2012 Commissioner's Cup Finals: Purefoods / B-Meg vs. Talk N' Text

[Jay P. Mercado]

Can they get Andy Jao as a commentator for Game 7?

Yes they can. And I'm actually surprised they haven't called Jao yet. Andy Jao has only done two games for AKTV this season, and those were the Dubai games featuring ROS against Barako and BGK. Since there was no available analyst brought about by Allan Caidic's decline of AKTV's invite, Jao was asked to cover the two ROS games even if he was the team manager of the E-Painters.

Let's see. At this point though, I feel that they'll go for the easier ones to invite - and these are the Meralco coaching staff.

[Kaede Rukawa]

How about Rajko?

[Gunnar]

Yeng Guiao was outstanding in last night's coverage and definitely deserves another game to cover. But AKTV hardly does back-to-back coverages for their guest analysts, preferring to rotate them. But I would love to have Guiao around since if there's one coach who can articulate what really goes in the minds of the two coaches on the bench, it would be Yeng. Jong would probably know but he can't articulate it as well as Yeng. Ryan can articulate but he won't have an idea of what's in the minds of Chot and Tim! :-) Kidding!

Is it me or does anyone here simply dislike Jolas being a panelist? First up, you can sense his difficulty to appreciate Tim Cone's success with B-Meg. He favors Chot Reyes who is not just a friend but a long-time buddy. Second, he doesn't really have anything substantial to say. Except for some interesting trivial stuff like JDV giving them headaches when he launches his ill-advised treys or his absolute dislike of Cone's triangle (he even had the temerity of asking a B-Meg player if they still use the triangle), there's absolutely nothing worthy to pick up from Jolas.

This is Game 7 so you only want the best to be there. For the anchors, there's no doubt it will be Mico and Magoo handling the reins - as to who will be at the studio or at the venue, that remains to be seen. I'm guessing it's Mico who'll cover the game live. With Jason Webb on leave, Quinito is the only resident analyst around so he'll be there at the Big Dome. I'm assuming Aaron Atayde would get another break from big brother Tony and will sit in the AKTV Center alongside Magoo. So the question would be - who will the two guest panelists be? Both have to be coaches. The choices are very limited - these could be any of the following: Yeng Guiao, Jong Uichico, Ryan Gregorio, Jojo Lastimosa, Caloy Garcia, Ronnie Magsanoc or Franz Pumaren.

Exactly yes Jay, Guiao can read the minds of the 2 coaches and interprets or translates it so the viewers can have a bird eye view. Same as Tim Cone if he is part of the panelist.

Jolas is quite absurd. He even have the gall to ask James Yap why they are suddenly not using the triangle. Well James just simply answered that it was a secret play that they are using in practice. Well my brother also analyzed that is still a triangle, but a modified one.

Pano nga kaya kung si Nathanielsz ay part ng analyst hehehe, that will be the day.

[boost69]

gusto ko rin yung pagcover ni Yeng Guiao last game. he gave valid inputs as he was the one coaching. sayang mukhang naka-vacation si Jason Webb at isa rin ito sa ok magcover.

nakakayamot si Jolas. well obvious na may pagkabitter pa kay Tim Cone pero ang pinaka-nakakayamot dito e yung "CONYOW" na pagsasalita niya hehe. nawala lang ang yamot ko dun dahil nanalo ang BMEG nung Game 5.

feeling ko bukas ang magcocover ay si Magoo, Dominic and RG

[Jay P. Mercado]

Gunnar,

When Jolas asked that question to Yap, I knew there was a hidden motive behind it. Jolas absolutely dislikes the triangle - he respects it since it did give them several titles for Alaska, but if Jolas had his way, he wanted to be given more latitude to strut his one-on-one stuff. I can't blame Jolas for this, simply because he is one of the best one-on-one players in the country prior to his Alaska days. In effect, his game was marginalized so that he can play within the system.

During the game, Jolas said that B-Meg wasn't exactly doing the triangle anymore. I actually agreed with him, since I felt that Cone was giving the team more latitude to play the regular PBA style of play. But it didn't mean that the triangle wasn't in place anymore. What astounded me was Jolas' temerity to ask Yap why the triangle wasn't being run anymore. Yap, knowing how to shirk away from a potential awkward situation, wiggled his way out by simply answering what you wrote.

Only goes to show how far Jolas will go to marginalize the triangle's success.

[rrz24]

B-meg Llamados,SAKURAGi kaya mo yan..JDV wag ka mo nang maglaro....

[KG21]

Galing sa blog na The Hotdog Stand


Why you can’t reserve game 7 tickets
By Rod Majikina and was posted on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 11:28 am

I’m posting this because some of my Facebook friends were asking me why they can’t seem to get reserved seating for game 7 of the B-MEG-TNT Finals.

My answer is that getting reserved tickets for important games is not humanly possible.

