By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Jun 2011


IN THE refuge that is the Miami Heat locker room, LeBron James' stall is marked "king-size." But given how small he played in the 2001 NBA Finals, is a size-change in order? When it rains, it pours. And in LeBron's case

Mavericks broke the hearts of Miami?s Filipino fans
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Jun 2011


Instead of the ?Big 3,? it was the ?Big D? that dominated the just-ended NBA Finals with German superstar Dirk Nowitzki showing to all and sundry that you don?t need a ?super? team to win a championship. The Read full story

I am a Champion
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Tue, 14 Jun 2011


Basketball [ Commentary ] - What is a champion? It is a person (or a team) that has surpassed all rivals in a competition. A champion is not defined as the mere possessio Read full story

"LeBust" James: A Prince not a King
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Jun 2011


ONE OF the things that LeBron James loves to do after a big play is to clench his right hand into a fist and pound it as hard as he repeatedly can onto his left chest. As it turned out, that lumberjack chest of Read full story

Dirk No-ring-ski no more: Dallas Mavericks capture NBA title
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 Jun 2011


NO-RING-SKI. No-win-ski. No more. The doubters can now put all those disparaging remarks to bed. Dirk Nowtizki is an NBA champion, at last. He also has a Finals MVP award to go with it, and a place in history as one o Read full story

Mavs postpone Heat's dynasty plans to win first ever NBA title: Spoelstra out?
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Mon, 13 Jun 2011

?There?s an emptiness right now,? Filipino-American Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after the Dallas Mavericks defeated his team in six games and won their first ever NBA title in Miami Sunday night. Perhaps nobody felt the emptiness more than Heat star forward LeBron James, who is still ringle Read full story

King James or King Flop?
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 12 Jun 2011


THE BURDEN of unmet expectations is eating up LeBron James, holding him down like the weight of unconfessed sin. A member of the fabled draft class of 2003, LeBron, then a high schooler, left his quiet Akron, Ohio hometown Read full story

Mavs shoot lights out, take 3-2 NBA Finals series lead
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 11 Jun 2011


IN THE past four games of these NBA Finals, Dallas needed it's lone superstar to come up big and somehow equalize Miami's Big Three. So far, Dirk Nowitzki has never failed to supply his team's multifarious needs, including Read full story

Big Dirk shines; ties the NBA Finals at 2-2
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Jun 2011


USING Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals as a canvas, Dirk Nowitzki painted another playoffs masterpiece Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Big German drilled 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter a Read full story

Pinoys rooting for Miami's Fil-Am Coach
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 May 2011


Erik Spoelstra. Miami Heat Filipino-American coach Erik Spoelstra may not realize it, but many from this basketball-loving nation of his mother?s birth are praying for his team?s victory in their best-of-seven NBA tit Read full story