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A FEW PBA teams admitted the uncertainty of the eligibility of Fil-foreigners has also prevented them from inviting to workouts certain draft applicants who they would want to take a closer look at.
With the PBA cancelling the draft combine this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams will only get an opportunity to evaluate the draft applicants through invites to practice and workouts.
Some teams, however, said they will only start inviting applicants once the final list is already out. Fil-foreign players have until March 5 to submit their requirements to the PBA office.
“We are in the same boat as everyone else, waiting for that final list to be revealed on March 5 so that we can kinda have a guess of what other teams ahead of us might possibly do,” said Rain or Shine coach Chris Gavina.
Recommended Videos Jason s biggest assets to a PBA team are his leadership and his experience. He does such a great job of getting his teammates in positions on the court where they can be successful. He s one of the best passers I ve seen at the pro level, he said, especially with Brickman dishing out a league-best 9.1 assists this past campaign and leading the league in dimes in three of the last five seasons.
Alapag admitted that he was surprised how good of a scorer the 5-foot-10 guard is, a facet of Brickman s game which is often overshadowed by his court vision and precise passing game.
Jan 26, 2021
NATIONAL team pool members William Navarro and Jaydee Tungcab s applications for the upcoming PBA Rookie Draft hike the number of applicants to 80 ahead of the league s Jan. 27 deadline.
The inclusion of the Gilas pool members further deepens the crop of talents in what is expected to be one of the most loaded aspirants pool in recent history.
Navarro, a 6-foot-6 center from Ateneo, and Tungcab, a 6-foot-2 guard from University of the Philippines, were part of the cadets called up for duty in the second window of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers in Manama, Bahrain last November.
Each played a game and contributed heavily in Gilas two-game sweep of Thailand.