ALLAN THE MAN

“They think we’re a joke?” Singletary asked rookie point guard Emman Monfort as they hugged and exchanged high fives.

Singletary finished with 38 points — the third time in four games that he scored at least that much — and grabbed 17 rebounds, completely outplaying Ginebra counterpart Dior Lowhorn. The victory gave Barako Bull a tie for the top spot in the team standings along with Petron.

Former middleweight champion Anderson Silva said he has no respect for undefeated American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.

“Mayweather is a good boxer. But he talks too much. The guy no respect me,” the Brazilian mixed martial artist said in an interview with DJ Sway Calloway at Sirius XM Radio.

Silva is a future MMA hall of famer who enjoyed a 17-win streak in the UFC before losing his middleweight title to Chris Weidman last July.

Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes was back in the country on Thursday morning after a scouting trip to the FIBA Africa Championship in the Ivory Coast.

And even though he went into the trip thinking he would have a low profile, the brains behind Gilas Pilipinas was surprised to find out that he was well-known among officials in the tournament because of the Philippines’ hosting of the FIBA Asia Championship earlier this month.

With the Philippines gaining a stellar reputation among officials of FIBA after successfully hosting the Asian championship tournament earlier this month, local basketball officials are studying the possibility of putting up a bid to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2019.

Officials of the world basketball body were impressed with the country’s staging of the FIBA Asia Championship from August 1 to 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena, from the venue to the accommodations to the technical aspects of the broadcast.

On the fictional news broadcast "BV Patrol," mug shots of fugitive businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles were shown after she surrendered—on mugs.

Meanwhile, a photo of Napoles on her yacht with President Benigno Aquino III also surfaced on the Internet— however, her yacht looked suspiciously like the Titanic.

A total of 152 athletes have been initially named to the Philippine team that will compete in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in December.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) bared the partial roster yesterday and said another 100 athletes may be included in the list pending the result of their performances in the coming weeks, said POC chairman Tom Carrasco yesterday.

Widely known as a flopper and taunter, Alaska Aces forward Calvin Abueva said yesterday he’s misunderstood by fans who think he’s nothing more than a disrespectful showboat on the court.

Abueva, 25, stands 6-1 1/2 but on defense, he’s tapped to take on bigger players which is why he often resorts to playacting if only to call attention to the referees. 

“I can take the contact but sometimes, it’s too much and the referees still let it go,” he said in Pilipino.