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6 unusual facts about Philippine Basketball League


Bernie Fabiosa

Since retirement Fabiosa has coached the Bingo Pilipino Bingonaryos in the Philippine Basketball League and been involved in the American movie industry.

Derrick Pumaren

He was also a successful head coach in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League, later shortened to Philippine Basketball League, with the Magnolia franchise and Triple-V Restaurant.

DZSR

The station is also the official radio station for the Philippine Basketball League.

Macky Escalona

He also played for Cebuana Lhuiller-Kwarta Padala Moneymen in the Philippine Basketball League before moving to the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Philippine Basketball League

It was the successor of the defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), which folded during the early-1980s.

Pilipinas Basketball

It consists of four of the Philippines' major basketball stakeholders - the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), as well as Joey Lina, then-president of the BAP, representing the said association.


Aloguinsan, Cebu

Jojo Tangkay - A professional basketball player notably played in PBL then PBA's Welcoat Dragons.

Enrico Villanueva

At that time, Yeo was still an amateur playing for Harbour Centre in the Philippine Basketball League and since it was a PBA-sanctioned game, commissioner Noli Eala gave Yeo a three-month probation after being selected by Coke in the 2006 PBA Draft.

J.R. Quiñahan

Dubbed "Baby Shaq" in the Philippine Basketball League where he played for the Granny Goose team because of his physical resemblance to the Boston Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal.

Jerwin Gaco

After playing collegiately for Polytechnic University of the Philippines (undergraduate) and the De La Salle Green Archers (as a graduate student, for the 2003 and 2004 seasons), he played for the Harbour Centre franchise in the Philippine Basketball League, where he honed his skills as an enforcer.

University of Makati

Asoro displayed his skills at the wing and power forward positions during his stint with the Bulldogs in the UAAP and Harbour Centre and Oracle in the Philippine Basketball League.


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