Categories: "Basketball"
Japeth Aguilar - The first Pinoy drafted by NBA team
Japeth Aguilar, 25, was selected by NBA Golden State Warrior affiliate, Santa Cruz Warriors with the 13th pick in the seventh round of the NBA Development League draft on Friday night (Saturday in Manila).
Japeth who stands 6’9”, 210 pound forward became the first pure Filipino to be drafted by an NBA team or affiliate.
“When we saw his name still on the board, we immediately jumped at the chance to grab him,” said Kirk Lacob, the Santa Cruz Warriors’ general manager.
Letran Coach Louie Alas allegedly receives a Bad Finger from NCAA Official
NCAA Game 2 Finals of Colegio De San Juan De Letran versus San Beda Lions higlighted an infamous scene involving an NCAA official who made a bad finger against the Letran Coach, Louie Alas, during the last few seconds of the 4th quarter.
A youtube user, Meridien Salgado, posted an amateur video showing the actual commotion. The video was uploaded in youtube on October 20, 2012. Watch the embedded video below.
Olympic Fact: Dark Secret of the Olympic Village
Dark Secret of the Olympic Village
I was searching for some unusual Olympic information and I got something that you should know. Let's try to sneak into the Olympic Village and check the dark side of it.
Remember whatever you read here, leave it here. (LoL)
When people meets new faces, something will definitely ignite their senses. The excitement to know them and the thrill to be with other races who can't speak your own language gives you more interest. This is the typical feeling of any athlete who joins the Olympic event.
Now, to what extent are you going to socialize if you are going to be part of the Olympic squad of the Philippines? I will leave that question to you. My main purpose of this article is to show the dark side of the Olympic Village. (Isn't that obvious? That's the title of my article, LOL)
If we talk sports it's just like we are referring to ESPN. And that's where I got the next series of information which I call the "Dark Secret of the Olympic Village".
TAKE YOUR MARK
Home to more than 10,000 athletes at the Summer Games and 2,700 at the Winter, the Olympic Village is one of the world's most exclusive clubs. To join, prospective members need only have spectacular talent and -- we long assumed -- a chaste devotion to the most intense competition of their lives.
Miami Heat Wins 2012 NBA Championship
Miami Heat Wins 2012 NBA Championship
The NBA series is finally over and the NBA 2012 championship trophy is being brought home by Lebron James as he scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. Lebron James achieved his quest for his first ring.
"This is a dream come true for me. This is definitely when it pays off.", said Lebron.
A championship trophy earned by Lebron James where he never had to do things alone. Of course we know that for a fact that in Cleveland Cavaliers he had to exert more efforts to bring the team up to the championship series unlike in Miami where he can also have some reliable help coming from Dwayne Wade and Christopher Wesson Bosh.
To Miami Heat congratulations!
Here's the summary of the NBA finals scores.
Game 1: MIA - 94 OKC - 105
Game 2: MIA - 100 OKC - 96
GAme 3: MIA - 91 OKC - 85
Game 4: MIA - 104 OKC - 98
Game 5: MIA - 121 OKC - 106
Credit goes to whoever owns the photo below.