I had planned to write about Smart Gilas, but then I went out drinking with my high school friends tonight, and I couldn’t put any coherent thoughts into that subject. So since today is inauguration day, let’s just talk about some more details from the Kris-James breakup, this time from Ricky Lo’s Philippine Star column on Tuesday.

Here’s what James told Lo, after refusing to talk about the issue:

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Philippine basketball has started to develop a small but vibrant community on Twitter, and Fire Quinito’s newest feature, The Sweetest Tweets, round up the best messages, in 140 characters or less.

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PRESIDENT-ELECT Noynoy Aquino’s youngest sister, Kris has announced on nationwide TV that her marriage to basketball star James Yap is over. Reliable sources say a woman caused the split. She was identified as Kris Aquino.

-- The Professional Heckler, “One Last Cry”

The last time Kris Aquino and James Yap were involved in an issue like the one facing them now, Kris also went on The Buzz to discuss their marital woes. Kris told co-host Boy Abunda and a captive Pinoy audience, in between sobs, that her marriage was on the rocks. “I’ve tried, God knows I’ve tried. And in all fairness to James, he has also tried, but maybe, in my opinion, not hard enough,” Kris said. “I have never given him any reason to doubt my fidelity. I just want the same thing in return.”

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I rushed to the Ninoy Aquino Stadium tonight after a long day of work in the field just in time for the tipoff of Smart Gilas versus the Jordan national team. Gilas actually played well in the first half, taking a first quarter lead and keeping in step with the taller Jordanians at halftime.

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On Monday last week, Sarangani representative-elect and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao began a ten-day crash course on governance at the Development Academy of the Philippines in Pasig City, amid fawning media coverage. The course, which was custom-developed for the pound-for-pound king, aims to give Pacquiao intensive training on the duties of a good legislator.

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I’m off to watch the game live at the Araneta in a couple of minutes, but first, two things:

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Photo by Jan Dizon, NCAA.

The big story coming out of the PBA last week were the major changes on the San Miguel bench, involving assistant coach Ato Agustin and head coach Siot Tanquingcen. Agustin, who was brought in earlier this conference to be part of the brain trust, assumed coaching duties during the Beermen’s loss to the Coca-Cola Tigers, while Tanquinqcen sat meekly at the sidelines.

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Congrats to the Lakers, from this hater.

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Rey Joble joined GMANews.TV full-time a couple of months ago, and since then he’s been banging out excellent breaking reports on the PBA virtually as it happen. Just tonight, he managed to come out with not one, not two, but three quick reports on involving three different imports:

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