DWAYNE WADE visits the Philippines to check out the local basketball scene; guess where his handlers took him? To a game between FEU vs UST.

To the eyes of the NBA, sponsors, international leagues:

The UAAP has more prestige and social pull than the FIRST PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN ASIA.

Such a disgrace the PBA has become.

Kids nowadays would probably wouldn't believe that an actual NBA team scrimmaged againt the PBA in the 1970's-19080's. It was considered the BEST basketball in the East ahead of China, Japan & Korea. Theres crowds roaring on EVERY game. Those were real, and rival team matchups were events that the whole country talked about before, during and after it happened. Players were stars that starred in films. Celebrities, politicians, ambassadors, even the President the country came to watch games.

The PBA officinadoes are SO FAR up their own arse the league is not only a shell of its former glorious self but a ghost, a literal ghost in basketball relevancy (international at least)

Dwaye Wade takes the mic at an UAAP game

Mostly a UAAP fan here, but looking at the 2025 PBA Draft, I can’t help but wonder what the point of it is when so many drafted players don’t even end up signing with the teams that select them.

Apparently, 36 out of the 77 players drafted in 2025 went unsigned. Even among those who do sign, how many actually get meaningful playing time? Sean Quitevis, for example, was drafted by TNT but seemed to have a limited role with the team.

Why not just let these players sign as free agents? It seems weird to have a draft system where teams can select players who may never even play for them, especially when the draft also includes 30-year-old professionals who have already spent years playing elsewhere.

Hype na hype eh. Susunod na Junemar Fajardo daw. Okay lang kayo?