00:00As part of its grand 50th anniversary celebration, the Philippine Basketball Association or the PBA
00:07will be selecting 10 additional names that will be included in the 50 greatest players in the history of the league.
00:14Commissioner Willie Marshall announced the formation of panels led by four-time MVP Ramon Fernandez
00:21along with fellow MVPs Atoy Ko and Alan Kaidig
00:25to evaluate the 10 deserving honorees to be added to the list of the 40 greatest players previously selected by the league.
00:33Joining Fernandez, Ko and Kaidig in the selection committee are champion coach Dante Silverio,
00:39former league commissioner Reynald Sanivarios, former sports editor Ding Marcelo, Al Mendoza, Nelson Beltran
00:47who is also the president of the Philippine Sports Writers Association and veteran broadcasters Kinito Henson and Andy Hao.
00:55According to Marshall, this will be a series of discussions to determine the deserving names to be included in the new list of PBA's greatest players.