PHOTO: SBP BEFORE Gilas stalwart Dwight Ramos was able to represent the Philippines, it took roughly four years for coach Tab Baldwin to convince him to take his talent home. The 22-year-old was a senior in Walnut High School in California when the American-Kiwi mentor first reached out to him to recruit him for Ateneo. Ramos refused to take the offer at first because he wanted to pursue college ball in the States — and had already committed to Cal State Fullerton, a D1 school. MORE FROM SPIN MORE FROM SPIN Three years later, as his younger brother Eli had decided to join to the Blue Eagles, Ramos decided to accompany him to the Philippines. But upon entering the Philippine basketball scene, there’s so much more that awaited him.