Petron Blaze Boosters Basketball Updates

Photo Credit: Arvin Lim

June 19, 2011 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini is slowly showing his worth in the Petron Blaze Boosters uniform as he lead the team in beating crowd-favorite Barangay Ginebra Kings, 100-89, with a 21 points and 7 rebounds performance at the Araneta Coliseum of the 2011 PBA Governors’ Cup.

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After Will Conroy, one of the first few prospects of Petron was not able to make it due to some commitments, the Petron Blaze Booasters are now getting the services of former LA Clippers player Mike Taylor for the 2011 PBA Governors’ Cup according to SMC Chief Noli Eala.

The video just shown his spectacular slam dunk.

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Update 5/21/2011:

According to Noli Eala, Will Conroy can’t make it as Petron’s import due to other commitments. Stay tuned for more updates on Petron’s import.

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Here’s a quick preview of Petron Blaze Booster‘s (new name of San Miguel Beermen) import for the 2011 PBA Governors’ Cup.

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Photo Credit: Nuki Sabio of PBA.PH

After several days of speculations and drama, PBA Commissioner Chito Salud finally approved the SMB-Air21 trade that sends San Miguel veterans Danny Seigle, Dondon Hontiveros, Dorian Pena, and Paul Artadi to the Air21 Express in exchange for their top 3 rookie picks Nonoy Baclao, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, and Rey Guevarra.

This is actually a revised trade proposal sent by the San Miguel camp after Salud rejected their first proposal involving Danny Seigle, Joseph Yeo, and Mick Pennisi in exchange for the 3 first round rookies of Air21.

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Photo Credit: Nuki Sabio (www.PBA.PH)

January 30, 2011 – The San Miguel Beermen turned to their seasoned veterans to escape with a narrow win in a shaky fourth quarter that saw Talk N Text Tropang Texters crawling back from a huge deficit, 91-87, in Game 4 that leveled their 2010-2011 PBA Philippine Cup finals series at 2-2 in the Araneta Coliseum.

Veterans Danny Ildefonso and Olsen Racela provided the needed steadiness for the Beermen with their clutch baskets and hussle plays of the fourth quarter.

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Photo Credit: Nuki Sabio (www.PBA.PH)

Jay Washington winning the 2010-2011 PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award came as a no surprise. But winning it for a second straight conference is something different as he became just the fourth PBA player who won it straight at least twice joining Eric Menk, Vergel Meneses, and Danny Ildefonso in that elite ranks.

He deserve the award as Washington is a vital cog in the Beermen’s championship run this conference dishing out a stellar performance in their semis win against the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings and a steady player in the elims and quarterfinals.

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