NorthPort coach Bonnie Tan felt the feedback made by Converge assistant Danny Ildefonso lit a hearth beneath his group and keyed Thursday’s blowout victory within the PBA Governors’ Cup.
Tan didn’t conceal his disappointment over feedback made by Ildefonso, who used the phrases “farm group” when he responded to social media posts relating the contract state of affairs between the Batang Pier and his son Dave.
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“We addressed that matter earlier than the sport and I believe we had been all challenged with that assertion,” Tan stated after NorthPort’s 135-109 win at Ninoy Aquino Stadium highlighted by Arvin Tolentino’s career-high 51 factors.
Joshua Munzon, Jio Jalalon, Damie Cuntapay and William Navarro had been additionally key in NorthPort’s lopsided triumph.
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The elder Ildefonso was fined P20,000 by PBA commissioner Willie Marcial for feedback detrimental to the league because the basketball nice is a member of a PBA ballclub.
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By the way, the high quality got here two days earlier than the 2 sides met of their Group A tilt.
Each NorthPort and the youthful Ildefonso are at a standstill as the 2 events have but to come back to phrases on a deal.
Dave was chosen fifth total by the Batang Pier within the Rookie Draft final July, however it was throughout the Media Day held two weeks earlier than the opener the place Tan opened up in regards to the deadlock.