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NBA Fans Real Talk: Can Harden and Paul bring a championship to Houston?

The NBA Playoffs are in full gear. This is the time everyone calls, “the REAL season.” Rotations are shortened. The game slows down and gets tougher. Players flip a switch and find that extra gear, all for the chance to be the ones to raise the trophy in the end. The Playoffs are also...

by Toby Amigo | May 2, 2019

NBA Fans Real Talk: Can Harden and Paul bring a championship to Houston?

2018 Basketball Moments: Derrick Rose finds his joy once again

Before yesterday, this was gonna be about Derrick Rose’s 50-point game. The basketball gods had blessed us with a season that was brimming with drama, pettiness, and an ungodly amount of scoring. Chalk it up to the game’s rapidly evolving pace or softer defensive rules, but stars seemed to be get...

by Toby Amigo | December 28, 2018

GET HYPED: Three Teams to watch (if you’re breaking up with your current...

Last year, SLAM PH ran GET HYPED, our way of breaking down the upcoming NBA season. Back then it seemed as if the NBA went through an overhaul of sorts with all the changes that happened in the 2017 offseason. “That’s cute,” said the 2018 NBA offseason. LeBron left the East to j...

by Toby Amigo | October 12, 2018

Is this the beginning of… The Alvin Pasaol Cult Following

It’s quite apt that the UAAP is rolling with the theme “It all begins here” for the new season. The 81st season of the league feels like a fresh start, not just for several teams competing, but for the league itself. UAAP Season 81 is all about new beginnings. Excuse me, but can...

by Toby Amigo | September 6, 2018

SLAM PH Movie Week: The Oscars (Robertson)™ – The Basketball Movie...

Basketball has played a huge role in cinema. It can be as simple as the backdrop in a budding relationship, an escape to a better life, away from the inner city, or the only way to save the world from alien invasion. Basketball in cinema is riveting, inspirational and fantastic. So, welcome to th...

by Toby Amigo | August 26, 2018

Paul George Is Back With The Thunder. Uhm. Hooray?

I’m not sure how to feel. On the one hand, this was the best case scenario for OKC. Gun to my head, I was willing to wager that Paul George was gone. From his non-committal responses to every single interview, his unapologetic love and hometown connection to Los Angeles, to his three-part Sportsc...

by Toby Amigo | July 2, 2018

I Don’t Wanna Be Here: DeAndre Ayton, the Suns, and the Follies of...

It’s a good day to be an Arizona sports fan. DeAndre Ayton, a product of high school and college clubs in the Copper State, was selected first overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2018 NBA Draft. The pick didn’t come as a shock. Mock boards have had Ayton going first for a while now, […]

by Toby Amigo | June 22, 2018

The Warriors are the villains of the basketball world. Now watch them sa...

That was a gloomy day for the NBA. I’m not just talking about the weather. As soon as the first quarter ended, the complaints came pouring in, flooding news feeds everywhere with Typhoon Domeng-esque levels of haterade. “Sana Houston-Boston na lang zzzzz” “Paalam LeBron! *Broom emoji*” “The Warri...

by Toby Amigo | June 10, 2018

The ‘What If’ Game of the Houston Rockets

When James Harden was traded to the Rockets, I was crushed. It wasn’t hard to love the Thunder—a team built patiently through the draft that stood defiantly against, at the time, the strongest and most diabolical team ever assembled. OKC had a generational superstar, the likes of which we had nev...

by Toby Amigo | May 30, 2018