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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.
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NORTHPORT and Rain or Shine got the wheeling and dealing for 2021 off and running in the PBA.
The Elasto Painters are shipping Sidney Onwubere and Clint Dolinguez to the Batang Pier in exchange for big man Bradwyn Guinto.
Papers for the three-man deal have already been sent to the PBA office, sources said on Monday.
The need to shore up their frontcourt forced the Elasto Painters to give up two players who had modest showing during the team s campaign in the last Philippine Cup bubble.
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Onwubere played his best season in the PBA last year as he averaged 5.7 points and 3.5 rebounds while Doliguez submitted averages of 4.1 points and 1,1 rebounds in his rookie season.