2011 PBA Draft: JV Casio top rookie pick, Paul Lee second

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) held its annual Rookie Draft last Sunday, August 28, 2011 with Smart Gilas' JV Casio as the #1 rookie pick.



The Powerade Tigers, the team which had the ball this 2011 PBA Draft to choose the 1st overall draft pick, has selected former De La Salle University (DLSU) player JV Casio from 34 aspirants.



Getting the 2nd pick was the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and the team picked Paul Lee from the University of the East (UE).



Here's the results of the 2011 PBA Rookie Draft, starting off with 5'10"-tall JV Casio as the 1st overall pick:



1. Joseph Evans "JV" Casio - picked by Powerade Tigers

2. Paul Lee - Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

3. Christopher Ryan "Chris" Lutz - Petron Blaze Boosters

4. Marcio Lassiter - Powerade Tigers

5. Mark Barroca - Shopinas

6. Mac Baracael - Alaska Aces

7. Jason Ballesteros - Meralco Bolts

8. Allein Maliksi - Petron Blaze Boosters

9. Reil Cervantes - Barangay Ginebra Kings

10. Dylan Ababou - Barako Bull Energy Boosters

11. Magi Sison - Shopinas

12. Pamboy Raymundo - Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters

13. Eric Salamat - Alaska Aces

14. Julius Pacualadao - Alaska Aces

15. Ariel Mepana - Alaska Aces

16. Brian Ilad - B-Meg Llamados

17. Gilbert Bulawan - Meralco Bolts

18. James Martinez - Barangay Ginebra Kings

19. Kenneth Acibar - Barako Bull Energy Boosters

20. Paul Sorongan - Barako Bull Energy Boosters





Photo courtesy of Nuki Sabio / PBA

PBA vs NBA 2011 Exhibition Game Results: NBA wins over PBA, 131-105

The super exciting matchup of PBA superstars vs NBA superstars happened earlier tonight, July 23, 2011, in Araneta Coliseum and was aired live at AKTV on IBC13.

As part of the 2-game series dubbed as the Ultimate All-Star Weekend, the NBA team (as Smart All-Stars), composed of Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Derek Fisher, Tyreke Evans, James Harden and Derrick Williams, faced our very own PBA All-Stars in the hard court, with the NBA team winning bigtime over PBA, 131-105.

The PBA All-Stars was comprised of James Yap, Mark Caguioa, Jayson Castro, Sonny Thoss, LA Tenorio, Larry Fonacier, Solomon Mercado, Alex Cabagnot, Marc Pingris, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Gary David, Gabe Norwood, Ryan Reyes, Danny Seigle, JC Intal and Arwind Santos, who even made it to Twitter's Top 10 Trending Topics worldwide.

Here's the scores after each quarter:

1st Quarter: NBA 30, PBA 26
2nd Quarter: NBA 66, PBA 50
3rd Quarter: NBA 107, PBA 78
4th Quarter: NBA 131, PBA 105

NBA's JaVale McGee was the Best Player of the game with a total of 25 points. Here's how the NBA players scored during the game:

JaVale McGee 25 points
Kevin Durant 22 pts
Derrick Williams 19 pts
Tyreke Evans 17 pts
James Harden 16 pts
Kobe Bryant 12 pts
Chris Paul 11 pts
Derrick Rose 9 pts
Derek Fisher 0 pt

The Filipino ballers did their best, but not enough to beat the NBA All-Stars. Arwind Santos also scored 25 big points, just like McGee, but no other PBA players scored as big as his.

Arwind Santos 25 points
Alex Cabagnot 9 pts
Marc Pingris 9 pts
Rabeh Al-Hussaini 8 pts
Solomon Mercado 8 pts
Gary David 8 pts
Gabe Norwood 7 pts
Ryan Reyes 6 pts
Sonny Thos 4 pts
Jason Castro 4 pts
Mark Caguioa 4 pts
Danny Seigle 4 pts
JC Intal 4 pts
Larry Fonacier 3 pts
LA Tenorio 2 pts
James Yap 0 pt

Watch a video of the NBA-PBA game (2nd half highlights, video courtesy of LakersPortal):


The NBA team will have one more game tomorrow, July 24, 1 PM, but this time they will be facing the Smart Gilas Pilipinas national team.

Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup 2011 Final 4 now complete!

Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2011 Commissioner's Cup Quarter-Finals (Do-or-Die) Games were held yesterday, April 13, 2011, which determined the 2 teams who will advance to the semis and fill the last two slots in the Final Four of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner's Cup.

And those teams were Air21 Express who defeated Alaska Aces in a close fight, 97-94, and the Barangay Ginebra Kings who won with a 10-point lead over Rain or Shine, 92-82.

The best players were Alpha Bangura of Air21 (for the Air21 vs Alaska game) and Mark Caguioa of Brgy. Ginebra (for Brgy. Ginebra-Rain or Shine game).

Air21 and Barangay Ginebra will now join Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters and the Philippine national team, Smart Gilas, in the Final 4.

The 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Semi-Finals will start tomorrow, April 15, with Talk 'N Text against Air21 while the Smart Gilas team will be facing the Barangay Ginebra Kings.

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VIEWERS AT HOME EXPERIENCE BAD RECEPTION

The games turned out to be so much exciting for those who watched in Araneta, but not for the viewers at home, who allegedly experienced bad reception on Studio 23, most especially of the 2nd game (Brg. Ginebra vs Rain Or Shine). And reportedly in some places, there was no signal at all.

A lot of viewers have aired disappointments on Facebook and Twitter:


Marthy Alipao from Bulacan: "Bad trip yong studio 23 kagabi ang labo ng reception sa malolos area d ko tuloy napanood ung PBA quarterfinals Ginebra vs Rain or Shine!!!!!!"

Joezen Lopez from Rizal: "nakakaBADTRIP ung studio 23 kagabi.......kung kailan laban ng BRGY. GINEBRA tsaka nwalan ng signal.....ano toh BASTUSAN.............ilipat nyo n lng sa GMA NEWS TV ung rights ng coverage PBA..........tignan nyo naging kapalit ng ginawa nyo.....sanTAMBAK n reklamo ang natanggap nyo noh.........."

Carl de Silva from Batangas: "rreport q lng, kgv nong nnnood kmi ng pba sa studio23 bglang pumanget ang reception kc naaagaw ng news tv ng gma7, paki aus nmn po ng reception, batangas area po, sa my sn jose! tnx ! "

April Mercado Dela Cruz from Caloocan: "wla n ngang kaagaw s pnunu0d kc wla ng w.willie, ampotah!bul0k nmn stax0n nio,d nkpn0od kgbi..sna nman maaus n s su2n0d!"

Rafael Soberano Villegas from Cavite: "HELLO STUDIO 23..WALA BA KAYONG PALIWANAG TUNGKOL SA PAGKAWALA NG SIGNAL NINYO KAGABI SA 2ND GAME NG PBA..TILL NOW WALA KAYONG POST ..ASAR NA TAO SA INYO KAGABI . .KASAMA NA KO DUN."

Ariston Pangilinan from Pampanga (@bartespeak): "what happened to studio 23? low signal here in angeles city pampanga, almost 1 hour already!"

Nika Dycaico from Laguna (@nikabhebhe): "what's happening sa signal ng studio 23???ang labo dito sa laguna...#ginebra pa nmn!"


Studio 23 and Solar Entertainment haven't released a statement yet on this issue. But in all fairness to Studio 23, they entertained complaints yesterday on Twitter and asked for the location of those experiencing bad signal.

And it seems like the signal problem was experienced not only in one location.