Meet the Tiger Cubs

Sean Micheal Anthony

Position: Forward/Swingman
Birthday: 1/26/86
Height: 6'4''
Weight: 200 lbs
Strengths: strong, athletic, an excellent defender, has a tremendous upside
Weaknesses: needs to improve shooting and ability to create own shots
School: McGill University (Canada)
Facts: Finished as 4th all-time leading scorer in McGill University.... Averaged 15.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.7 steals and 34.1 minutes as a Senior.... Finished his collegiate career with 1,834 career points, 82 double-figure games and 21 double-doubles in 152 total outings.





Jose Antonio (Jai) Reyes
 
Position: Point Guard
Birthday: 2/25/87
Height: 5'7''
Weight: 140 lbs
Strengths: good leadership skills, a clutch shooter
Weaknesses: undersized, may struggle against bigger guards
School: Ateneo
Facts: Nephew of former tigers coach Chot Reyes.... 2007 UAAP rookie of the year.... Played a key role in Ateneo's back-to-back title in 2008-09... 2009 PCCL MVP.



Robert "Rob" Reyes

Position: Forward/Center
Birthday: 3/16/83
Height: 6'5''
Weight: 225 lbs
Strengths: strong & physical, an energy guy
Weaknesses: scoring in the post, lacks a go-to-move down low
School: Flaglier College
Facts: Former PBL mythical second team member... PBA 2008 4th over-all pick... a strong and physical defender in the post... averaged 5.26 pts, 5 rebs in 24 minutes last season for Barako Bull.

Rookie Initiation? You tell me.

I am just an ordinary fan, and I find coach Bo's ways really hard to comprehend.

Just 2 days after the Tigers acquired fil-canadian cager Sean Anthony on draft day, coach Bo is already talking about his willingness to trade Sean.

Well, the story was that the Barangay Ginebra Kings was rumored to have offered a package of players possibly including Celino Cruz, Sunday Salavacion and Junthy Valenzuela to Powerade in exchange for the 6'4'' forward Anthony. Coach Bo immediately denied that such offer was made and that he wasn't interested in any of those players offered. Good.

But..

...coach Bo made an informal counter-offer that he would be willing to give up Anthony for Ginebra's JC Intal.

Oh C'mon.

Sean Anthony hasn't even played a single game yet and here comes coach Bo saying that he's willing to trade him. Reality check, I've got nothing against Intal but Sean Anthony is younger, bigger, a better defender, and more versatile (capable of playing the 2, 3, and 4 spot while Intal is a 2-3 swingman).

Well, fortunately (for us fans), Ginebra didn't bite and Anthony is reportedly set to sign a contract with Powerade.

End of story? hell no! there's more!

Barangay Ginebra recently released 3 guys from their platoon of guards, namely Sunday Salvacion, Junthy Valenzuela, and Celino Cruz (yep! exactly the same set of guys that was reportedly offered to Powerade for Anthony. Very sneaky.. Ginebra).

Now, according to Snow Badua, a well-loved sports reporter and insider, coach Bo was interested in Celino Cruz after all, but found it unfortunate that they already signed the rookie Jai Reyes. 

WHAT THE HECK?!? (trying real hard not to curse here).

Wow. Do you really have to say that Bo? Jai probably wouldn't be happy to hear that he would have been displaced had Celino Cruz been available earlier. Coach Bo could have simply said that "We would love to have Celino, but our roster is already full". Period. No need to mention the rookie guard. Or better, he could have said "We would love to have Celino, but Paolo Mendoza is still under contract".. hah!!

So in only a week's time after acquiring his rookies, coach Bo already managed to dangle Sean Anthony's name in trade talks and then implied, albeit subtle, that he would have had Celino Cruz instead if Jai Reyes wasn't signed yet. Not really the best way to build-up your rookies' confidence is it?

Then again, could this be coach Bo's way of "initiating" his rookies into the business? How will I to know? I'm just an ordinary fan trying really hard to comprehend coach Bo's ways.




Roar Out.