{"id":167152,"date":"2018-06-16T07:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167152"},"modified":"2018-06-16T07:24:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:24:01","slug":"sap-go-admits-tough-grind-in-mpbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/16\/sap-go-admits-tough-grind-in-mpbl\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Go admits tough grind in MPBL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167153\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bong-Go-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167153\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bong-Go-2.jpg\" alt=\"Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence\u201cBong\u201d Go admitted that the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is at a totally different level of basketball from the UNTV Cup. (Photo by GO Na Tayo Facebook page via PNA)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bong-Go-2.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bong-Go-2-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence\u201cBong\u201d Go admitted that the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is at a totally different level of basketball from the UNTV Cup. (Photo by GO Na Tayo Facebook page via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence\u201cBong\u201d Go admitted that the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is at a totally different level of basketball from the UNTV Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Noong nakita ko ang mga kalaban, sina Marlou Aquino, medyo tama nga. Saling pusa lang ako<\/em>\u00a0(When I saw my enemies, like Marlou Aquino, they were right. I\u2019m just a little kid here),\u201c he said. &#8220;Mga higante yung kalaban ko. Di kakayanin (They are giants. I can\u2019t beat them).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Muntinlupa guard who was suited up for the team&#8217;s Datu Cup debut against newcomer Mandaluyong did not play during the season opener, he participated in a special three-point shootout that took place during the opening ceremonies and even graced the ceremonial toss that signalled the start of the new tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Go has been visible in nationally-televised hoop action these days, also taking part in the recently-concluded PBA All-Star Week while continuing his 3-Pointer ng Bayan tour.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential aide, however, dismissed criticisms branding his involvement in the event as electioneering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Di po ito matatawag na pamumulitika. Alam niyo po bata pa lang ako, naglalaro na ako ng basketball.<\/em>\u00a0(This is not politicking. You know what, since I was young, I have been playing basketball),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Maglaro na lang tayo ng basketball. One-on-one tayo<\/em>\u00a0(Let\u2019s just play basketball, one on one),\u201d Go told his critics.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte\u2019s closest aide said he has suit up for Muntinlupa in the MPBL in a bid to promote the game of basketball in the countryside.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence\u201cBong\u201d Go admitted that the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is at a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":167153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[51942,51941],"class_list":["post-167152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-maharlika-pilipinas-basketball-league","tag-special-assistant-to-the-president-christopher-lawrencebong-go","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}