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MANILA-The Filipinos' hope to see a homegrown player get drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) remains a dream after seven-foot-three wunderkind Kai Sotto was left undrafted in the 2022 edition of the league's annual draft on Friday (Philippine Time) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Adelaide 36er was not among the 58 players chosen for this year's draft headlined by top pick Paolo Banchero. Banchero went to Orlando as the number one pick. The 6-foot-10 power forward, who expressed his desire to represent Italy in international play, became the second player of Italian descent to be selected first overall after Toronto took Andrea Bargnani as the first pick in the 2006 draft. Chet Holmgren, who was the consensus number one pick in early mock drafts before Banchero's draft stock went on a steady increase, went to Oklahoma City as the second pick. Jabari Smith, who became a late consideration for the number one pick, ended up with Houston as the thi ....
Manny Pacquiao Rumors: Farewell Fight Could Be Held In Home Country Under Right Conditions 03/05/21 AT 1:23 AM Manny Pacquiao, who hasn t fought since winning the WBA welterweight world title in July of 2019, is the man rising US lightweight star Ryan Garcia says he wants to fight next Photo: AFP / Noel CELIS KEY POINTS Mikey Garcia or Terence Crawford could be the final opponent for Pacquiao Pacquiao s plans to run for president remains unclear for now With the Philippine national elections nearing, the buzz is that Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao may vie for the country’s presidency. Others allege that the 42-year-old will try the vice presidency first as a conservative route to the Philippines’ top position. ....
La Salle s Aljun Melecio skips final playing year to join PBA Draft enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 27) De La Salle University Green Archers veteran guard Aljun Melecio has opted to forego his final playing year in the UAAP to join the 2021 PBA Draft. There are just some things in life that we can t control, and this was one of them. This was not the ending I expected for my time playing for the green and white. Being the team captain in my last playing year, I almost did not let go, but there are just some hard, but important decisions we must make, he said in a post on his Instagram account. ....