All 12 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) teams have been neck-deep in preparations for the league’s 46th season, but no other squad is relishing the moment more than coach Nash Racela and his Blackwater squad.
For Racela, the month-long window to hold scrimmages affords his team a chance to build on its chemistry and its confidence—especially after the franchise dealt away former cornerstone Mac Belo and vital cogs Don Trollano, Roi Sumang,and Maurice Shaw.
“In a way, you’re pressing the reset button again,” Racela told the Inquirer on Thursday, shortly after the team’s practice in Tagaytay City. “So having more time to hold practices. I hope, significantly he…
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