(From Inquirer)
Rudy Hatfield is back while another blue-chip player is hoping to stage a Philippine Basketball Association comeback.
Hatfield, the 6-foot-4 do-it-all forward worked out with Barangay Ginebra Tuesday, two hours after jetting in from the United States.
Coach Jong Uichico gave him a rating of “five” on a scale of 10.
“He’s doing OK, he’s decent, but I am not sure when he will play,” Uichico said.
Meanwhile, Wynne Arboleda, the suspended Air21 point guard, met with league commissioner Sonny Barrios Tuesday to follow up his letter of appeal for reinstatement filed last March 25. The letter carried the endorsements of all skippers of the 10 PBA teams.
Arboleda mauled a fan at courtside in a Philippine Cup game against Smart Gilas last year and was suspended for the rest of the season. It meant the forfeiture of more than P2 million in pay.
After the meeting Barrios, according to a league statement, promised to come up with a decision as early as next month.
He said that the league will first study the merits of Arboleda’s appeal while at the same time do an inquiry into the community work that Arboleda undertook while serving his suspension.
Hatfield, who played for the all-pro national team in the 2004 Busan Asian Games that Uichico handled, joined Tuesday’s drills but was not utilized in scrimmages.
He last played in the 2007 season for the Gin Kings and has career averages of 13.4 points and 10.8 rebounds in 227 games, counting those with Tanduay and Coca-Cola.
Before flying back to the US to deal with personal issues and leaving behind a promising pro career here, Hatfield helped the Kings win the Philippine Cup in 2007.
He also turned his back on a chance to play for the Philippines in the FIBA-Asia championship in Tokushima, Japan that year.
The Kings, who are tied for second with Rain or Shine and San Miguel in the Fiesta Conference with a 2-1 slate, will not see action until Saturday.
Rudy Hatfield is back while another blue-chip player is hoping to stage a Philippine Basketball Association comeback.
Hatfield, the 6-foot-4 do-it-all forward worked out with Barangay Ginebra Tuesday, two hours after jetting in from the United States.
Coach Jong Uichico gave him a rating of “five” on a scale of 10.
“He’s doing OK, he’s decent, but I am not sure when he will play,” Uichico said.
Meanwhile, Wynne Arboleda, the suspended Air21 point guard, met with league commissioner Sonny Barrios Tuesday to follow up his letter of appeal for reinstatement filed last March 25. The letter carried the endorsements of all skippers of the 10 PBA teams.
Arboleda mauled a fan at courtside in a Philippine Cup game against Smart Gilas last year and was suspended for the rest of the season. It meant the forfeiture of more than P2 million in pay.
After the meeting Barrios, according to a league statement, promised to come up with a decision as early as next month.
He said that the league will first study the merits of Arboleda’s appeal while at the same time do an inquiry into the community work that Arboleda undertook while serving his suspension.
Hatfield, who played for the all-pro national team in the 2004 Busan Asian Games that Uichico handled, joined Tuesday’s drills but was not utilized in scrimmages.
He last played in the 2007 season for the Gin Kings and has career averages of 13.4 points and 10.8 rebounds in 227 games, counting those with Tanduay and Coca-Cola.
Before flying back to the US to deal with personal issues and leaving behind a promising pro career here, Hatfield helped the Kings win the Philippine Cup in 2007.
He also turned his back on a chance to play for the Philippines in the FIBA-Asia championship in Tokushima, Japan that year.
The Kings, who are tied for second with Rain or Shine and San Miguel in the Fiesta Conference with a 2-1 slate, will not see action until Saturday.
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