Conference 1: 2010-2011 Philippine Cup (All-Filipino Tourney) – starts Oct. 3
- 10 PBA teams will play 14 games each in the eliminations and top 8 teams will advance to the playoffs, eliminating the last 2 teams.
- 10 PBA teams will be divided into 2 groups, those in the same group will play each other once and twice with the teams in the other group.
- Top 2 teams (No. 1 and No. 2) will have a twice to beat advantage against No. 7 and No. 8.
- No. 3 vs No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5 will have a best-of-three series
- Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-seven

Conference 2: Import-reinforced conferences
- Imports with the same height limitation
- Single round robin for 10 teams, only top 6 will advance to playoffs
- Top 2 will gain automatic semifinals berth
- No. 3 vs No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5 will have a best-of-five series
- Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-seven

Conference 3: Import-reinforced conferences
- Teams will have a height limitation handicapping system on Imports based on the performances of the teams in the first two conferences.
- Single round robin for 10 teams, only top 6 will advance to playoffs
- Top 6 teams will have another single round robin, records from eliminations will be carried over
- A team which wins four of five games in the second round (regardless of their overall record) gets automatic playoff crack at a finals berth.
- Semifinals and Finals will be best-of-seven

Meralco – Beau Belga
Air21 – JR Quinahan
Talk N Text – Ali Peek

Meralco – Mac Cardona
Air21 – Josh Urbiztondo and No. 3 Pick
Talk N Text – No. 4 Pick

Ginebra- Billy Mamaril
Air21 – Future Draft Pick

In other news:
Ronnie Magsanoc and Boyet Fernandez signs as Assistant Coaches of Meralco

Let us all say a prayer to the victims of the hostage taking yesterday.

1st Round
1 – Air21
2 – Air21
3 – Air21
4 – Talk n Text
5 – Rain or Shine
6 – Air21
7 – Ginebra
8 – Ginebra
9 – Derby Ace
10 – Alaska

After losing to the Purefoods TJ Giants on a 4-0 sweep in the Philippine Cup Finals, the Aces bounced back this conference beating Ginebra in the Quarterfinals (3-2), Talk N Text in the Semifinals (4-3) and San Miguel in the Finals (4-2).

Congratulations Alaska Aces!

In other news, a new head coach for Purefoods/Derby Ace has been named!

I have been a big fan of Purefoods since 1988, and this news is really sad for all the fans of the franchise. I have been holding this news since posting it would make it real but now it is time. Purefoods will say goodbye to the PBA, unless the new owners will buy another PBA franchise in the future (which is unlikely to happen), we will never see a Purefoods Team in the PBA.

With the new owners of Purefoods not interested in the PBA franchise, San Miguel keeps its third franchise but cannot use Purefoods anymore, they can retain the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados but there are reports that they will use the Petron brand in the next conference.

I am still thinking of changing the name of this site as this has been known as purefoodsbasketball.com since 2008, even though the core of the team is still intact with the name change it maybe hard to support a different team name knowing it is already permanent.

Goodbye Purefoods!

Link to gmanews.tv article

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.

The PBA RUN FOR A CAUSE will highlight the importance of healthy lifestyle for the whole family.

The Run will feature 3K, 5K and 10K lapses.

This run is not only for fun and fitness, but the proceeds will benefit the patients of the CANCER and HEMATOLGY DEPT. of PCMC- Children sufferring from CANCER

July 31, 2010
SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
Run starts at 5:00 A.M.

For more info, pls visit http://runforacause.pba.ph/

SMB defeats Alaska to gain an upperhand in the standings with a 13 win and 5 loss. A loss by Derby Ace today vs Barako Coffee will result in San Miguel getting the last automatic semifinals slot and Derby Ace will slide down to the quarterfinals but if Derby Ace wins, San Miguel and Derby Ace will have a do or die playoff match on Wednesday to determine the no. 2 spot and get the last automatic semifinals slot along with Talk N Text.

Game Today, June 27, 2010
Derby Ace Llamados vs Barako Energy Coffee Masters
6:30pm Araneta Coliseum

Derby Ace needs to beat Barako Coffee tonight to force a do or die playoff game vs San Miguel on Wednesday, June 30, with both teams having 13 wins and 5 losses if Derby Ace wins, both have a chance to gain an outright semifinals slot. Even though Barako is at the other end of the standings, Derby Ace should not take this team lightly and give their all in their last game in the elimination round.

James Yap showed again why he is a big time player and the Best Player of the Conference last Philippine Cup, by leading the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados to a big win over rival and 1st place San Miguel Beermen, 83-82.

Former MVP James Yap scored 23 pts including a big shot at the end of the game to give Derby Ace a 1-point win. Nino “KG” Canaleta contributed 14 pts with 3 three point shots to help Derby Ace control the game in the 1st quarter, but San Miguel controlled the second half and led by 8 points with 9min left in the game.

With Derby Ace Import Clif Brown fouling out of the game, it seems like San Miguel will retain its No. 1 position in the current 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference, but Yap had other things in mind making the game winning shot and with 6 seconds left in the game, the defense of Derby Ace held on to give them a big win and is now solo 3rd place.

With the subpar performance of Import Clif Brown (scoring only 11pts but collecting 13rebs and 5asts), we’ll see in the next few days if Derby Ace will replace him, special mention goes to the locals of Derby Ace who stepped up this game like Marc Pingris (10pts and 14rebs) and Paul Artadi (9pts, 3rebs and 5asts). Next game will be this Friday, June 11 vs Rain or Shine.

Game Scores:

Derby Ace 83 – Yap J. 23, Canaleta 14, Brown 11, Yap R. 11, Pingris 10, Artadi 9, Maierhofer 3, Allado 2, Simon 0, Reavis 0.

San Miguel 82 – Freeman 27, Cabagnot 12, Seigle 11, Hontiveros 8, Yeo 7, Santos 7, Washington 6, Villanueva 3, Pena 1, Miranda 0, Ildefonso 0.

Quarters: 26-17, 39-35, 64-65, 83-82