Best first.

That's Steve Nash going for a spectacular 21 point 20 assist game against the 76ers, taking what is considered to be a relatively undermanned Phoenix Suns to an impressive 7-1 record.

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I finished reading the book Glory Days, A Basketball Memoir by Bill Reynolds yesterday, and I'm writing here my opinion of it before I forget. It's a book I picked up at random at Robinson's Manila of all places, when I was desperately looking for something to read to pass the hours before I fetched my girfriend from a dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was one of those two for one deals, and I got this one along with a book about how Netscape started in the 1990s for a total of P99.00. Quite a good deal it turns out.

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Nov. 14 happens to be my birthday, so I'm really happy that I've none other than Manny Pacquiao to receive a gift from, courtesy of his winning his upcoming fight. And with that unrelated intro, here're his videos from his interview on Jimmy Kimmel last night.

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Ok sorry again for the late post. I can name a few excuses but let's just cut to the chase, shall we?

As of my last posting, there have been recent developments directly as a result of the PBA's decision to declare Smart Gilas' games as no - bearing, which we'll get into later. For the moment, let's analyze the PBA Press Release I posted 5 days ago, starting with:

Jong Uichico's “It is unfortunate that the PBA teams play the National Team always looking to win.”

I am 100% convinced that what Jong Uichico wanted to say didn't come out the way he said it. In other words, I think what he really meant was: "It is unfortunate that the PBA teams play the National Team always looking to win [at any cost, including using rough play]. That's GOT to be what he really meant to say, right? I mean, the alternative, which is to read what he said face - value, means that he thinks PBA teams should play to lose when up against Smart-Gilas, which is stupid, and Jong Uichico is not stupid, right?

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Please find forthwith the latest news re Smart Gilas and the PBA from the PBA Sports Desk received this afternoon:

Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Sonny Barrios wrote the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas yesterday regarding the participation of the Smart Gilas National Team in the ongoing 2009-10 KFC-PBA Philippine Cup.

Barrios said the Board directed him to choose only between two options: 1) for Smart Gilas games to have no bearing even on PBA teams, and 2) for Smart Gilas not to play CJ Giles in any of its remaining games that will have a bearing on the PBA teams.

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Yup this blog's been quiet. Blame it on working on my other blogs and stuff (yada excuses yada yada). But hey why not let's get right back into it, starting with a vid re the top 10 plays of the 2009-2010 season!!

I gotta say that Kevin Durant (#10) dunk is damn exciting. It's great to see someone whom was all just potential finally coming up and playing like an All Star like we all expected him to, and not racking up hospital bills or doing other stuff not happening on the court. And yes I'm talking about Greg Oden.

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