Friday bullets, starring Charles Tiu, Ray Parks, and of course, more Kris and James

Posted by Jaemark Tordecilla on July 2, 2010 at 15:39 | Comments (11)

Nice, rainy Friday, with a couple of huge PBA games tonight: Rain or Shine versus Ginebra for an outright quarterfinals spot, and Derby Ace versus San Miguel for an automatic semifinals berth. Just how important is that semis spot, particularly for Derby Ace? My main man, Ryan “The Genius” Gregorio has never lost a semifinals series in his PBA career.

Meanwhile, some good reads to tide you over till tipoff:

Charles Tiu, the younger brother of Smart Gilas team captain and all-around good guy Chris Tiu, wrote a good blog post on Yahoo! about the recently-concluded Manila invitational tournament. He’s a little biased, sure, but his post has got a lot of great tidbits for Gilas fans: “During the awarding ceremonies, I approached Coach Mario Palma and told him that as an Asian, I wish that his team will do well and represent Asia well in the World Championships. Without introducing who I was, he said thank you, gave me a hug and told me to give my brother a hug (he said we look alike and that’s how he knew) because he was a great player and he wasn’t able to congratulate him. I couldn’t have been any prouder after hearing a coach like that have such high regard for my brother.”

The Philippine Star’s Joey Villar reported yesterday that Ray Parks, son of legendary PBA import Bobby Parks, will be suiting up for NU next year. Is that accurate? Doesn’t the UAAP have a two-year residency rule for players coming from foreign high schools? Parks has been playing high school ball in Tennessee.

UPDATE: Ray is in the Philippines right now, and it isn’t clear whether he’s going back to Tennessee’s Melrose Academy for senior year in high school. If he spends the year in a local high school, then he’d be eligible for the UAAP next season. I think.

Ugh. GMANews.TV reports that Air 21’s Lito Alvarez is likely to be named the next commissioner of the Burea of Customs. I hope he doesn’t run the bureau the same way he ran Air 21, where he sold players and helped richer teams cheat by acting as conduit in lopsided trades. The appointment feels like a political ploy; Alvarez’ boss, Bert Lina, was BOC commissioner for several months before he resigned from the Arroyo cabinet along with the Hyatt 10. If there’s any bright side to this, at least Alvarez will be out of the PBA. I hope he stays out. Hell, I hope Air 21 sells its useless franchise already.

The Queensberry Rules is my favorite boxing blog bar none, and I really enjoyed the latest piece: The Six Deadly Sins of Internet Boxing Writing. It doesn’t just apply to boxing though, but all kinds of Internet writing. Good read for both fans, who should know what to expect from Internet writers, and for aspiring writers and bloggers.

Finally, happier moments for Kris and James, which happened just this March. Makes you wonder what the hell happened between then and now.

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#1 Jeff Tagle on 2010-07-02 15:53 (Reply)

i think rayray's been here since last year.

#1.1 jaemark on 2010-07-02 16:02 (Reply)

nope, he played in the US last year. but apparently, he's in the country now, and if he plays his senior HS season here, he'd be eligible for the UAAP.

#1.1.1 AngMiron on 2010-07-02 16:23 (Reply)

Won't the Maui Villanueva Rule apply to Parks, having attended a Filipino school prior to moving to Memphis?

#1.1.1.1 jaemark on 2010-07-02 16:25 (Reply)

not sure, because Maui played HS in UPIS, but Parks left before he entered HS.

but if he spends his senior year here, then the issue is moot.

#2 yoho on 2010-07-02 16:17 (Reply)

Re. James yap-kris aquino: it was an accumulation of past events. i think. CHIX! haha
i still think magbabalikan sila.

#2.1 jaemark on 2010-07-02 16:26 (Reply)

hehe inside info ba yan ;)

#2.1.1 yoho on 2010-07-02 16:41 (Reply)

hindi, tancha ko lang hahaha

#3 gilasinsider on 2010-07-02 16:21 (Reply)

thanks jaemark!

btw, Parks will play for NU next year and that is for sure. He practice with gilas too yesterday.

#4 Jimbo on 2010-07-02 19:19 (Reply)

Good riddance to Lito Alvarez ...... very same points - I do hope he doesn't run the BOC like he did AIR21.

Seems like a decent enough guy, but it was obvious that winning wasn't his priority in the PBA.

AIR21 ..... "sagot ko ang players niyo".

Ray Parks going to NU soon ?..... I get the feeling that it's all because of Henry Sy.

Good for NU though - it's probably the first time in history that they got backing from anyone - alumni included.

I recall a long ago interview wherein Ildefonso (or was it Tugade) said that the best support they got then; was a round of pancit whenever they won a UAAP game.

#4.1 The Legendary Skyflakes25 on 2010-07-03 00:15 (Reply)

not only that, DI and Lordy would join the scrimmage to provide some toughness, veteran smarts and on-court savvy.

that was when they entered the Final Four for the first time.

#4.1.1 Jimbo on 2010-07-03 08:59 (Reply)

I remember that as well ..... good for Danny and Lordy.

Like I said, good for NU that they now have some solid support from school management - and it dont get any bigger than Henry Sy.

Well it still doesn't compare to LA SALLE and ATENEO's "Friends of the Program".

DLSU has Danding, Razon, US agent Mike Gonzales, etc ..... ATENEO has Pangilinan - the country's biggest sports patron for sometime now.