Filipino gamers Kaye Pingol, Tina Deacon, and Allana Lim served as reinforcements for Singaporean membership Jumpshot for the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL WKBL 3×3 Triple Jam in Seoul final weekend.
While the staff crashed out early after dropping to Japanese membership Zoos and Korean groups BNK Sum and Hana Oneq in Pool D, Pingol is grateful for the teachings and expertise she and her fellow Filipinas gained within the Korean tourney.
“Teamwork and chemistry talaga is a big factor para sa isang team,” Uratex Dream’s Pingol mentioned. “Di basta-basta ‘yung kalaban dito and kita mo na ibang iba ang laro ng isang team ‘pag kilala ninyo yung isa’t isa. Iba yung flow ng laro nila at parang ang gaan lang at ang sayang panoorin.”
(“Team work and chemistry is really a big factor for a team. The opponents here are no joke and you can see the level of play of a team is different when they know each other well. They have a different flow and it’s so light and fun to watch.”)
With all she discovered in Korea, Pingol mentioned these are issues that she and her teammates will carry as soon as they return to coaching within the nation.
“Hopefully kami ni Ate Tina and the remainder of the Dream Team is makuha ‘yung ganoong klase ng high-level basketball. Sobrang sikat talaga ‘yung ladies’s basketball dito sa Korea kaya makikita talaga ‘yung excessive talent degree nila individually and kung paano sila maglaro professionally. ‘Yung mga natutunan namin from this match is sigurado kami na madadala namin pag-uwi,” she said.
(“Hopefully, Ate Tina and I and the remainder of the Dream Team are in a position to attain this sort of high-level basketball. Women’s basketball is basically fashionable right here in Korea so you possibly can actually see their excessive talent degree individually and the way they play professionally. What we discovered from this match, we certainly can carry with us house.”)
Aside from the three imports, the Philippines was additionally represented within the match by the Titans, composed of Katrina Guytingco, Camille Claro, Snow Penaranda, and Hazelle Yam.
Pingol and the remainder of the Uratex Dream Team will see motion in September within the Red Bull Half Court World Finals in Belgrade, Serbia.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
