Barangay Ginebra’s Scottie Thompson.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines—Coming off a really busy offseason, Scottie Thompson is predicted to select up the place he left off when Barangay Ginebra begins its marketing campaign within the new PBA season starting subsequent month.
The expectations are excessive for the PBA MVP, who’s coming off stints with Gilas Pilipinas within the Fiba World Cup and the Asian Video games the place the Philippines gained its first basketball gold since 1962.
“I all the time have very excessive expectations of Scottie and Scottie will all the time convey it. He’s a whole winner and he confirmed that in his profession. Scottie is that type of participant that impacts profitable and people gamers are essentially the most enjoyable to play with,” mentioned Ginebra massive man Christian Standhardinger.
“It’s necessary that we hold the usual excessive for Scottie however it’s a on condition that Scottie will convey it subsequent convention with out me attempting to place an excessive amount of stress.”
Heading into the forty eighth PBA Season, Thompson is once more one of many frontrunners within the MVP race alongside Standhardingher and San Miguel’s June Mar Fajardo.
Whereas Thompson posted lowly numbers of simply 1.8 factors, 2.2 assists and two rebounds per recreation within the World Cup, he redeemed himself within the Asian Video games earlier this month.
Ginebra, which can parade Tony Bishop as its import, opens its title protection within the Commissioner’s Cup on November 17 in opposition to Converge at Araneta Coliseum.
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