The Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is a recognition that is given to a member of a specific team who displayed an unmatched performance during the game. It is the most coveted individual award which players vie for because it honors and appreciates the recipient’s impeccable skills and the extra effort exerted during the game.
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Rommel Adducul, one of the best players of the Philippine Basketball Association, was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. Luckily, the Big C was discovered in its early stage.
Adducul recently had his first chemotherapy session at the Cardinal Santos Hospital where his wife works as a surgeon. He and his family are very optimistic that he [...]
The effects of the global economic recession have reached far and wide, so much that it has reached the NBA as companies trim down on expenses and other costs. Sponsorships and other advertising deals are down and more and more seats go unfilled as the economy has them saving each and every dollar for other [...]
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It is known also as ‘three pointer’, ‘three point shot’, ‘trey’ or just plain ‘three’. It is a field goal in the game of basketball. It is considered a three point goal if the shot is made outside the three-point line. The three point line is [...]
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Greg. Greg who?
Yes, folks, the above sentence proves a couple of things. One, it’s kind of obvious who Greg is as Greg Oden finally makes his NBA debut for the Portland Trail Blazers and did well in under 20 minutes of work, scoring 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting from [...]
Assists are generally important in a basketball game. It requires quick thinking and personally, I think it is one of the most selfless act a basketball player can do—passing the ball to the most eligible shooter in the pitch, brushing aside the thought that the credit for the 2 or 3 points will go to [...]
Even though free throws only account for one point, it still is important to the game. A referee can award a player with 3 free throws (depending on where the foul was committed), thus, giving the team the chance to score 3 more points. It is sort of a give-away, considering the fact that there [...]
The three pointers are the most prized possessions of a basketball team. If the margin of the scoring is already large, the coach tells the defense to gear up and to let the three pointers do their thing. Miracles do happen when the three pointers shoot the ball right. A team can win by one [...]
If we talk of basketball, the first thing that comes to mind is the ability to control the ball by the wrist (shooting properly and accurately), ball handling (to eliminate turnovers, steals, traveling and those timed areas of the court) and others. However, there is this one more aspect of being a basketball player that [...]