CONE, SPOELSTRA, ISANG LAHI

SANGGGANG-DIKIT ang tawag ng ilan sa tandem nina winningest PBA Coach EARL TIMOTHY ‘TIM” CONE at NBA Coach ERIC

SPOELSTRA. Head coach ng MIAMI HEAT si SPOELSTRA at guest assistant niya sa NBA MIAMI HEAT SUMMER LEAGUE ngayon si CONE. Patok ang tandem ng dalawa sa beat writers ng team dahil na rin sa suporta nila both sides bilang great coaches.

‘I mean, he has won 24 championships. He’s an absolute legend over there. So he could still go for another 20 years. There’s no telling where he’ll end up at that point,’ Hindi naman po surprising na ganun kabilis nakopo ni Coach TIM ang 24 championships considering na three tournaments per year ang laro sa PBA (All Filipino, Reinforced at Governor’s Cup, respectively).

Per SPOELSTRA, his friendship with CONE began in 2009 when he visited the Philippines through NBA, learning later that they are both from Oregon.

‘I got to know him when I made my first trip over there with the NBA and got to know him and his staff and started going to his practices and games..and then we just continued the friendship over the years,’ pahayag ni SPOELSTRA, first Asian-American head coach sa NBA, lahing Pinoy, mother’s side.

‘We have connections through Oregon. I’m originally from Oregon, and through his mom, my dad’s cousin, so we’ve known each other.’ dugtong ni Coach TIM, PBA asset since 1989 at pride ng crowd favorite BARANGAY GINEBRA team.

Well, got it exactly, not just birds of the same feather, isang lahi ang bigkis ng dalawang popular caging coaches.

Kaabang-abang ang future accomplishment nila from sports collaboration. Sana lang, on top of it, mapagtulungan nila ang mas ikahuhusay at ikasusulong pa ng karera ng alagang Pinoy giant cager natin na si KAI SOTTO, aspiring to be the first homegrown Pinoy to play in the NBA. Di naman po malayo, abot-kamay na. Kung mayroon tayong lahing Pinoy na SPOELSTRA sa NBA, kasunod na sana ang full-blooded Pinoy cager sa NBA. KUDOS!

PINOY BET NI CONE SA NBA SLOT

TUTOK ang followers at bashers sa NBA opportunity na target natin para makuha ng isang Pinoy caging icon. Sa youngest aspirants, so far, sina THIRDY RAVENA, KOBE PARAS at KAI SOTTO ang nasa top list. Bilib si CONE kina PARAS at RAVENA, pero mas bet niya si KAI dahil sa unusual height na 7’3 at age 20. Nakita nya si KAI noong unang isama ng player niyang si ERVIN SOTTO. Idol ni Kai ang ama at nagisnan na ang basketbol kaya lumaking cager at tumaas ng 6’4” to 6’5” at age 11, 6’9” at age 13. Let’s wait and see, mga Kaisport!

JULY HEYDAYS

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