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This is a list of Philippine Basketball Association retired jersey numbers, including jersey numbers which had not been reissued since the player left the team. As a way to honor key players, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) teams often retire their jersey numbers. They are usually no longer available for future players to wear.
Manila, Philippines 2.18 m Leonard Grospe: 3 June 2023 PinoyAthletics Summer Series Meet Lingayen, Philippines [19] 2.20 m Leonard Grospe: 20 December 2023 Philippine National Games: Manila, Philippines [20] 2.21 m Leonard Grospe: 14 June 2024 Thai International Open Championships Bangkok, Thailand [21] Pole vault: 5.93 m Ernest John Obiena: 11 ...
Philippines vs Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In the 1950s–1960s, the Philippines was among the best in the world, producing world-class players like Carlos Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Mariano Tolentino, Francisco Rabat and Edgardo Ocampo. In 1951, team won the inaugural Asian Games basketball tournament in New Delhi, India. The team ...
Best field-goal percentage in a game: 12/12 (100%) by Ali Peek (Coca-Cola) vs. Alaska, March 10, 2006 [18] Most free throws made in a game 43 by Tony Harris vs. Ginebra San Miguel, October 10, 1992, at Iloilo City [1] 24 by Nelson Asaytono vs. Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, July 2, 1992 [19] Most consecutive free throws made in a game
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second-oldest continuously operating professional basketball league in the world after North America's NBA.
The firm provides the official uniforms of teams playing in major basketball and volleyball leagues in the Philippines. They were also the official kit supplier of the Philippines men's national football team. The company was established in 1988 by Sonia Cruz in Manila and started a supplier of uniforms for barangay-level leagues.
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The Philippines became a member of FIBA through the Basketball Association of the Philippines in 1936. [citation needed] The Philippines made their debut in the Olympic Games in 1936 where they finished fifth, the best result of an Asian team in Olympic basketball history. In the same year, the first basketball stamp in the world was released ...