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The Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame is an institution that honors selected former players and personalities of the Philippine Basketball Association. It was launched on May 29, 2005, during the Reunion Game pitting two teams consisting of the 25 Greatest Players in PBA History. In 2005, it inducted its first 12 members to the group.
The first set, known as the 25 Greatest Players in Philippine Basketball Association History was awarded when the league celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2000, during its silver anniversary TV special held at the Araneta Coliseum on April 9, 2000. In 2015, 15 players were added to the list to commemorate the league's 40th anniversary.
The PBA on One Sports is the branding for presentation of the Philippine Basketball Association basketball games which started since the 2011-12 season. Telecasts are produced by One Sports (formerly Sports5 and ESPN5), the sports division of TV5 Network Inc., and aired through One Sports and PBA Rush, with simulcast and livestreaming on Cignal Play, Pilipinas Live and Smart LiveStream.
Robert Jaworski. Robert Vincent Salazar Jaworski Sr.[ 1] ( Tagalog pronunciation: [dʒaˈwɔɾski]; born March 8, 1946), also known by his nicknames Sonny, Big J, and Jawo ( Tagalog pronunciation: [dʒaˈwo] ), is a Filipino former professional basketball player, head coach and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1998 to ...
Carlos Loyzaga. Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian ( 1952, 1956 ), as a ...
Retiring from basketball in 1977, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983, along with teammate Dave DeBusschere. [44] In 1984, the Knicks retired his number 24 jersey; he was the fourth player so honored by the Knicks, after Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, and DeBusschere. [45]
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second-oldest continuously operating professional basketball league in the world after North America's NBA .
A photo inside the Araneta Coliseum during the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup basketball game between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the NorthPort Batang Pier. Araneta Coliseum, along with SM Mall of Asia Arena, is the primary venue of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP ...