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Anthony Johnson (right) in PBA
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With the disbandment of Sta. Lucia Realty franchise in the PBA,
many thought that Philippine basketball had seen the last of prolific
import Anthony Johnson. Well, AJ will be back very soon and not in the PBA
anymore, but to reinforce the Philippine Patriots in its drive for a
back-to-back title finish in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The 6-6 forward
averaged 29.2 ppg and 13.4 rpg in 19 games for the Realtors in the recently
concluded Fiesta Conference. Johnson will be teaming up with 6-11 Donald Little for the Patriots.
Little played college ball for the University
of Cincinnati and is reported to be a
veteran of various international leagues in Russia,
France, Turkey, Korea
and Mexico.
During the inaugural season of the ABL last year, two-time PBA Best Import Gabe
Freeman of San Miguel Beer and former Coca Cola Tigers import Jason Dixon powered the Patriots to the
Championship. The new ABL season is set to start on October 2. Patriots team
owner Mikee Romero knows he has a gem of a player in Johnson and hopes that
Little will be the big man that would help the team in its quest for a second
straight title.
“We have seen how good
Johnson is, but we hope Little will live up to his resume. We need a tall and
agile center, hopefully Little will be up to the task ahead.”
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