The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are bringing in Nick Evans as a second import for after they compete within the 2023 William Jones Cup slated from August 12 to twenty in Taipei, Taiwan.
The 6-foot-10 Evans will be part of naturalized participant Ange Kouame within the frontcourt because the annual match returns after a three-year hiatus attributable to pandemic.
“Nung nakita namin ‘yung lineup ng groups and ‘yung makakalaban namin doon, malakas ‘yung competitors. So administration determined to herald one other import,” Rain or Shine head coach Yeng Guiao said during his guesting at the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday.
“We can have Ange Kouame and itong si Nick Evans, who’s coming in siguro by Saturday or Sunday to hitch us.”
(“When we noticed the lineup of the opposite groups that we’ll face there, we noticed it was robust competitors. So administration determined to herald one other import… We can have Ange Koume and Nick Evan, who’s coming in perhaps by Saturday or Sunday to hitch us.”)
Evans had stints in Japan, Colombia, Thailand, and Lebanon as the Elasto Painters look to defend the country’s title after Mighty Sports rule the tourney back in 2019 before the league was halted by COVID-19.
Nine teams will see action in this year’s Jones Cup edition with national teams from Iran, Qatar, UAE, and Taipei leading the field alongside the Japan U-20 team, a US team represented by the University of California-Irvine, and reigning KBL (Korean Basketball League) and EASL (East Asia Super League) champion Anyang KGC.
“Tignan natin, baka makapag-compete tayo. (But) we’ll represent the country the best way we can,” Guiao added.
(“We’ll see, we might be able to compete. But we’ll represent the country the best way we can.”)
—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
