They need to prepare for us harder from now on.”
Chito Victolero said that he only got wind of the Calvin Abueva trade from Magnolia management on Tuesday, and that thought immediately came to mind as the former Rookie of the Year and onetime PBA bad boy nicknamed “The Beast” found his way to the Hotshots.
“We can play big and we can play small. That’s the versatility that Calvin will bring to our team,” Victolero told the Inquirer over the phone, hours after the latest blockbuster trade that had the Hotshots giving up Chris Banchero and two selections in the March Rookie Draft.
“I’d like to think that [other teams] will be paying more attention to us now,” Victolero said in Fil…
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