.

Duremdes' situation, though, is a little more complicated since he has accepted the head-coaching job at alma mater Adamson in the UAAP offseason.

But he, too, is interested in the unique Sy proposition.

“It feels good that boss Dioceldo recognizes us, kahit matagal na tayong hindi naglalaro. Nakakataba ng puso,” said Duremdes, now 40 years old.

“Pwede kaya yan, kasi coach ako sa UAAP?”

If the plan pushes through, Duremdes said he will immediately seek clarification regarding the matter from the UAAP board on whether he can coach in the college league and play in the PBA at the same time.

“First time ever. Isolated case ito na coach ng UAAP tapos lalaro sa PBA (laughed)," 'Captain Marbel' said. "Pero I will talk to the Adamson board and the UAAP about this. Gusto kong lumaro pa.”

PBA great Vergel Meneses weighs in on former teammate Duremdes' comeback chance | PBA | SPIN.PH

PBA legend Vergel Meneses said he is happy to hear that Kenneth Duremdes may get an opportunity to return to the league by way of expansion team Blackwater Sports, but at the same time advised his former teammate to carefully weigh his short- and long-term options.

Duremdes and fellow great Marlou Aquino, both long retired, are being eyed by Blackwater Sports to serve as 'elder statesmen' when it makes its debut in the pro league next season - a role which Meneses said 'Captain Marbel' is capable of playing.

“Alam naman natin si Kenneth, subok na 'yan eh. At alam naman natin ang basketball IQ n'ya. (Pag natuloy siya sa Blackwater), I am sure magkakaroon sila ng leader dun. Si Kenneth bigyan mo lang kaunting time 'yan, he’ll give you quality minutes,” said the former PBA MVP.

Meneses, who was named among the 25 Greatest Players of the PBA's first 25 years with Duremdes, is also happy that his former teammate may finally fulfill his dreams of formally bowing out of the league, which was aborted when his former Coca-Cola Tigers team was sold to GlobalPort.

But at the same time, the 45-year old pride of Malolos, Bulacan warned of the various challenges facing Duremdes if and when he decides to come out of retirement, from injuries to the rigorous conditioning program required to put him back in PBA shape.

"Ilang taon na ba siya? Forty, naku mahaba-habang kundisyunan 'yan, pero tingin ko kaya pa ni Kenneth 'yan kasi nakikita ko naman siya naglalaro pa siya sa labas,” said Meneses, who Duremdes used to back up during their early years in the league with Swift.

“Conditioning lang 'yan siguro, kailangan niya sigurong mag hire ng trainer talaga,” he added.

Injuries are also a bigger concern, Meneses warned, especially at Duremdes' age.

“Yung injury ang isang concern ko sa kanya. Syempre pag nagkaka-edad na, matagal na 'yung healing process niyan, kaya siguro pag-isipan niyang mabuti,” he said.

But more than anything else, Meneses, now head coach of Jose Rizal University in the NCAA and an assistant coach of Air21 in the PBA, wants Duremdes to carefully weigh his priorities since he has recently been named head coach of his alma mater Adamson in the UAAP.

“Kailangan siguro timbangin niya kung ano ang priority niya. Kasi coach siya ng Adamson eh,” said the 'Aerial Voyager.' “Kung lalaro siya sa Blackwater ng one year, ano mangyayari sa kanya after? May babalikan pa ba kaya siya sa Adamson. Yun ang pakatimbangin niyang maigi.

“Yung Adamson, long-term yan. At 'yan ang career niya ngayon. Ang basketball… ayaw ko namang sabihing lipas na siya dun, pero hindi na 'yun pangmatagalan.”

[chua_riwap]

marlou, duremdes, hwag na maglaro.
medyo may edad na kayo. hwag na pilitin.

relax relax na lang kayo........

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eh si pacman, lalaro din daw sa PBA?

Is Pacquiao going to play in the PBA? | ABS-CBN News

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marlou, duremdes, hwag na maglaro.
medyo may edad na kayo. hwag na pilitin.

relax relax na lang kayo........

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Napapanood pa daw nila si Asi Taulava, baka na-inspire.

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si packy, talagang seryoso palang maglaro sa pba.
no. 17 daw sya sa expansion team kia.

oldest rookie.
if ever.........

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si packy, talagang seryoso palang maglaro sa pba.
no. 17 daw sya sa expansion team kia.

oldest rookie.
if ever.........

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Iba talaga ang nagagawa nang May pera noh?

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so papa draft muna sya.. kaibigan yata nya may ari nang Columbian Motors.. so pwede.. malaking crowd drawer yan pag nagkataon..

Manny mulls stint in PBA rookie team | Sports, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

HOLLYWOOD – Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is looking forward to donning a new uniform: a PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) uniform.

“Maglalaro ako sa PBA (I will play in the PBA),” said Pacquiao.

And Pacquiao, now 35, may just end up as its oldest rookie. At 5’6 1/2 he will also be one of the shortest players ever to see action in the PBA.

Pacquiao told Pinoy scribes here that he plans to suit up for one of the three teams that just joined the PBA – Ever Bilena, NLEX and Kia. He did not elaborate how he would join the team.

Kia is under Columbian Motors, and Pacquiao must be friends with its top brass. It’s where Pacquiao would want to strut his wares in the PBA.

Pacquiao is a basketball addict. He can play basketball every day.

During training camp for the Tim Bradley rematch, Pacquiao played basketball once a week, as part of his cross-training.

“Maganda ang basketball. Magandang exercise. Lalo na sa footwork (Basketball is nice. It’s a good form of exercise. Especially when it comes to footwork),” he said.

Within his mansion in General Santos City, Pacquiao put up a basketball court.

“Araw-araw basketball,” said the boxer, who even put up his own basketball team for smaller competitions. In his team are some retired PBA players.

Roy Jones, the former world champion, once played in a professional team, and shares the interest with the Filipino fighter.

In his early days as a boxer, Pacquiao loved to watch PBA games.

It was in the 90s, he said, and pressed to name names, he mentioned Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim, Nelson Asaytono, Marlou Aquino and Bal David as his favorite players.

Of the present crop of PBA stars, Pacquiao said he has yet to really know them.

“Wala pa ako masyado kilala. Pero noon, mas maganda ang PBA. Palaging puno ang games (I have yet to know the players. But the PBA then drew bigger crowds),” he said.

If and when it becomes a reality, Pacquiao said he’d prefer to play the point-guard position.

And would don the No. 17 jersey.

“It’s my birthday,” he said.