Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

November 22, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a professional basketball league in the Philippines which founded in 1975. It is known as the first and the oldest professional basketball league in Asia. PBA is currently applying the rules of FIBA and National Basketball Association. The league is recently headed by Commissioner Sonny Barrios.

From 1975-2003, a season was usually composed of three conferences. From the 1993 season, the conferences were named All Filipino, Commissioner’s Cup, and Governors Cup, usually ending in a best-of-7 Finals series match wherein the winner takes the Conference Cup. If the same team wins all of the conferences, the team is said to be the “Grand Slam” champion. A draft was held on January.
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