The moment TNT registered their 92-82 Game 6 victory last Friday, the game 7 tickets were already sold out. They’re already bought by the PBA teams. I discovered this three years ago, in 2009, when I tried to reserve 2 tickets for an important gameday featuring Ginebra, Purefoods, San Miguel and Burger King. I went to the Araneta box office as early as Friday afternoon (gameday was Sunday). There were no reserved seating available. I bought my tickets from a scalper for thrice the original price.

When I asked the scalper how he got the tickets, he told me that it was bought by the teams and given to players, who in turn, give them to family, friends and some of their fans. Whatever is left goes to the scalpers.

I found it hard to believe at first, but not when I inspected the tickets upon arriving home. At the back of the tickets were red stamps that read “San Miguel Beermen” which meant that that particular section was supposed to be occupied by SMB fans.

Reserved seating means courtside, patron, and lower box. All of these are gone before you even dream of making your reservation for an important game. The good news (to those asking if they can still watch the game live) is that they can still have upper A, upper B, and general admission, if they come to the arena early on Sunday. But nowadays, even the upper A tickets are being bought by PBA teams for their so-called “hakot fans.” TNT is known to do this. I also remember Alaska reserving part of the upper A section in game 4 of their 2010 Finals against Purefoods. Not all of the seats were occupied because some of the “hakot fans” didn’t show up.

I hope I’ve answered some questions with this post.

Malamang sa alamang, nagkalat sa venue yung mga scalpers niyan...and they might triple the asking price for the tickets!

[winry_rockbell]

Ok naman si Jolas kahit sa Aktv center na lang muna magaling din naman mag analyze yung tao minsan nga lang na o OP pag nagjojoke na yung mga kasama, buti nasa courtside si Aaron Atayde last game mas bagay sya dun, ang sama ng mga banat nito pag nasa Aktv center eh, trying to be funny magmumuka tuloy ewan. Tsaka please wag na sana si Jong ipwesto dun i prefer Ryan Gregorio o Magsanoc, sa game panelist naman ok na ok for Yeng at Mico at kahit si Atty Rado o Quinito at wag na wag sana nila ilagay si Dominic Uy.

[frio]

wag na kayo magtaka kung mas maraming nakadilaw bukas.. my source told me that the group of MVP controlled the selling of tickets for game 6 and 7..

pahirapan bumili ng ticket kung BMEG ka pero kung TNT madaling makahingi.

[KG21]

Bawi Bmeg mamaya! Go for the WIN>>>

[babsky]

sana swertehin sila sa red jersey nila. games 1, 3 and 5 red jersey nila eh.

go bmeg!! go for gold!!!

[Max_Buwaya]

How about Rajko?

tutal naman nanood din si freddie roach kagabi, ba't hindi na lang sya at ng dumugo tenga nating lahat

[Max_Buwaya]

But nowadays, even the upper A tickets are being bought by PBA teams for their so-called “hakot fans.” TNT is known to do this. I also remember Alaska reserving part of the upper A section in game 4 of their 2010 Finals against Purefoods. Not all of the seats were occupied because some of the “hakot fans” didn’t show up.

'kahiya naman 'tong write-up tungkol sa TnT at alaska. ang masama pa libre na nga, hindi pa nanood yung mga binigyan ng tiket

[TNTWarrior]

Last year AFC semis between TNT and BMEG di rin ako makabili ng ticket.. sa mga fixers din kami nakabili, 5 kami magkakasama at ang nabili namin ticket ay galing BMEG.. tsktsktsk

Kaya pare parehas lang yan..

Pero di pa ako nakabili na may tatak TNT...

[Gunnar]

Gunnar,

When Jolas asked that question to Yap, I knew there was a hidden motive behind it. Jolas absolutely dislikes the triangle - he respects it since it did give them several titles for Alaska, but if Jolas had his way, he wanted to be given more latitude to strut his one-on-one stuff. I can't blame Jolas for this, simply because he is one of the best one-on-one players in the country prior to his Alaska days. In effect, his game was marginalized so that he can play within the system.

During the game, Jolas said that B-Meg wasn't exactly doing the triangle anymore. I actually agreed with him, since I felt that Cone was giving the team more latitude to play the regular PBA style of play. But it didn't mean that the triangle wasn't in place anymore. What astounded me was Jolas' temerity to ask Yap why the triangle wasn't being run anymore. Yap, knowing how to shirk away from a potential awkward situation, wiggled his way out by simply answering what you wrote.

Only goes to show how far Jolas will go to marginalize the triangle's success.

During his coverage, he is injecting some of his views that he tends to sound arrogant. I don't know if its just me, but Jaemark's mom might agree with me hehehe.

[great2find]

Shoo-in for AKTV center guest panelist is no other than..... Benjie Paras!

[joenel]

I DOUBT IT I DOUBT IT doubt IT I DOUBT IT

[Harazkal]

good luck sa game mamaya!!

lets go BMEG!!!

[popsky]

Ito lang ang game na mapapanood ko ng buong-buo.

Key to winning dito ang depensa sa pick kay Castro at ang transition defense.

[Harazkal]

balitaan mko pops sa mga pangyayari ha.