On a day when the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings and the Magnolia Hotshots ushered in the PBA’s 50th season, it was June Mar Fajardo who first stole the show. We continue to live at a time when the PBA is Fajardo’s league and the rest are just playing in it. Even as other teams have
Last February, the trade that sent Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers broke the internet. With Doncic in tow, the Lakers rallied to finish the regular season with the third seed in the West. Unfortunately, their season was prematurely cut short as the Minnesota Timberwolves ousted them in the first
Where the Los Angeles Clippers go, trouble–and the Clippers Curse–seems to follow. Just when the Clippers thought that moving into their new home, the Intuit Dome, was going to mark the beginning of a new, prosperous era, Pablo Torre hit them with a proverbial sledgehammer. What was supposed to be a promising season for the
The Phoenix Suns are entering the season with more questions than answers. One of the few answers is the team’s star, four-time NBA All-Star Devin Booker, who signed a two-year extension that will keep him under contract until 2030. Outside of Booker though, there are not many other sure things for the Suns. New arrival
The Orlando Magic hypetrain got derailed in 2024-25 as main man Paolo Banchero got sidelined for nine weeks early in the season. He looked just as good upon returning, but you can’t help but wonder what could’ve been. It didn’t help that All-Defense guard Jalen Suggs went out too. Now that a new campaign is
Statement games are often reserved for the latter portions of seasons. Teams are peaking at the right time, while players have found a sense of comfort that slows the game down for them. But when a statement game comes early in the season, it often teeters between a tone setter or a one-hit wonder. Jake
