Durant scoring streak rolls on; Clarkson rises again

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:37:59 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Kevin Durant extended his 25-point scoring streak with a triple double as the Brooklyn Nets launched Jacque Vaughn’s reign as head coach with a 112-85 rout of the New York Knicks on Wednesday. Magic 94, Mavericks 87 Nuggets 122, Pacers 119 T-Blazers 105, Hornets 95 Celtics 128, Pistons 112 Raptors 116, […]

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Fil-Am guard of Houston Rockets named EASL ambassador

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 05:26:29 +0000

Fil-Am Jalen Green is the newest investor ambassador of the East Asia Super League (EASL). The league made the official announcement on Thursday, making the 20-year-old Houston Rockets guard the latest envoy of Asia’s premier basketball league along with former NBA players Baron Davis, Metta World Peace, and Shane Battier. Green made NBA history as […]

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MVP making ‘serious moves’ to convince FIBA to allow Clarkson play as ‘local’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2022 07:57:41 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will try to once again convince FIBA to allow NBA cager Jordan Clarkson play as a local in time for the country’s hosting of the 2023 World Cup. Returning Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes bared that SBP chairman emeritus Manny V. Pangilinan hopes to travel to […]

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Hoping for a miracle, Guiao includes Jordan in Gilas pool

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:30:46 +0000

Guiao said he included Clarkson in the pool in case FIBA rules him eligible to suit up as a local or fill the naturalized player slot in case Andray Blatche suffers an injury before the Group F opener against Italy on Aug. 31 opener in Foshan, China.

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Blatche thrilled to have Jordan as Gilas teammate

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:00:04 +0000

NBA star Jordan Clarkson is stoking Philippine fans’ clamor to allow him to play in this year’s World Cup as their team seeks to hurdle FIBA’s eligibility rules. The Philippine Basketball Federation (SBP) is appealing to basketball’s world-governing body to recognize Clarkson as a Filipino citizen, allowing him to play for Gilas Pilipinas who won […]

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Gilas Dream Team: SBP wants Blatche, Clarkson in World Cup

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:21:39 +0000

By Waylon Galvez The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will reach out to the FIBA to allow Jordan Clarkson to join hands with naturalized player Andray Blatche when Gilas competes in the 2019 World Cup in China set Aug. 31 to Sept. 15. “We are working on it for quite sometime now,” said Panlilio in […]

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PH to ‘do everything’ to have NBA’s Clarkson for World Cup

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:06:52 +0000

THE Philippines is working hard to have NBA star Jordan Clarkson declared eligible for this year’s World Cup as they celebrated their “against all odds” qualification on Monday. Former NBA…READ

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NBA: Clarkson explodes to lifts Cavs over Wizards

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 04:41:35 +0000

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored 28 points, Cedi Osman had 26 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off Washington’s fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Wizards 116-113 on Tuesday night. Cleveland matched a season high with 15 3-pointers and built a 25-point lead in the fourth before Washington’s reserves roared back. The Wizards reduced the lead […]

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NBA allows Jordan Clarkson to play for PH team in Asian Games — Gomez

ORMOC City Mayor Richard Gomez, concurrently the chief of mission for the Philippine delegation to the Asian Games in Indonesia, said on Tuesday that the National Basketball Association (NBA) allowed Fil-American Jordan Clarkson of the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Philippine team. JOSEF T. RAMOS    

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