Hoping to build on its cohesion ahead of most Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) teams, Meralco on Sunday traveled to Laoag City in Ilocos Norte to start training camp using a closed-circuit setup at Laoag Centennial Arena as their practice venue and Fort Ilocandia as a temporary home.
“[We] are just following the direction of the commissioner and the PBA board,” coach Norman Black told the Inquirer. “That means, all of us will have to make adjustments accordingly.”
“Their message to us was that we will have four weeks of practice time before the start of the league, so that’s what we are being guided by,” he added.
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