B-Meg Llamados Basketball

PBA Philippine Cup
Accel-PBA Press Corps’ Player of the Week (November 8 to 14)

Peter June Simon, called “Super Sub” because he is backup for MVP James Yap in the past was named Player of the Week after having a career game vs Air 21 Express with 42 points (11 out of 11 from the field), followed by a decent performance vs Powerade, scoring 16 points (8 out of 14 from the field) as Derby Ace Llamados won back-to-back games for the first time this conference…

You can now follow some of your favorite B-Meg Derby Ace Players on Twitter:
James Yap – http://twitter.com/jcy18
Rico Maierhofer – http://twitter.com/ricomaierhofer

Team Manager
Alvin Patrimonio – http://twitter.com/alvinpatrimonio

Former Purefoods/Derby Ace Players
Paul Artadi - http://twitter.com/rtd_kidlat
Brandon Cablay – http://twitter.com/BLKC24

Purefoods Basketball - http://twitter.com/purefoods

Philippine Basketball Association Press Corp Awards

Congratulations to the Best player coming off the bench the past PBA 35th season, Niño “KG” Canaleta (B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados) – Mr. Quality Minutes award!

Congratulations also to Rico Maierhofer for being part of the All-Rookie Team and former Derby Ace Head Coach Ryan Gregorio Head Coach of the Year.

Other Awards:
* Kelly Williams (Sta Lucia/Talk N Text) – Comeback Player of the Year
* Manolito Quilingen – Referee of the Year
* Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine) – Defensive Player of the Year
* Rico Maierhofer, Josh Urbiztondo, Ronnie Matias, Ogie Menor and Jervy Cruz – the All-Rookie Team.
* Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Alaska) – Executive of the Year
* Ryan Gregorio (Derby Ace/Meralco) – Coach of the Year

B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados won over the Philippine Patriots in a practice game but lost Rafi Reavis to a fractured middle right finger and will be out at least 3 months.

Reavis will now join Kerby Raymudo, Marc Pingris and James Yap in the sidelines as Derby Ace tries to defend their Philippine Cup title.

Get well Rafi Reavis!

Reigning Most Valuable Player James Yap will undergo Surgery tomorrow to remove a polyp in his nasal passage that has been bothering him the past few years. But according to Yap, the problem is not serious and he will be back in practice in one week.

Please pray for the operation and speedy recovery of James Yap.

Name: Jonas Villanueva
9th Overall Pick by San Miguel (2008)

Awards:
Finals MVP (2009 PBA Fiesta Conference)
Most Improved Player (2008-2009 PBA Season)

Position: Point Guard
Height: 6’2
Weight: 170lbs
Birth Date: March 1, 1983 (27yrs old)
College: Far Eastern University (FEU)

Traded to the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in exchange for Paul Artadi.
Derby Ace gets Villanueva, Artadi to SMB

* picture above is from pba.ph

Drafted 9th overall by B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in the 2010 PBA Rookie Draft

Name: Narciso Llagas Jr.
Nickname: Pari
Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6’4

PBL Team: Cobra Energy IDrink
College: University of the East
High School: San Sebastian-Cavite High School

After winning the Best Player of the Conference and Finals MVP in the Philippine Cup, James Yap has a big chance to gain his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award this year despite the Derby Ace Llamados (Purefoods TJ Giants) losing in the semifinals vs San Miguel.

While Kerby Raymundo was nursing with an injury, James Yap led almost all the games of the Llamados as their leading scorer among all the locals. Even though there were a lot of distractions physically and emotionally for James, he almost carried the team to another finals appearance. Yap averaged 23PPG against Rain or Shine in the Quarterfinals and 16.33PPG against the tight defense of San Miguel in the Semifinals.

Video of the i-Witness Documentary by Howie Severino titled “Bilog and Bola” featuring James Yap, shown on GMA 7

Please watch tonight’s i-Witness documentary featuring James Yap and Philippine Basketball by Howie Severino at GMA 7 after Saksi. Also featured in this documentary are UAAP players with provincial roots like Yap, Aldrech Ramos of FEU and Cocoy Hermosisima of NU.