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RP basketball: Chaos is the name of the game.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

| September 30, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Philippine Daily Inquirer Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Recah Trinidad

WHAT, SIR, IS THE SECRET BEHIND the mad, mad following of basketball in the Philippines?

Its not simple, everybody here has an idea of how the game should be played, I told the visiting freelance writer.

Is that all, sir?

Well, basketball is also treated like a religion around here.

But why is there chaos in many of the leagues?

People come to a single temple, OK, but they have conflicting styles of worship and different gods of their own.

Thats a sure formula for endless tribal conflict, said the interviewer.

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Yes, Pinoy basketball thrives on turmoil and theres no visible end to the madness.

Take this message from Philip Juico, former chair of the …

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