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THE MERALCO BOLTS AND RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS are pleased to have been able to select Alvin Pasaol (left) and Santi Santillan, respectively, at last weekend’s PBA Rookie Draft. MANILA CHOOKS TM
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ENTERING last weekend’s Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft, the Meralco Bolts and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters were seeking to address some of the teams’ needs, something they felt they were able to achieve with the picks they got.
The Bolts selected former University of the East gunner and national 3×3 player Alvin Pasaol ninth overall in the draft, while the Elasto Painters went for De La Salle University big man and three-on-three baller Santi Santillan for the fifth pick.
Published March 16, 2021, 4:47 PM
More than their respective talents, head coach Chris Gavina spent the Rain or Shine’s second round picks on Franky Johnson, Anton Asistio and Andrei Caracut for their commendable character.
The Elasto Painters selected the Fil-Am combo guard Johnson as the No. 17 overall pick before taking two steady backcourt players in Asistio and Caracut at No. 22 and No. 23, respectively, in the 2021 PBA Rookie Draft held last Sunday, March 14.
“Acquiring Johnson, Asistio and Caracut in the second round gives us three players that we feel all embrace a mindset where they will have fun in accomplishing things that no one else thought they could,” the 42-year-old Gavina told