| TIMEOUTS | A reader asked about timeouts in the PBA. We hope all his questions will be answered by the following piece on timeouts. In the PBA, we have regular timeouts, 30-second timeouts and official’s timeouts. A coach’s request for a timeout directly made to the table officials shall be granted only when the ball is dead. |
| LANDING SPOT RULE | We have been besieged by questions asking us to talk about the landing spot rule, which caused a number of players to be suspended and sanctioned the past two seasons. |
| FLAGRANT FOULS PENALTY 1 | After the piece on Flagrant Fouls Penalty 2, we now give you the infractions or offenses that are classified under Flagrant Foul Penalty 1. |
| FLAGRANT FOULS PENALTY 2 | Some followers of the league believe it’s up to the referees’ discretion which fouls to classify as flagrant foul 1 or flagrant foul 2. While it may, to some extent, still be up to the referees’ discretion, they are bound by guidelines on this rather sensitive matter. |
| BILLY ROBINSON, IMPORTS & MORE ALL-TIME RECORDS | We continue to receive a lot of emails from our diehard PBA followers from all over the globe and this week, we’d like to give way again to some of them. |
| ALL-TIME LEADERS | The PBA has its share of standouts in different statistical categories. A number of the best talents who have graced the rich history of the league can be found in the all-time leaders lists that Mr. Bengie de Guzman would like to know more of. ALL-TIME ASSISTS LEADERS 1. Robert Jaworski Sr. 5825 assists |
| FANS MAILBAG TAKES OVER | Dxoink would like to know more about the PBA’s charity works, other offcourt activities and the 34th season theme song. |
| NEW RULES PART 2 | Here now is the 2nd part of our series on the new rules being implemented in the ongoing 2009-10 PBA Season. SHADED LANE |
| NEW RULES | FOR PBA 101 We got good feedback after the first instalment of PBA101 came out last week and a lot of the requests concerned the new rules that have been adopted for the 2009-10 Season. Perfect timing, because this is really the subject that will be tackled on PBA101 this week. |
| 2009-10 KFC PHILIPPINE CUP FORMAT | What is PBA101 all about? This new section will tackle anything and everything about the PBA, be it about league history, format, playing rules, penalties, and any other topic concerning the oldest professional basketball league outside the United States. For this initial piece, we answer queries on exactly what format is being used in the ongoing 2009-10 KFC Philippine Cup. |