THE PBA Commissioner's Cup starts just when the league is beleaguered with hard accusations. The oldest professional basketball league in Asia will not have a shortage of fans, but the cultural impact has diminished heavily since the 1990s.

In that era, every Filipino basketball fan was a PBA fan. Nowadays, there are basketball aficionados who make "I don't really follow the PBA anymore" comments when asked about the league. For one thing, the internet has simply raised awareness of global basketball trends. Global, not just American.

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