Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Bol Bol has officially landed in the Philippines. The former NBA big man is ready to go in anchoring the TNT Tropang 5G’s upcoming Commissioner's Cup campaign for the 2025-26 season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The Tropang 5G released images of Bol's arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. TNT team manager Jojo Lastimosa warmly welcomed him.
A DEAL that could finally pave the way for Bol Bol, a former NBA player and son of 7-7 beanpole Manute Bol, to play in the PBA wearing the TNT Tropang 5G uniform could be signed in the next two days. Sources told SPIN.ph that TNT management and Bol's camp are putting the finishing touches to a deal that could see the 7-3 Sudanese-American suit up in the coming Commissioner’s Cup, where there are no height restrictions for imports.
Disney+ has struck a multi-year deal to stream the NBA in the Philippines. This will bring live coverage to Disney+ and ESPN in the country for the first time, along with ESPN documentaries and live broadcasts of NBA Countdown.
As part of its 10th anniversary celebration, vivo Philippines is bringing NBA Hall of Famer and 2006 Champion Gary Payton Sr., famously known as The Glove, to Manila for an exclusive meet-and-greet at the vivo Concept Store, SM Megamall, on Sept. 12, 2025 at 4 p.m.
Advertisement
An NBA champion is in the Philippines. On Friday, Isaiah Joe of the Oklahoma City Thunder talked to the media before interacting with fans at the NBA Store in Mandaluyong. Joe is coming off his first NBA title as the Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals last June. "You definitely have to see it to believe it. The fact that I've touched down here and I'm getting to see it is definitely amazing," Joe said about the Filipinos' love for basketball.
Be it in Memphis or in Manila, Ja Morant made sure to turn every court into his own playground. The Grizzlies guard did just that in his rare Manila visit as part of his “Make Then Watch” tour, which is aligned in his effort to connect and interact with local basketball stars.
The 25-year-old high-flying guard made a huge entrance before obliging to the fans to hit the ‘griddy’ dance moves. Morant also watched from the sidelines as Team Barangay and Team La Salle went at it in a four-quarter exhibition game.
Advertisement
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: And so right after I won the Philippines championship, because I was refreshed, I wasn't playing in Korea. I'm averaging 10 minutes a game. The games I did play, I would dominate, but for the most part, I'm recharged going into the Philippines. So that's when I stopped drinking. I'm in bed by 9.30, 10 o'clock. I'm waking up at 4 or 5 am, and I'm working out. I'm super locked in. And literally from then on, it was the best basketball of my career. And that's where I'm watching Kobe every day. I'm watching Jordan every day. I'm just like, it's on repeat every single day. Any of my teammates from Puerto Rico to Turkey, to Korea, any of my teammates, every game, they'll see me on my phone. I'm not on Instagram. I'm not on, I'm watching Kobe. I'm watching Jordan. I'm just watching how they move. I'm watching how they're being guarded and all of these things. So, like leading up to the World Cup, I've always loved the armband and things like that. But leading up to the World Cup, I'm like, "Nah, this is gonna be special."
How did the sudden spotlight feel, and did it spark the NBA or Euroleague interest you hoped would? Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: Yeah, well, based on what my agent was saying, Euroleague teams immediately called and were like, "Look, we want you." The only thing was that I was already signed to the Philippines for the next season. And I'm not gonna like to go back on, they've been so wonderful to me. But yeah, Euroleague teams definitely caught on. It was about three of them, I believe, three, four of them. And then the NBA, we were speaking to teams, and we were talking. I just was, I was so locked in that it was like, do I want to risk the like, at this point where I'm like, I'm winning a championship, I'm doing this, I'm committed to this. "Do I want to risk at that point going for like a 10-day and possibly getting cut, or have stability, earn money for my family, and take care of those things?"
Kevin Quiambao has officially begun his pursuit of a spot in the NBA Summer League Quiambao, the Korean Basketball League (KBL) revelation, arrived in Sacramento on Thursday to try out for a spot in the Kings’ Summer League team roster.
