2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup

[Fredomago]

Expect SMB to go full throttle when their new import play in their next game. I admire Orlando Johnson's professionalism because he still plays with too much enthusiasm knowing that he will be replaced.

Got 2 out of 2 from last night's games, i hope this winning streak continues today.

Going for the underdogs for tonight's ball game because of high spread.

Dyip +9.5 @1.90 vs Bolts
Batang Pier +10.5 @1.80 vs Magnolia

DYIP unable to cover that Handicap losing against the Bolts with 12 point deficiet, but your other pick got a higher chance to win
Batang Pier got a good lead 75 - 59 over 2mins now in the 3rd period, if they able to hold this lead and not to allow the rally from
Magnolia it can be converted to a win, 1-1 for you if the lead will be sustained.

Good Luck, we can't conclude this game yet but having that huge margin plus the handicap your chance to breakeven is
really high.

[Sled]

Expect SMB to go full throttle when their new import play in their next game. I admire Orlando Johnson's professionalism because he still plays with too much enthusiasm knowing that he will be replaced.

Got 2 out of 2 from last night's games, i hope this winning streak continues today.

Going for the underdogs for tonight's ball game because of high spread.

Dyip +9.5 @1.90 vs Bolts
Batang Pier +10.5 @1.80 vs Magnolia

DYIP unable to cover that Handicap losing against the Bolts with 12 point deficiet, but your other pick got a higher chance to win
Batang Pier got a good lead 75 - 59 over 2mins now in the 3rd period, if they able to hold this lead and not to allow the rally from
Magnolia it can be converted to a win, 1-1 for you if the lead will be sustained.

Good Luck, we can't conclude this game yet but having that huge margin plus the handicap your chance to breakeven is
really high.

Batang Pier will likely cover the spread but the game is not over yet, Magnolia is still behind but not in a double-digit lead anymore. Wow, I love this game, it's very interesting, Magnolia is still trying to protect their undefeated record. Good luck to us.

[Yamifoud]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

[LogitechMouse]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

This new import of NorthPort seems to have lots of stamina and endurance coming into his debut game.
This is just his first game and he played all 48 minutes and scored 42 points and almost a triple double. Its just amazing to see a player to play all 48 minutes (at least for me since we don't often see players playing the whole game).

Well in the case of Arwind, they need to find younger players to let SMB stay at the top and they also think that Arwind isn't helping that team anymore. Its hard since he is a big help to the team but they are thinking more about the future of the team that is why him and Cabagnot got traded. On the other hand though, looks like he is a perfect fit for the NP at least and he played 40+ minutes tonight.

[Johnyz]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

Such a big game for NP, and I'm shock that they are the team that landed the first loss for Magnolia.

They are really good, their imports did a great job and yes they are just falling short on their past 5 games and maybe they have a good team work now. They still have the chance to stay in the competitions I guess, as long as they keep this momentum and they are able to win all their remaining games which is not easy for them. Not a surprise anymore if they beat top teams this time.

[Hypnosis00]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

Such a big game for NP, and I'm shock that they are the team that landed the first loss for Magnolia.

They are really good, their imports did a great job and yes they are just falling short on their past 5 games and maybe they have a good team work now. They still have the chance to stay in the competitions I guess, as long as they keep this momentum and they are able to win all their remaining games which is not easy for them. Not a surprise anymore if they beat top teams this time.

Beating the Magnolia is not a joke, this team has a chance to upset the top teams in the PBA now. If they will be given an opportunity to be in the elimination, then for sure they are a threat, their import is just too good.

https://pba.ph/news/jamel-artis-tallies-42-points-without-relief-as-northport-holds-off-magnolia-to-stay-in-playoff-race

[Distinctin]

To answer that, I will only be based on what I think about. Why does it only happen now? It's because Koreans are the ones who opened up the idea first that's why a partnership is expected to happen.

About Alaska suddenly deciding to sell their franchise, NO it's not suddenly but it takes a long time before they decide to do it. No one knows the real story. Refer to the news and just buy their statement. Any reasons that they never tell in their statement will be considered as guesses.

Everything outside their statement is just their own opinions and speculations. Whatever it is, we as fans can give our own opinions.

But the real score on why they decided to end up their franchise ownership will remain between them and the League governors.

