Comments on: The Philippines Is The NBA’s Next Frontier

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:38:05 +0000

Wow, The NBA is doing a great job and i admire all the players who visited the philippines. They go crazy with the NBA. I can say that the national sport is basketball
LONG LIVE THE NBA anda thank you for time, you have given so much love for the game. GOD BLESS NBA PLAYERS

By: baba

baba — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:46:37 +0000

Oh my! The greatest role player in the NBA, BIG SHOT ROB is here and I can’t go see him! Woe is me! I wish I have extra pesos right now

By: Points in the Paint

Points in the Paint — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:19:17 +0000

I am a testament as to how involved and obsessed Filipinos are with basketball and the NBA. I created my blog, Points in the Paint … http://pointsinthepaint.com/ as an outlet for my fantasy hoops mania!

By: Rey-Rey

Rey-Rey — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:31:00 +0000

You wanna rule the Philippines? Play basketball. Eventually, basketball players turn to acting after they retire… then they become politicians even though they know nothing about the economy. And those politicians are suddenly one step away from becoming President of the Philippines. Yup.

And, yeah, a best gift to give to a Filipino male? A basketball.

By: kowtz

kowtz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:50:13 +0000

Flips love basketball…

How much…

Enough for them to play 5 versus 5 using basketballs as big as tennis balls to play hoops…

We don’t care if we ain’t physically gifted to play the sport… that shows that we love it so much, we play it even as handicapped… ;D

By: Bola

Bola — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:58:52 +0000

99% is quite steep but it is possible.. almost everyone knows who Michael Jordan is.. unless you’re from the mountain or island communities.. but for each and every island with access to television, basketball and NBA are synonymous. Hard to admit but i only watch the local league during off-seasons or after the televised NBA game ( we got daily dose of NBA action, by the way).. maybe its because of the level of talent and play.. size, hops, financial backing we ain’t got(relative to the rest of the world particularly the NBA that is).. but love and heart for the game we will never lose..

FILIPINOS’ LOVE FOR THE GAME AND NBA IS UNDENIABLY WORLD-CLASS

By: Bola

Bola — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:58:12 +0000

99% is quite steep but it is possible.. almost everyone knows who michael jordan is.. unless you’re from the mountain or island communities.. but for each and every island with access to television, basketball and nba are synonymous. Hard to admit but i only watch the local laegue during off-seasons or after the televised NBA game ( we got daily dose of nba action, by the way).. maybeits because of the level of talent and play.. size, hops, financial backing we ain’t got(relative to the rest of the world particularly the nba that is).. but love and heart for the game we will never lose..

FILIPINOS’ LOVE FOR THE GAME AND NBA IS UNDENIABLY WORLD-CLASS

By: D-Money

D-Money — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:11:03 +0000

I happen to be filipino and a big NBA fan but I think that filipinos are into the wrong sport, unless there are genetic experiments going on to increase the heights and frames of filipinos, I do not see any full blood american born or imports in the NBA. I’m pretty sure they would excel in baseball given their height is not required to be 6 to 7 ft. Most of the asian countries like Korea, Taiwan, Japan focus more on baseball and even have imports playing in the MLB and their national teams can contend with any other int’l contenders. I remember when the Philippines won the Little League World Series (eventhough they cheated) and to get that far with very limited resources and coming from an impoversihed country should say something

By: kulas

kulas — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:25:37 +0000

this is the link I was referring to on my previous post:

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-12-12/news/a-former-rainier-beach-star-was-exiled-to-the-wacky-world-of-filipino-basketball.php?page=full

By: Josh Tha roc

Josh Tha roc — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:11:15 +0000

i can add to the argument slightly…i went into an asian food restaurant and just happened to be wearing a Lakers championship shirt, i was served by some middle aged filapino ladies. they kinda had a good look at me and cos im 6’6 basically got out the signature pads and were all like ‘you play for the lakers??’ they were real excited. but i was like nahh. i retospect i shoulda said yeah and got some free food. oh well live and you learn.