Chua keeping his fingers crossed on new import

A new reinforcement is coming the way of beleaguered Barangay Ginebra starting this week.

But coach Alfrancis Chua would rather not get too excited at this point.

Chua plans to see first how incoming import Vernon Macklin performs in practice, and from there chart what course of action to take for the still winless Kings.

“Di pa namin siya (Macklin) nakikita. We’ll see kung ano kaya niya. From there we’ll plan,” said Chua in a talk with Spin.ph shortly after the Kings’ 90-105 loss to sister-team Petron, their third in as many games in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

Macklin is set to arrive in the country on Monday, and then join the Kings in practice for the first time on Tuesday.

The man who’s replacing Herbert Hill is coming over with solid credentials.

Macklin was picked 52nd overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2011 NBA draft, and is noted for his hard-banging plays. His most recent stint came with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA D-League.

He won’t play his first official game until Saturday when Barangay Ginebra takes on unbeaten Alaska in the league’s second road game of the conference in Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

Macklin’s entry comes at a time when the Kings need immediate help, being one of only two teams still to make the win column along with reigning champion San Mig Coffee.

Chua admitted the Kings were outplayed completely by the Boosters.

The outspoken Ginebra mentor was a picture of frustration throughout the game as the Kings simply had no one to match up against Petron’s energetic import Renaldo Balkman, who punished them for 34 points – including 17 in the third period - 10 rebounds, and two blocked shots.

Chua said Hill played lethargically early in the second half, forcing him to sit him out for the rest of the game.

“Our import didn’t play well that’s why I didn’t use him that much (in the second half),” Chua said following another long post-game talk with the coaching staff at the dugout.

“We tried to fight in the first two quarters, but in the third quarter they (Boosters) beat us. They are just simply stronger than us,” he added.

SOURCE: SPIN.ph

sana mag step up din mga locals natin. sana mabuhay ulit ang confidence ng mga players pagdating ng bagong import.

Eto lang masasabi ko mababa ang confidence at morale ng team

Minsan kasi ung import nakakahawa din sa mga local pag walang angas ung import pati mga local ganun na rin parang tinatamad. pro pag import mo may angas mag kakaroon ng confidence ung mga local

wala kasing dating ang import ng ginebra, silent type kasi, pati yun dunk nya ang tahimik
ang hinahanap ng team yun maangas at maingay

pakana talaga ni eala, magbibigay lang ng import.......... out of shape pa ..................

at mas binigyan nya ng priority ang pwetron, nba player agad ..............

Si Eala ba ang kumuha sa import na si Hill? Ihope Vernon give the team a boost and confidence.. mahaba haba ang preparation kaya sana makapagjell agad.. ang habol ko lang sa import kahit hindi scorer basta great shot blocker and always get the board

si coach siot ata, na biglang approve kay eala ..................

hays.. grabe... Sana naman sa susunod kasi kung maghahanap na yung malupit na.. tagal ng hawak ang Ginebra hindi parin alam kung anong klaseng import ang fit sa team..

ang daming players sa nba d league ................ un kinuha, out of shape pa ................

Eh boblats eh.. d mo alam kung nananadya o ano.. syempre yung petron at SMCM lang naman yung team nya eh... kelan ba nagcare sa Ginebra yan.. Like yesterday nagtweet kay bowles pero kay Macklin hindi man lang mawelcome.. tsk tsk

^ baka si bowles lang ang sinundo nya sa airport, at nagcommute si macklin ................

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yaan mo si eala, hindi pababayaan ni sheryl yan si macklin.. sana swak talaga sya sa ginebra..

mga kabs dumating naba sa banas di macklin any news mga kabs salamat

nolzky83 wrote:mga kabs dumating naba sa banas di macklin any news mga kabs salamat

oo nandito na sya, at sumali agad sya sa practice kanina... sana may mag update tungkol sa naging performance nya sa practice kanina

sana nga may mag update kung pano sya maglaro sana halimaw din sya salamat mga kabs sa news nyo

sabi sa mga balita, mala denzel daw, at kanina daw pag sinubukan mo sya banggain eh kaw pa daw mismo ang masasaktan sa katawan nya at mahilig din daw mag alley oop... at syempre defender daw

ok kung ganon may pantapat na tayo sa mga bigating imports ng ibang team