Believing that the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) should take charge of nudging the country back to “normalcy,” league chair Ricky Vargas wishes for a race-to-four exhibition between the league’s finest stars and regional powerhouse China.
“We need to give our people inspiration and hope,” Vargas, the TNT representative to the board of governors, said in a statement. “I would like to see Season 46 jump-started by this exhibition match, the technical aspects of which could be crafted by our tournament officials.”
The idea came from his message during the PBA’s 46th founding anniversary, which also would have been the start of the league’s new season if not for the rise in n…
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