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October 10, 2009 | 4090 views
27. Toyota’s Gil Cortez was the first Rookie of the Year.
28. Keith Smart, who played for San Miguel in 1989’s Third Conference, became the head coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.
29. The highest ever combined points scored in a PBA game was 365 points, when Ginebra beat Great Taste, 197 -168 in 1986.
30. Manilabank is the only team from the team roster of MICAA’s 1974-1975 season that did not join the PBA in 1975.
31. Royal Tru-Orange’s center Manny Paner was the highest paid player in the PBA in 1975, earning P8,000 per month.
32. Dennis Hopson (Purefoods, 1996) was the 3rd overall pick of the New Jersey Nets in the 1987 NBA draft, making him the highest drafted NBA player to play as an import in the PBA.
33. Former Senator Nikki Coseteng was the team owner and manager of the Galerie Dominique Basketball Team up to 1983.
34. At 5’7”, Johnny Abarrientos is the shortest man to win the MVP Award.
35. The only active PBA teams without a championship are the Burger King Whoppers and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
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blaze0419 Oct 13 2009 @ 09:23pm Report Abusehow come no item about benjie paras being the first to win both rookie and MVP awards in the same year?
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baka trivia bit # 36 yun. ehehe
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blaze0419, nasa part 1 yung hinahanap mong trivia... number 14 trivia, tingnan mo.