We are only speculating without any solid or supporting evidence, let them move forward and if there are other reasons aside from what

they are saying let the future reveal itself.

Yes, you are right all people who love to watch Philippine Basketball Association have their own opinions to share about this topic. We all know that PBA runs for a long time and almost 59 years in services. but all the decision is from the management of this leage, and all we need to do it wait for further notice from them.

Yes and we must still respect and understand their opinions because we have our own different views about the PBA but other than that, it is undeniable that PBA is still the one whom people love until now.

We all know that PBA runs for a long time and almost 59 years in services.

No mate, you must have mistaken PBA for PBL because PBA have just started way back 1975 and yet to celebrate their 50th this coming April 2025.

[Questat]

We all know that PBA runs for a long time and almost 59 years in services.

No mate, you must have mistaken PBA for PBL because PBA have just started way back 1975 and yet to celebrate their 50th this coming April 2025.

Yes, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association, it started in 1975.
honestly, I don't know when PBA started until that discussion is brought here.

Well, 45 years already as of now, it's a long year of existence, so I don't think PBA will stop their league to give way to the new league like the MPBL.
The partnership, hopefully, will strengthen the league, I don't know the reason behind but hoping it's for the better.

[Fredomago]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

Such a big game for NP, and I'm shock that they are the team that landed the first loss for Magnolia.

They are really good, their imports did a great job and yes they are just falling short on their past 5 games and maybe they have a good team work now. They still have the chance to stay in the competitions I guess, as long as they keep this momentum and they are able to win all their remaining games which is not easy for them. Not a surprise anymore if they beat top teams this time.

Beating the Magnolia is not a joke, this team has a chance to upset the top teams in the PBA now. If they will be given an opportunity to be in the elimination, then for sure they are a threat, their import is just too good.

https://pba.ph/news/jamel-artis-tallies-42-points-without-relief-as-northport-holds-off-magnolia-to-stay-in-playoff-race

Agree to that, they are threat and if they will stay and move to the next round upsetting top team is not impossible to them, if NP if continue playing like this and win every game that left for them, we might see a dark horse that will compete to any super team inside the league, too early though but it's really exciting as they managed to hold and win this game even Magnolia really rallies back and tried harder to snatch this game from them.

[crzy]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

Such a big game for NP, and I'm shock that they are the team that landed the first loss for Magnolia.

They are really good, their imports did a great job and yes they are just falling short on their past 5 games and maybe they have a good team work now. They still have the chance to stay in the competitions I guess, as long as they keep this momentum and they are able to win all their remaining games which is not easy for them. Not a surprise anymore if they beat top teams this time.

Beating the Magnolia is not a joke, this team has a chance to upset the top teams in the PBA now. If they will be given an opportunity to be in the elimination, then for sure they are a threat, their import is just too good.

https://pba.ph/news/jamel-artis-tallies-42-points-without-relief-as-northport-holds-off-magnolia-to-stay-in-playoff-race

They really have to do everything to get in for the next round, hoping that its not too late for them. Maybe their losses is just because of lack of training and team bonding maybe, but NP now is getting better and playing their hearts out.

I’m expecting top teams to beat Magnolia, well the result is different and now the conference becomes more interesting. Let’s see if NP can sustain this momentum.

[bisdak40]

~snip~

DYIP unable to cover that Handicap losing against the Bolts with 12 point deficiet, but your other pick got a higher chance to win
Batang Pier got a good lead 75 - 59 over 2mins now in the 3rd period, if they able to hold this lead and not to allow the rally from
Magnolia it can be converted to a win, 1-1 for you if the lead will be sustained.

Good Luck, we can't conclude this game yet but having that huge margin plus the handicap your chance to breakeven is
really high.

Got 1 out of 2 from last night's ball game, not bad though, at least we are almost break even on the money hehe.

Wow, that's a thrilling game between Magnolia and Batang Pier, that open look 3 by Paul Lee could cause a heart attack if you are betting for NorthPort via ML.  

Ginebra -11.5 @1.86 vs Bossings, the Gin Kings will go all out here because they are now in the bottom of the standings and every win is so precious that i think they will overwhelm the Bossings on this game.

