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The first major move in the “off-season” has been made by the Meralco Bolts, Barako Bull Energy Cola, and the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters. In a three-team deal, the Bolts acquired the services of versatile Jared Dillinger and veteran big-man, Don Allado. The Energy Cola recieved sharp shooting Ronjay [...] Read more »
How many times have you gotten into an argument with a friend over who is the best center in the league? Or the best shooting guard in the league? Or even, who is the best sixth man? Heck, we even have an award for the first guy that is deployed [...] Read more »
SLAM PH’s PBA Power Rankings have been dusted off and excavated from our treasure chest! But instead of ranking on-court misery or brilliance, I’m going to count down the best and the worst jerseys in the League. The rankings were determined by my exquisite sense of basketball fashion (if ever [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS Semis. One more game to go. At least 48 minutes left before the semifinals are set. But, who will be the fourth and final team to make it into the next stage? San Mig Coffee is coming off of a huge win against the Bolts and [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: After 15 games of asking “How the hell does Meralco win games?!”, I think by now we should know that (1) they have the best import of the conference and (2) they just effin’ aim to outplay the other team every damn night. They did that [...] Read more »
Year after year, conference after conference, the #4 vs #5 match-up is usually the most anticipated series of the playoffs because of how even the two teams usually are. This time around, the two teams might not be on level peggings when it comes to firepower on paper, but the [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: First to draw blood. Game 1 should mean the same to both teams. But if Meralco wants to steal this series or at least make things tough for SMC, this is the game they have to win. For SMC, a huge Game 1 win should be [...] Read more »
WHAT THIS GAME MEANS: A lot. It’s quite complicated. If the Elasto-Painters win this one, they automatically get the Bolts in the quarterfinals with a twice-to-beat advantage. If they lose, they get Barangay Ginebra San Miguel with BGSM needing to beat them twice. Now, they can practically choose with all [...] Read more »
PBA Playoffs, you smell so nice I can almost taste you. All those possible upsets, all the sneaky coaching adjustments, the surprising rise of role players in key moments, the last-2-minute rallies, the heartbreak, the elation, and of course, the “good hard playoff fouls”. Seems like the players can look [...] Read more »
Last week. All games count. What could be better? As always, rankings are based on record, offensive and defensive efficiencies, quality of wins, and my unbiased opinion. 12. GLOBAL PORT BATANG PIER (Last week: 12th) (Record: 2-10 / Offensive Efficiency: 5th – 98.3 points/100 possessions / Defensive Efficiency: 10th – [...] Read more »