Ito ang Liga was reinstated for the Commissioner's Cup , albeit with a marching band rendition and addition of the battlecry Laro Mo'To! Tagalog for This Is Your Game! Shantidope was featured in the song, rapping after the Ito ang Liga chorus.
This battlecry is Tagalog for Fight in the Fight. Only Morphe Brothers had a video of such in YouTube. For the season, the Ito ang Liga theme song was remixed to reflect the season's theme Tayo ang Bida , which it was sung by Sam Concepcion and Gloc This theme was also re-used on season with no major remixes or re-recordings.
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With the league's 45th anniversary nearing, ESPN5. It would be tough to follow up the strong pedigree of the imports from the 's in the following decade, but still these cagers managed to leave a lasting impression on Philippine basketball.
The 90's featured imports who were record breakers for the PBA, and whose feats are still talked about today. Of course, there are also those cult favorites who were good on the court, but will also be remembered for more than the basketball they played. Here are some of those star names that shined in the s. The late great Parks' career in the Philippines is unprecedented, a winner of a whopping seven Best Import awards in a PBA career that spanned to To put that achievement into even greater context, no other import in the history of the league has won the award more than three times.
After leading San Miguel Beer to the Reinforced Conference title in his league debut, Parks came in and out of the league for the Shell franchise throughout the years.
In his year PBA career, Parks racked up averages of Parks died after a battle with cancer on October 30, , and the PBA renamed the Best Import award in his honor the very next day. Playing years: , , If Tony Harris took a photo akin to the one taken after the NBA's Wilt Chamberlain's iconic point performance, the piece of paper would read On October 10, in Iloilo City, "Hurricane" Harris went crazy on the Ginebra franchise and dropped points on the way to a win for Swift that set the record for the most points scored by any player in the PBA.
Almost as if to prove that the point game was not a fluke, Harris then dropped 98 points on Presto Ice Cream the next week. Harris would win only one title in the Philippines, but gave coach Yeng Guiao his first-ever PBA championship and took home a Best Import award in his stay in the country.
After his time in the league, which featured appearances in , , and , his legacy as one of the most feared bucket-getters to have ever graced the PBA hardcourt is secured. Playing years: If rings are your thing, you're going to love Sean Chambers.
Standing at just 6'1", the diminutive Chambers became associated with the early successes of the Alaska franchise and a certain coach Tim Cone. Chambers, for whom the phrase "resident import" was practically coined - helped Alaska to six championships, which included the Grand Slam.
Those six rings are the most any import has ever accumulated in league history. While Chambers' numbers never soared as high as Harris or any of his other contemporaries, he did manage to take a single Best Import nod and was given only the second ever 'Mr. Despite not breaking any scoring records, he did post averages of Playing years: Lamont Strothers was one of the most prolific imports to grace the PBA hardcourt.
Strothers then spent the majority of his career playing internationally, with his stint in the Philippines having some impressive highlights. The Virginia-native started his time in the Philippines with the San Miguel Beermen in and returned to the same franchise numerous times until his retirement in Strothers ended his PBA career tallying up a little over 3, points in seven conferences, a Best Import nod, and two Governors' Cup crowns.
Up until recently, Strothers was the league leader in three pointers made by an import with Playing year: Shooters shoot, and Ginebra got themselves one of the more unabashed shooters the league has ever seen in an import with Henry James in James didn't end up with a championship with Ginebra, but he did leave an impression.
In fact, nostalgic hoop fans can still look up some of his exploits during his time in the PBA just to see how pure of a shooter he was.
Unfortunately, James ended up with legal troubles in the mids and pleaded guilty to one charge of distribution of a controlled substance. The Pacers and Rockets will then travel to Taipei for a game on Oct. The teams will play on Oct. This will mark the first time the league will stage regular-season games in two countries outside of the U. Search for:.
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