[blockman]

Most fans have already seen how manipulative PBA is. It's always SMC and MVP teams that are like the rivals, Aces is about to be out. While there's a former team from PBA that's going to join Filbasket. It may not look like a threat for now but soon, they'll realize that there's going to be a division of market and fans from all of these leagues. We're getting the same opinion about that we're already tired of watching almost the same scenes from PBA. But it's true that it might be a long journey for both leagues, anyway, we have to see how it will go then.

Yes, there's nothing new about that as SMC and MVP have many teams in the league. Now, it is the last season of Alaska Aces before they say goodbye in the league, but they're trying to get their 15th championship so that they can leave with a bang. Hopefully, there's something good about this new partnership with the KBL because MPBL and FilBasket are just around the corner.

Yeah I head that also, that there's a former PBA team that will going to join the FilBasket but they didn't gave any information regarding about that yet. Surely, it wasn't Aces.

That's dope if they become the champion for this season. Who knows if the management will allow that to happen as they're on their way out of the league.
Maybe that would be their exit gift to the franchise as they're no longer with them after this season. Everything is possible until we don't know what's next going to happen if it's not SMC and MVP company will face til' the finals.

[LogitechMouse]

Game ended, 101-103, Northport beat the Magnolia.

This NP team is really a good team, sometimes they just fall short and loss the game but they can really compete with good teams in the PBA. Arwin Santos is still not getting old, he played well in this game and contributed for the win, don't know why SMB let him go.

Such a big game for NP, and I'm shock that they are the team that landed the first loss for Magnolia.

They are really good, their imports did a great job and yes they are just falling short on their past 5 games and maybe they have a good team work now. They still have the chance to stay in the competitions I guess, as long as they keep this momentum and they are able to win all their remaining games which is not easy for them. Not a surprise anymore if they beat top teams this time.

Beating the Magnolia is not a joke, this team has a chance to upset the top teams in the PBA now. If they will be given an opportunity to be in the elimination, then for sure they are a threat, their import is just too good.

https://pba.ph/news/jamel-artis-tallies-42-points-without-relief-as-northport-holds-off-magnolia-to-stay-in-playoff-race

Currently at the bottom 8 is the NorthPort but lets take note as well that they 2 wins that they got came from the top 2 teams currently.
They can really be the dark horse of the league this conference and with how they are playing, I think that they can still enter the playoffs and upset teams that they will face during that time.

Still I thought that Blackwater is the one who will give the first defeat for the Magnolia :|.

[Fredomago]

Got 1 out of 2 from last night's ball game, not bad though, at least we are almost break even on the money hehe.

Wow, that's a thrilling game between Magnolia and Batang Pier, that open look 3 by Paul Lee could cause a heart attack if you are betting for NorthPort via ML.  

Ginebra -11.5 @1.86 vs Bossings, the Gin Kings will go all out here because they are now in the bottom of the standings and every win is so precious that i think they will overwhelm the Bossings on this game.

Yes, if that Lee's 3 point attempt got nailed oh well that's shit for ML bettors, though I'm mostly sure that most of those who take NP have that same handicap unless they are betting live and trust NP when the line keep changing in the last quarter. Congrats and even it's just 1 out of 2 it's still good as you still have funds to bet for another game.

We do have same perception with Gin Kings. They need the win and they need to take it seriously. That handicap is not hard to cover
if Gin kings will play solid.

Brownlee may stand and lift them to secure the win..

[Distinctin]

We all know that PBA runs for a long time and almost 59 years in services.

No mate, you must have mistaken PBA for PBL because PBA have just started way back 1975 and yet to celebrate their 50th this coming April 2025.

Yes, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Basketball_Association, it started in 1975.
honestly, I don't know when PBA started until that discussion is brought here.

Well, 45 years already as of now, it's a long year of existence, so I don't think PBA will stop their league to give way to the new league like the MPBL.
The partnership, hopefully, will strengthen the league, I don't know the reason behind but hoping it's for the better.

Same here, I didn't know when did PBA had started its 1st games. I just got the knowledge about when exactly because I'm also quite sure that they didn't reached their 50th year yet since it was found on 1975. As of this year, they are yet to celebrate their 47th because 2025 will the mark of their golden year.
Such a long year and its roots are so deep that's why this league won't just be severed in a week nor a month. We will see this upcoming month if they will succeed on their new deal, I'm also optimistic about it.

[Yamifoud]

Looks like Blackwater's losing streak will still be active tonight, they are currently playing against Ginebra and the lead of Ginebra is very huge, for sure Blackwater won't be able to have a huge comeback in the 4th quarter.

Anyone knows the total losing streak of Blackwater already?

[LogitechMouse]

Looks like Blackwater's losing streak will still be active tonight, they are currently playing against Ginebra and the lead of Ginebra is very huge, for sure Blackwater won't be able to have a huge comeback in the 4th quarter.

Anyone knows the total losing streak of Blackwater already?

They're sitting at 26 as of this moment and with the game already over against Ginebra, it already is 27.

Well, other teams don't want to get defeated by Blackwater because it might be shameful for them for some reasons. Now the Blackwater are 0-8 after this game and they only have 3 games left this season. I don't think that the Blackwater will get at least one win again against other teams with how they are playing right now and their current roster. I'm thinking maybe they will be the next one to leave the league after Alaska don't they? 

[Fredomago]

Looks like Blackwater's losing streak will still be active tonight, they are currently playing against Ginebra and the lead of Ginebra is very huge, for sure Blackwater won't be able to have a huge comeback in the 4th quarter.

Anyone knows the total losing streak of Blackwater already?

They're sitting at 26 as of this moment and with the game already over against Ginebra, it already is 27.

Well, other teams don't want to get defeated by Blackwater because it might be shameful for them for some reasons. Now the Blackwater are 0-8 after this game and they only have 3 games left this season. I don't think that the Blackwater will get at least one win again against other teams with how they are playing right now and their current roster. I'm thinking maybe they will be the next one to leave the league after Alaska don't they? 

Maybe they will follow that lead, I don't see any reason why they have to stay if there're no changes that will be done to this current roster, the franchise needs to improve otherwise better to sell this franchise to the other interested company to join PBA and be more competitive than them.

off topic:

Gin kings won the game but handicap unable to cover not sure why Ginebra allows Blackwater to make lots of score during that garbage time.

Sorry lost for bettors who take Gin kings handicap.

[Rufsilf]

And why did Blackwater owner say in the past that he is gonna sell his team?

That plan is just a product of disappointment since the Blackwater CEO's ego was hit by the PBA since they think they won't have a violation for doing practice while it's not allowed during pandemic. That's the reason why after that violation, Blackwater suddenly announced that they will sell the franchise.

Look at what happened in the upcoming days and weeks after that plan, the CEO become cool and goes back to his usual self and didn't push selling the franchise. That's the story and not related to the PBA politics like what you are thinking I believe.

Probably because no one is interested in buying the team? I don't know, seems like PBA now is not anymore as entertaining as in the past, maybe because we can easily access to watch other leagues like local and international leagues. Either way, I still hope for the best of our Philippine basketball leaguel.

No, that is not the case because there's a lot of interested buyers for sure as there's also a lot who wants to own a team in the league. But there's no information about why did the CEO suddenly announced to sell the franchise and what happened why he changed his mind few weeks after. PBA can get over this, hopefully they would survive much more longer.

[Questat]

And why did Blackwater owner say in the past that he is gonna sell his team?

That plan is just a product of disappointment since the Blackwater CEO's ego was hit by the PBA since they think they won't have a violation for doing practice while it's not allowed during pandemic. That's the reason why after that violation, Blackwater suddenly announced that they will sell the franchise.

Look at what happened in the upcoming days and weeks after that plan, the CEO become cool and goes back to his usual self and didn't push selling the franchise. That's the story and not related to the PBA politics like what you are thinking I believe.

Probably because no one is interested in buying the team? I don't know, seems like PBA now is not anymore as entertaining as in the past, maybe because we can easily access to watch other leagues like local and international leagues. Either way, I still hope for the best of our Philippine basketball leaguel.

No, that is not the case because there's a lot of interested buyers for sure as there's also a lot who wants to own a team in the league. But there's no information about why did the CEO suddenly announced to sell the franchise and what happened why he changed his mind few weeks after. PBA can get over this, hopefully they would survive much more longer.

Well, this is just my personal opinion, I could be wrong and I hope so because I still want to see the PBA to continue entertaining people. The season is far from over, there's still plenty of time, for sure we will hear some update regarding the Alaska team on who is the lucky person who bought it.