PAOLO Taha has just come from a career game for NorthPort on Friday night when he was seen in a conversation with a former teammate.It was no less than Mark Caguioa, the 18-year Ginebra veteran who won the league MVP ...
Dec 21, 2019
FRIENDSHIP takes a backseat as former Ginebra players now donning the NorthPort colors brace for a battle against their old team in the semifinals of the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup."Walang kaibigan. Basketball yan. Sa labas ng court na lang," said ...
Nov 28, 2019
PAOLO Taha was a rookie the first time GlobalPort made it to the semifinals.Bannered by the fierce duo of Terrence Romeo and Stanley Pringle, the Batang Pier beat Barako Bull in the first phase of the quarterfinals before stunning Ginebra in ...
Nov 27, 2019
FOR several years, NorthPort was a revolving door of players coming and going due to trades. In the deals the team was involved in, the Batang Pier were most of the time conduits to sister teams who are not allowed to trade ...
Jul 2, 2019
By EUGENE FLORESPAOLO Taha exploded with a new career-high 21 points in a lopsided victory by NorthPort over Blackwater, 117-91, in its opening game in the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup.Taha shot 9-of-19 from the field, and also ...
Jan 17, 2019
MIKE Miranda and Nico Elorde have been gifted with contract extensions in the PBA.The vastly improved Miranda was given a two-year contract extension by NLEX after the former San Sebastian big man proved to be a revelation in his first ...
by Gerry Ramos
Sep 13, 2018
THE arrival of Gabby Espinas and Paolo Taha at the GlobalPort camp isn't considered a future-altering event.But Pido Jarencio begs to differ."Si Paolo Taha, 'yung konting kumpiyansa darating 'yan. And then si Gabby Espinas naman, ...
Jun 22, 2018
PAOLO Taha was a no-show in his return to GlobalPort.The 27-year-old shooting guard was acquired by the Batang Pier on Tuesday in a one-on-one trade with the Barangay Ginebra Kings for rookie Julian Sargent.But Taha ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 20, 2018
BARANGAY Ginebra coach Tim Cone has no doubt in his mind that Paolo Taha will blossom at GlobalPort after the one-on-one trade for Julian Sargent.The Kings made deals in consecutive days on Tuesday when they shipped Taha to the ...
Jun 20, 2018
GINEBRA isn't done moving pieces.Just a day after acquiring Jeff Chan from Phoenix, the Gin Kings have traded seldom-used guard Paolo Taha to GlobalPort in exchange for tireless forward Julian Sargent.The Office of the Commissioner approved the trade ...
Jun 19, 2018
ANTIPOLO City - Most of them are too young - some weren't even born yet - to know how their great predecessors pulled off the unthinkable in the PBA 26 summers ago.Still, these modern-day Barangay Ginebra Kings feel nothing but love ...
by Gerry Ramos
May 28, 2017
PAOLO Taha insisted he wasn't trying to make a statement against Mahindra with a solid showing for Ginebra in its 89-70 win over the Floodbuster in the PBA Philippine Cup on Friday night.The third-year wingman played against his ...
Dec 16, 2016
PAOLO Taha doesn't mind starting from scratch as he relishes the opportunity to play for the PBA's most popular team and the league's most successful coach.The incoming third-year shooting guard had blossomed into a rising star at ...
Nov 13, 2016
MAHINDRA coach Chris Gavina admitted he is as puzzled as most people about the trading spree undergone by the young team that sent away one star player after another in a span of less than a week.In befuddling moves, the Floodbuster ...
Nov 4, 2016
IN yet another puzzling offseason trade by Mahindra, the three-year franchise shipped rising wingman Paolo Taha in a two-for-one trade with reigning PBA Governors Cup champion Barangay Ginebra.In exchange for Taha, one of the key players in the ...
by Gerry Ramos
Nov 3, 2016
PAOLO Taha is quick to justify a two-year contract extension he got with Mahindra.The 25-year-old guard out of St. Benilde played another stellar role as the Enforcer toppled previously unbeaten TNT Katropa, 107-104, to secure a first ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 26, 2016
IT'S hard not to be happy for the success of Mahindra.Why?Well, who wouldn't be happy to see a bunch of no-names with a payroll rumored to be just one-third of that of most PBA ...
Aug 5, 2016
PAOLO Taha insisted he had nothing to prove against GlobalPort when he played his first game against his former team on Wednesday in the PBA Governors' Cup.The promising wingman was traded to the Mahindra Enforcers in the offseason just as he ...
Jul 20, 2016
THE feeling was obviously strange for Karl Dehesa playing against the same team that gave him a break as a pro.But as he pointed out, the PBA is all about business.Dehesa faced former ballclub Mahindra for the first time on ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 20, 2016
KARL Dehesa has already been informed by Mahindra about a possible trade, but he's not getting ahead of himself."If it happens, it happens. Wherever I end up, hopefully I can help the team in my own away," said Dehesa, ...
Apr 24, 2016
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