Exorcising the ghost of Chot Reyes

There is a beautiful, inevitable familiarity to it all. For the eighth time in Philippine Basketball Association history, Tim Cone and Chot Reyes will stand on opposite ends of a championship hardwood, their clipboards acting as shields in the PBA's definitive modern rivalry—the mid-2020s version of the Toyota-Crispa showdown. But as Barangay Ginebra and TNT Tropang 5G prepare to lock horns for the Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup crown, me thinks this series is less about modern basketb