* By this time, I wasn’t really into the PBA anymore, so I wasn’t able to follow this team closely. They all looked alien to me by then. I had switched over to the MBA, but when that league folded up, well…..
* Anyway, after seemingly trying everything out the last 3 Asian Games, the PBA [...]
* The 1990 team had an all-star cast, but marginal teamwork. The 1994 team had better teamwork, but not enough “big guns”, so to speak. So, the PBA decided to bet it all for the 1998 team: Get an all-star team, & then give it all the support it needs to be able to jell [...]
* For the 1990 Asian Games, the culprit cited for the 65 pt. embarassment against China was “… lack of teamwork …”. So, the PBA, for the 1994 Asian games, decided to try another approach: Get the coach & players of an existing team, & then just reinforce it w/ better players as necessary.
* At [...]
* It definitely was the best of the best that Philippine Basketball could offer at that time. Coached by a living legend, Robert Jaworski, the team was composed mostly of past & future MVPs / Mythical 5 selection like Ramon Fernandez, Benjie Paras, Alvin Patrimonio, Hector Calma, Allan Caidic, Ronnie Magsanoc & Samboy [...]