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Blake to play in the Philippines? 

Post#1 » by mkwest » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:14 am

MANILA—Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant may bring their fabled cage acts to Philippine shores if negotiations to bring an NBA All-Star Selection to play against Smart Gilas Pilipinas succeeds.


Rose, the reigning NBA MVP from the Chicago Bulls, and Durant, the NBA’s back-to-back scoring king from the Oklahoma Thunder, may be joined by slam dunk king and Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin of the LA Clippers, the source added.

The tuneup matches, the source said, is a treat for fans courtesy of SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan, who is celebrating his birthday on July 14.

Expected to join Rose, Durant and Griffin are Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Andrei Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers and Mario Chalmers of the Miami Heat.


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Not a fan of this, so I'm hoping that it is just talk.
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Re: Blake to play in the Philippines? 

Post#2 » by thanumba2clippersfan » Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:52 pm

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MANILA—Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant may bring their fabled cage acts to Philippine shores if negotiations to bring an NBA All-Star Selection to play against Smart Gilas Pilipinas succeeds.


Rose, the reigning NBA MVP from the Chicago Bulls, and Durant, the NBA’s back-to-back scoring king from the Oklahoma Thunder, may be joined by slam dunk king and Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin of the LA Clippers, the source added.

The tuneup matches, the source said, is a treat for fans courtesy of SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan, who is celebrating his birthday on July 14.

Expected to join Rose, Durant and Griffin are Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Andrei Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers and Mario Chalmers of the Miami Heat.


June Navarro, Inquirer Sports


Not a fan of this, so I'm hoping that it is just talk.


I'm not a fan either, I think any NBA player that wants to go through with this is taking a risk.
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Re: Blake to play in the Philippines? 

Post#3 » by donemilio21 » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:08 pm

that'd be interesting. I wonder waht kind of show are they thinking. maybe a 3 on 3 ?
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Post#4 » by loflin3hree5ive » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:38 pm

Griffin and Chalmers together in this? Weird.
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Post#5 » by PG3 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:08 am

Im Filipino so i approve this. That would be awesome! :)
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Post#6 » by TheNewEra » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:42 am

I wouldn't mind this for certain players. This would be a huge boost if Bledsoe, Aminu, and Jordan get a team to build on their game.
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Re: Blake to play in the Philippines? 

Post#7 » by mkwest » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:11 am

Blake pulled out, because his brother Taylor will be getting married soon.
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Post#8 » by JoseRizal » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:36 am

^^ It would've been a treat for us here to watch Blake play... :(
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Post#9 » by mkwest » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:21 am

JoseRizal wrote:^^ It would've been a treat for us here to watch Blake play... :(


That's understandable, but Durant, Paul, Rose and even Kobe will be well worth the price of admission.

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