Norman Black
Norman Augustus Black (born November 12, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the CBA, NBA, and PBA. He's the current head coach for the Meralco Bolts. He has since settled in the Philippines. He is also a former head coach of the San Miguel Beermen, Mobiline Phone Pals, Pop Cola 800s, Sta. Lucia Realtors and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. He has also coached the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP. During his playing career, his moniker was Mr. 100%. Career High school, college, NBA and CBA career Black played high school basketball for the Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore where he graduated in 1975 He then played for Saint Joseph's University, Saint Joseph's College in Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1979, averaging 17 points per game in his playing career. Black later played in Continental Basketball Association from 1979 to 1982 for the Lancaster Red Roses and the Philadelphia Kings. He also played for the Detroit Pistons in the National ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Head Coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches. In some sports, the head coach is instead called the "manager", as in association football and professional baseball. In other sports, such as Australian rules football, the head coach is generally termed a senior coach. A head coach normally reports to a sporting director or a general manager of the team. Other coaches are usually subordinate to the head coach, often in offensive positions or defensive positions, and occasionally proceed down into individualized position coaches. American football Head coaching responsibilities in American football vary depending on the level of the sport. High school football As with most other head coaches, high school coaches are primarily tasked with organizing and training football players. This includes creating game plans, evaluating players, and leading the team dur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1982 PBA Invitational Championship
The 1982 PBA Invitational Championship was a short tournament featuring the visiting South Korean squad and the top four teams of the Reinforced Filipino Conference. It started on July 25 and ended on August 10, 1982. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament: * The top four teams of the 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference and a guest foreign team (Korea national basketball team The South Korea men's national basketball team represents South Korea in international men's basketball competitions. It is administered by the Korea Basketball Association (). Based on the number of overall medals won, South Korea is a major ...) will compete for this conference. * Single-round robin eliminations; 4 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. * The top two teams after the round-robin will advance to the best-of-three finals series. Elimination round Third place playoffs The Koreans were comfortably ahead by 21 po ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grand Slam (PBA)
A team's Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is winning all three conference championships (tournaments) in a single season, i.e., a treble in the British sports sense. As of 2020, this has been accomplished five times by four teams and four coaches since the league's inception in 1975.PBA GRAND SLAM: 18 years in the making , Tito S. Talao, Tempo, July 11, 2014 In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, at least one team swept the championships in one season. The decade 2000–2009 had no Grand Slam winner because of adjustments to the league calendar in 2004, in which the start of the season was moved from January to October and the number of conferences per season was reduced from three to two. The three-conference season format was reinstated in the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012-13 PBA Season
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit (measurement), unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest Positive number, positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the sequence (mathematics), infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2001 PBA Season
The 2001 PBA season was the 27th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) * Ignatius Yenko (Chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals) * Francisco Alejo III (Vice-Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) * Jose Ma. Concepcion III (Treasurer, representing Pop Cola Panthers) Teams Notable occurrences *During the pre-season, Tanduay made soundwaves in the PBA when they dangled Danny Ildefonso of corporate rival San Miguel Beermen a whopping 16-year, 96 million peso offersheet. The league though, nullified the said deal since it was believed that the offersheet violated the team's salary cap. *Danny Ildefonso of San Miguel became the third player to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for two straight seasons, Ildefonso also sets a record by sweeping the season's Best Player of the Conference award, his unprecedented feat started in 2000 when he emerged as the award winner in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1994 PBA Season
The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights *PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner. *The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold. *The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team. *With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Ho ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1993 PBA Season
The 1993 PBA season was the 19th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Reynaldo G. Marquez (Commissioner) * Luis Lorenzo, Sr. (Chairman, representing Pepsi Mega Hotshots) * Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, representing Alaska Milkmen) * Nazario L. Avedaño (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen) Teams Season highlights *The league moves to its new home, the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay. *The PBA unveils their new logo during the opening ceremonies on February 28. The logo was chosen from more than 2000 entries in a nationwide contest held on January. The winning logo design was created by a professional graphic designer from Manila, Oscar de Castro (www.oscardecastro.ca) who is now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. *The league changes their playdates from Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays to Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The move of their second weekly playdate from Thursday to Friday is to attract weekend crowds. *Sta. Lu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1992 PBA Season
The 1992 PBA season was the 18th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights *PBA Commissioner Rudy Salud stepped down from his post to become the campaign manager of Danding Cojuangco for the upcoming presidential elections. League chairman Rey Marquez succeeded Atty. Salud as the new PBA Commissioner. *The pre-season annual PBA draft was highly anticipated with six members of the national team that took home the basketball gold in the recent Southeast Asian Games joining the rookie draft. Five-time national player Zandro "Jun" Limpot appealed earlier to PBA commissioner Rudy Salud that he'l be allowed to enter the PBA draft despite a league rule prohibited a player younger than 23 years old to play in the league. The PBA board of governors has rejected Jun Limpot's request. *Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs won the four-team PBA battle of champions from January 26-February 2, which includes the Chinese national team. The other two teams that participa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1989 PBA Season
The 1989 PBA season was the 15th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Rodrigo L. Salud (Commissioner) * Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoom Masters) * Jose C. Ibazeta (Vice-Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen) * Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Treasurer, representing Alaska Milkmen) Teams Season highlights *The league picked up the concessionaire franchise fee in The ULTRA worth P1.5 million and agreed with member teams that sells food products (Alaska, Purefoods, San Miguel and Presto) to sell their products inside the venue at factory price. Likewise, Shell and Anejo will shoulder the cost of building pedestrian walkways outside of the arena. *The richest crop of rookies and the most talented PBA batch of draftees came to the PBA in its 15th season, most notable names were Benjie Paras, Nelson Asaytono, Dindo Pumaren, Paul Alvarez, Zaldy Realubit, Elmer Cabahug, Romeo Dela Rosa, Renato Agust ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner) * Rodriguo Salud (Deputy Commissioner) * Reynaldo Marquez (Chairman, repre .... It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit. Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: * Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. * Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated. * Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. * The top two teams in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philippine Basketball Association 10,000 Point Club
This is a list of the top 20 Philippine Basketball Association player statistical leaders by total career points scored.http://www.pba-online.net/career/most-points/ As of today, Ramon Fernandez still leads the all-time scoring list. James Yap James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr. (born February 15, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known by his nickname Big Game James, he had played for ... is the leading scorer for active players and is twelfth all-time. Scoring leaders :''Statistics accurate as of December 14, 2022'' References External linksPBA Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Scoring leaders, Career Lists of Philippine Basketball Association players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1985 PBA Season
The 1985 PBA season was the 11th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Mariano A. Yenko, Jr. (Commissioner) * Tomas L. Manotoc (Deputy Commissioner) * Carlos Palanca III (President, representing Ginebra San Miguel) * Qurino Marquinez (Vice-President, representing Great Taste Coffee Makers) * Andrew H. Jao (Treasurer, representing Manila Beer Brewmasters) Teams Season highlights *The season marked the first time without the famed Crispa Redmanizers participating in the league. New team Shell Azodrin Bugbusters takes over the franchise of the defunct winningest ballclub. *The PBA found a new home in the University of Life Theater and Recreational Arena (ULTRA) in Pasig after 10 years of playing at the Araneta Coliseum. *The Great Taste Coffee Makers continued its dynasty as they won their fourth straight title during the season and almost a Grandslam of sorts. *A blockbuster trade took place between two-time MVP Ramo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |