ATENEO men's basketball star Thirdy Ravena of basketball capped his decorated collegiate career by claiming the GUIDON-Moro Lorenzo Sportsman of the Year award.

“Undersized ang mga bigs namin, kaya welcome sa amin ang ganitong mga recuits. Yung ibang bigs namin, makaka-slide na sila sa three-spot,” said Ayo, who is spending the lockdown in his native Sorsogon.

“The key is are they going to get playing time? I think that was the problem with Japeth Aguilar when he got to college. He didn’t get the guaranteed playing time that he thought he was going to get. He didn’t get that opportunity to develop," said Cone.

"The NBA, in conjunction with the National Basketball Players Association, is engaged in exploratory conversations with The Walt Disney Company about restarting the 2019-20 NBA season in late July at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida as a single site for an NBA campus for games, practices and housing," Bass said.

Ewing, who was a member of the 1992 Olympic gold medal-winning "Dream Team," and also won Olympic gold in 1984, played 17 seasons in the NBA, mostly for the New York Knicks, earning 11 All-Star selections.

Sloan, inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, was taken by the Baltimore Bullets with the fourth overall pick of the 1965 NBA Draft and played one season for them before spending a decade with the Chicago Bulls, who retired his number four jersey in 1978, an unprecedented move by the club.

With the Tokyo Olympics being moved to 2021, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has decided to move the two 3x3 basketball Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to next year as well.

Los Angeles (AFP) - NBA teams expect the league office to issue guidelines around June 1 allowing teams to begin recalling far-flung players in anticipation of resuming the coronavirus-disrupted season, ESPN reported Wednesday.

The retired legend made his comments in the last chapter of hit documentary "The Last Dance", saying he would have re-signed a one-year deal had management kept the team together, including Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen and Jackson.

The firm, which has been at the forefront of providing support to the government in slowing down outbreak of the pandemic, recently provided testing booths and kits to all 17 Local Government Units in the National Capital Region (NCR) to expand the country’s testing capacity for the coronavirus.

Los Angeles (AFP) - Former Chicago Bulls player Horace Grant lashed out at Michael Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the NBA legend of providing a skewed version of the truth in the hit documentary series "The Last Dance."

Whether they are locked themselves in the dormitory or in the provinces, Altas coach Frankie Lim, in a recent conversation over the phone, is monitoring their fitness during the lockdown.

"I am so glad and grateful because it means a lot of you are following me on this journey. I understand that I have a lot of responsibility for all my fellow countrymen who are dreaming of seeing a Filipino in the NBA," he added.

But during the ongoing battle against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, SK Chairman Jaybie Mantilla, who suited up for Cebu-Casino Ethyl Alcohol in the 2019-20 Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan Season, is proving otherwise.

The immense global success of the documentary "The Last Dance" amid the coronavirus lockdown has boosted sales of collectibles related to NBA icon Michael Jordan, some of which are trading in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.