Guiao hopes Jones Cup sharpens Rain or Shine even more
Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao. PBA IMAGES
If the current PBA On Tour allowed his crew to achieve some vital progress, coach Yeng Guiao feels Rain or Shine’s stint within the forty second William Jones Cup which begins Saturday in Taiwan will solely make his youth-laden squad even higher.
“Our crew may most likely be even stronger after the Jones Cup,” Guiao stated in Filipino earlier than the Elasto Painters face Chinese language-Taipei A, one of many groups the host nation has historically fielded within the annual worldwide event, in a scheduled 7 p.m. assembly at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.
Rain or Shine got here off a powerful displaying within the league’s two-month exhibition collection that produced eight wins in 11 video games, good for second behind Magnolia, which gained all of its assignments.
Guiao and the remainder of the Elasto Painters favored what they noticed regardless of the exhibition nature of the On Tour, even mentioning some names he felt took the prospect at bettering themselves.
“We’re proud of our efficiency within the current PBA On Tour as a result of we completed second to Magnolia, which took it critically in contrast to different groups that fielded second or third stringers,” Guiao stated. “We took it critically as nicely, as a result of we wish to proceed the method of bettering and creating our gamers.
“That’s why we’re comfortable that we completed second. Our [initial] goal was to experiment with the system that we wished to implement and, individually, give the gamers confidence and extra taking part in time. And we did simply that, and extra.”
Sterner check
“It’s an enormous upside for guys like Santi Santillan, Anton Asistio, Andrei Caracut, Nick Demusis and Jhonard Clarito as a result of they confirmed that they’ll put up battle towards any crew,” added Guiao.
These gamers will face a sterner check towards a Taiwanese aspect that’s anticipated to have the primary gamers on its nationwide crew.
Naturalized participant Ange Kouame and import Nick Evans reinforce the crew to verify Rain or Shine gained’t be getting beat up towards high-level competitors that features Iran, Korean champion Anyang KGC, US NCAA Division I aspect College of California, Irvine and the U-22 crew of Japan.
Different individuals are Chinese language-Taipei B and the nationwide groups of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
“Except for Gabe Norwood and Beau Belga, this crew doesn’t have a lot worldwide publicity as a result of they’re younger,” stated Guiao. “[But] no matter data, expertise they may get on this Jones Cup, it’s going to be an enormous assist for us as soon as the PBA season will get going.”
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