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It was one of those sunday afternoon where you can’t watch anything but those showbiz-oriented talk shows. I was having a difficult time thinking of what to do: Going online is out of the question, been online most of the week and going online on a Sunday is out of the question (until now, of course). After playing NBA Live, I went outside to see if I can catch up with my friends but nobody is around. Running out of things to do, I took my chance and checked if there are PBA games on hand. Lucky me, It was the start of the second conference and the second game is about to start: Purefoods vs Red Bull. My plan is to write about the game until the commentators were looking forward not on the game itself, but on how Purefoods guard James Yap will play and the production crew even had this silly short clip about him and the controversy surrounding him.

I was like “wtf, I just want to watch basketball, nothing else.” It’s not that i’m not aware of what’s happening to him, everybody here knows that, to the point where I don’t know if everybody remembered EDSA last week when everybody is glued to those showbiz talk shows. Much as I tried to concentrate on watching the game, I can’t help but notice the commentators mention his name, and the cameraman look for James Yap posters on the sideline.

James Yap the basketball player is not your ordinary baller. First off, he is the first, if not the only college player who endorsed converse basketball shoes when everybody was wearing their nike and adidas. Second, he’s a UE player in the mold of an Allan Caidic. He and Ritualo are two of the purest shooters in the PBA today. I stated this because this is how he should be described on the court, controversy or no controversy. Yes his wife is famous and they are in a middle of a problem, but I think it is fair to call the game as it is.

I had enough of these commentators already. I might as well try catching soccer on cable. Ciao