Chris Ellis will stay with Barangay Ginebra

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Chris Ellis will not be traded. This is what SanMiguel Sports director Noli Eala confirm on his twitter account.

On Eala's twitter account he said " Time to put this ugly rumor to rest. We have no plans to trade Chris Ellis,"

Chris Ellis became one of the well loved Barangay Ginebra SanMiguel player because of his hassle plays and his jaw dropping slumdunks only on his rookie year.

 Noli Eala also said the Ellis is one of the most important pieces of Ginebra's lineup.

"He's one of Ginebra's building blocks" continued by Eala on his twitter account.

This confirmation shuts down rumors of Chris Ellis and Josh Urbiztondo transferring to the Meralco Bolt in exchange for Asi Taulava and Cliff Hodge.

Gilas Pilipinas will face PBA stars and Kazakhstan national team for tune up games.

                                          image c/o Chot Reyes

Gilas Pilipinas is scheduled to play against a team that consists of a collection of PBA (Philippine Basketball Association ) stars and the  Kazakhstan national team for a pair of tune up games to help them prepare fot the incoming FIBA Asia tournament.

The game between the Gilas Pilipinas  and the PBA stars will be held at the Mall Of Asia Arena on July 23 while the game between Gilas Pilipinas vs Kazakhstan national team will be on July 26 in the same venue.

Both games will most likely feature the final 12 ma lineup of Gilas Pilipinas team because the deadline sor the submission of the final line up for the FIBA Asia tournament is set on July 12.

Another set of tune up games for Gilas Pilipinas will be played in New Zealand. The team is scheduled to fly to New Zealand to face some of the professional teams there as well as the New Zealand national basketball team.

SMC coaches rigodon

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Here is the summary of what happened to the SMC teams coaching roster.

C/O @snowbadua

Here now is the VERBATIM re-organization CHART of SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION teams

GEE ABANILLA named new PETRON coach.

SIOT TANQUINCEN as PETRON MANAGER.

JORGE GALLENT & ATO AGUSTIN to GINEBRA.

KOY BANAL to PETRON

OLSEN RACELA to SAN MIG

SAMBOY LIM – ALTERNATE GOV GINEBRA

HECTOR CALMA – ALTERNATE GOV., PETRON

ROBERT NON - GINEBRA GOVERNOR & TEAM MANAGER

Whats your take on it guys?

Ginebra's import Dior Lowhorn in a cameo appearance for NBA 2K1

                                         image via ABL website.

The soon to be Barangay Ginebra San Miguel's import when the third conference of the PBA unveils this August 14 2013 plays a cameo role for the much awaited NBA 2K14.

Dior Lowhorn told the ABL website the he was indeed invited to work for the development of the NBA 2K14 game. Lowhorn helped the development team simulate different NBA player's moves for the latest installment of the NBA 2K14 which will also feature the king LeBron James as its cover.

In an interview lowhorn said “Well, the 2K13 studio is 30 minutes north of San Francisco. Since they can’t always get the NBA players to simulate the video games, they call up local basketball players to help mock various NBA player moves – from shooting, dunking, dribbling, defense and post moves,”

“The motion capturing takes all day, but it’s a lot of fun, and I even got a free copy of the game, although I’m not much of a video gamer,” continued by Dior.

Dior Lowhorn last played in the ABL for the Saigon Heat where he had an average of 26.7 points per game and grabbed an average of 8.4 rebounds in his 11 games in the Asean Basketball League.

Lowhorn is set to arrive in July 13, 2013 then two days after Barangay Ginebra San Miguel will resume their regular team practice to prepare for the season ending tournament.

Some highlights of the San Beda vs Saint Benilde

For those who missed the very exciting game between the San Beda Red Lions and the Collage of Saint Benilde Blazers here are some of the fourth quarter highlights. The video includes two clutch plays, one was the three point shot by St. Benilde rookie Fons Saavedra and then the game winner alleyoop play by San Beda's Art Dela Cruz to win the game 71-70.

Miami Heat are your champions for the second straight years

Associated Press

June 21, 2013

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MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James and the Miami Heat remain atop the NBA, and not even a proud push from the San Antonio Spurs could knock them down.

James led the Heat to their second straight NBA title, scoring 37 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in a 95-88 victory Thursday night in a tense Game 7 of the NBA Finals that lived up to its billing.

Winning the title they needed to validate the best season in franchise history — and perhaps the three-superstar system they used to build it — the Heat won the second straight thriller in the NBA's first championship series to go the distance since 2010.

James continued his unparalled run through the basketball world, with two titles and an Olympic gold medal in the last 12 months.

He made five 3-pointers, defended Tony Parker when he had to, and did everything else that could ever be expected from the best player in the game.

The Heat became the NBA's first repeat champions since the Lakers in 2009-10, and the first team to beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals.

Players and coaches hugged each other after the game, the respect between the franchises that was obvious when the series started becoming even more apparent after two straight classics.

Fans stood, clapped and danced across the final minutes, when every score was answered by another score, each stop followed by a better stop. The Heat pushed their lead to six points a few times midway through the fourth but the Spurs would never be deterred.

The Spurs, so close to a fifth title just two nights earlier, couldn't find a way to grab it in this one, perhaps the last shot Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili will ever get together.

They were trying to become the first road team to win a Game 7 on the road since Washington beat Seattle in 1978, but those old guys ran out of gas just before the finish.

Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds for the Spurs, but missed a shot and follow attempt right under the basket with about 50 seconds left and the Spurs trailing by two.

James followed with a jumper — the shot the Spurs were daring him to take earlier in the series — to make it 92-88, sending San Antonio to a team a timeout as Glenn Frey's "The Heat is on" blared over the arena's sound system.

He then came up with a steal and made two free throws for a six-point lead, and after Ginobili missed, James stalked toward the sideline, knowing it was over and he was the last one standing again.

Dwyane Wade had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who overcame a scoreless Chris Bosh by getting six 3-pointers and 18 points from Shane Battier.

Streamers fell from the arena ceiling onto the white-clad fans for the second year in a row, but this one meant so much more after how close the Heat were to losing it.

They were down 10 in the fourth quarter of Game 6 before James led the charge back, finishing with a triple-double in Miami's 103-100 overtime victory. This one was nearly as tight, neither team leading by more than seven and the game tied 11 times.

Kawhi Leonard had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Spurs, who had been 4 for 4 in the championship round. Manu Ginobili had 18 points but Parker managed just 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting.

The Heat collected the Larry O'Brien again from Commissioner David Stern, presiding over his final NBA Finals before retiring next February.

James avenged his first finals loss, when his Cleveland Cavaliers were swept by the Spurs on 2007. That helped send James on his way to South Florida, realizing it would take more help to win titles that could never come alone.

He said he would appreciate this one more because of how tough it was. The Heat overpowered Oklahoma City in five games last year, a team of 20-something kids who weren't ready to be champions yet.

This came against a respected group of Spurs whose trio has combined for more than 100 playoff victories together.

Some highlights of the Gilas Pilipinas in Lithuania

For those who are curious to see what Gila Pilipinas did during their two weeks training in Lithuanina here is a 5 minute video that shows the summary of the team's trip to Lithuania.


Video C/O youtube.com/user/BasketNewslt