Yancy to Ginebra, Cabagnot to SMB, Air21 nets Cortez, Alvarez and Kramer
Barangay Ginebra beefed up its frontline while San Miguel Beer retooled its backcourt in separate trade deals with Air21.
The Kings acquired Yancy de Ocampo for Doug Kramer and Rich Alvarez while the Beermen got Alex Cabagnot for Mike Cortez.
Cone’s tenure as coach secure – Trillo
Alaska team manager Joaqui Trillo on Monday denied reports that coach Tim Cone is under fire from the management after the Aces were swept by the Purefoods Giants last week in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Finals.
“Not true at all,” Trillo said in a text message to the Bulletin.
Air21 ships Yancy to Ginebra for Alvarez, Kramer
Air21, a team always busy on shipping one player to another, will have a reunion of Ateneo and La Salle players on its team for the coming Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference.
The Express got half of the job done when they dealt recently-acquired 6’9 center Yancy de Ocampo and their second-round draft pick in [...]
James Yap starts rehab, delays surgery
MANILA, Philippines – Purefoods top gun James Yap, enduring a sore back in the recent KFC PBA Philippine Cup finals, intends to rest for four more days before starting a rehabilitation procedure to get back in top shape and be ready for their Fiesta Conference grind starting April.
Also with a polyp problem giving him little [...]
Air21 takes 2nd place in Dubai caging
Dubai – Air21 (formerly Burger King) demolished Al Nasr Club 84-73 to capture second place honors in the 2nd Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Basketball Tournament Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila).
The Express led the entire match, opening the game with a 5-0 lead and erecting a commanding 17-point advantage with still eight minutes [...]
Air21, Coca-Cola drop opening day assignments in Dubai
Dubai, UAE – Bad officiating and jet lag were the reasons why Air21 and Coca-Cola dropped their opening day assignments at the start of the 2nd Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Basketball Tournament Thursday at the Al Nasr Sports Club in Oud Metha.
Purefoods capture PBA Philippine Cup title
Purefoods Tender Juicy completed only the 3rd sweep in finals history with a masterful 86-76 win in Game 4, clinching the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup crown in front of more than 17,000 fans Wednesday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
James Yap proved why he’s the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the conference as he carried the Giants [...]
James Yap cops Best Player of the Conference plum
“Miller Time” has been a familiar refrain for Alaska ace Willie Miller during the first half of the KFC-Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup. But it was Purefoods star James Yap who stepped up big time during the more important playoffs.
For this, Yap secured his first Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award, becoming the first [...]
Alex Crisano trading jersey for boxing gloves?
Alex Crisano may just end up wearing boxing gloves instead of jersey after all. The 34-year-old Crisano yesterday said he might reconsider the offer of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines to fight for the country in super heavyweight division of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games this November.
“I’m going there right now and I [...]
Purefoods nears PBA finals sweep vs Alaska
Purefoods rallied back from an early 12-point deficit to hack out another thrilling win at the expense of Alaska, 79-78, as the Giants moved to the threshold of capturing the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup title via a sweep.
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