Blackwater whipping boys no more in PBA

BLACKWATER is no longer the whipping boy of the Philippine Basketball Association.

That’s what Elite coach Leo Isaac now claims as his team is surprisingly the early leader of the 2016-17 PBA Philippine Cup with its rousing 2-0 start.

Blackwater showed what it was capable of when it defeated Phoenix in its debut last week before going on to stun Meralco, 86-84, last Sunday, defeating a title contender.

“We were able to get the players and pieces we wanted kaya medyo nagpapakita na ng improvement ‘yung team,” said Isaac. “We have an improved line-up now and we’re off to a great start. We hope we can continue and reach our full potential pa.”

Isaac said that Blackwater needs to establish itself as a dangerous team for the entire league to take notice.

“We need to be the team that we want to be for other teams to consider as dangerous,” said Isaad, adding that the Elite is a whipping boy no more. “Dati ‘pag nakita ng ibang team kami sa schedule, medyo relax ‘yan pero ngayon, medyo paghahandaan na tayo.”

One significant reason why Blackwater is off to a rousing start is the impressive play of top rookie Mac Belo, who is showing that he is indeed the real deal.

Belo met expectations and led Blackwater in its first two victorier, scoring 17 and 25 points, respectively, to claim this early that he is indeed the team’s franchise player.

“Mac Belo is really the player we thought he is and we thought he will be,” said Isaac of his star.