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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean powerhouse T1 take on China's Weibo Gaming in the League of Legends world final in Seoul on Sunday, aiming for a record fourth win in an event widely known as the Super Bowl of e-sports.
MANILA, Philippines — For a basketball-crazy country like the Philippines, there has never been a shortage of hoops culture.
LOS ANGELES – Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most valuable Player for the third time in four seasons on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time).
WASHINGTON – Four-time NBA champion LeBron James said Sunday (Monday Manila time) he has not formulated a farewell timetable but he looks forward to the Paris Olympics and wants to finish his playing days as a Los Angeles Laker.
Eight-time National Basketball Association All-Star and Strong Group Athletics import Dwight Howard expressed his desire to play in the Philippine Basketball Association. He even posted video measuring himself in a local grocery just to prove that he falls within the league’s 6’9” height limit for the Commissioner’s Cup/ (It’s 6’6” for the Governors’ Cup. He also added that, if the PBA were to relax its height restrictions, it would be possible to see “twin tower” alignments, with two tall imports on the floor at the same time for each team. Most leagues around the world do not have height restrictions, so this begs the questions: are height limits outdated?
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic has been compared to many of the greatest NBA players of all time. Most notably, he has been christened “Luka Magic” because of his great passing skill and ability to create on offense. Recently, he was even sized up against Michael Jordan, supposedly being more productive at this point in both their careers. In his sixth season, MJ put up 33.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and6.3 assists per game. The Slovenian sentinel, meanwhile, has racked up 34.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 9.6 assists each outing. It seems an unreasonable comparison, since Jordan had at that point recovered from a broken foot and yanked the Chicago Bulls into the playoffs in legendary fashion.
MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Corp. sports director and Barangay Ginebra PBA governor Alfrancis Chua said yesterday family commitments and a personal project for a new business will leave him little time to reprise his role as Gilas team manager but gave the assurance of remaining the national squad’s No. 1 cheerleader.
It didn’t come as a surprise when La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao announced that he would return to play another UAAP season for the Green Archers after leading the Taft school to the men’s basketball championship early this month.