ONCE upon a time, in a basketball era very different from what we know today, there was a team named the APCOR Financiers, or simply, APCOR. When they burst into the scene in the early 80s, the Philippine basketball landscape had had a radical change. The first pro basketball league…
THE last time the FIBA world championship came to Manila, world basketball was a whole lot different. National Basketball Association (NBA) players were not yet allowed to play in FIBA competitions because professionals were prohibited from competing in international tournaments. That all changed in 1989. At that time, the three-point…