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John Wall’s DC exit was a painful necessity

I’ve always had this unique, albeit slightly irrational love for Thursdays; I know the weekend is right around the corner, so much so that I can trick my mind to simmer in that weekend-feeling bliss. Friday Jr., as my friends and I would call it. So on the day I wrote this article, Thursday, Dece...

Portland’s bubble has been bursted. What now?

The Greatest of All Talk (GOAT) podcast of Ben Golliver and Andrew Sharpe is is my all-time favorite basketball podcast, and for a while now, Golliver’s been preaching this term called cute story. This is his term to describe some teams who are playing pretty well, are fun to watch, and get some ...

The Last Dance is Perfect

Put on your dancing J’s. This is your life’s new favorite jam. (No spoilers ahead. Unless you didn’t know that the Jazz lose in 6) Different people have different opinions about second chances. The cynical believe there shouldn’t even be such a thing; the more gracious will vehemently defend ever...

The arbitrary value of Kobe Bryant

I walked into work at 8:10AM on Monday, January 27th. I passed the long way to my cubicle, dodging a bunch of the other early birds who I was pretty sure were eager to peck at how I felt about the news.  I didn’t really want to see anyone yet, but just as I began […]

Learning to love Kobe Bryant

I hated Kobe Bryant. If you were an NBA fan back in the mid-2000s, you either loved or hated Kobe. There was no in-between. His greatness elicited intense passion. You can’t feel mildly about him. Whatever you felt about him came from the gut. It was an emotion that came from deep within. When I ...

Basketball Things I’m Thankful For

It’s Thanksgiving in the US today. NBA players are taking a break from their daily grind to celebrate the holiday with their family and friends. It’s also a rare break for Philippine Basketball. The NCAA just finished a few weeks ago. The UAAP took a quick break before the start of th...