Impressive Chris Charles skills give Blackwater a reason to be optimistic ahead of Commissioners Cup by Snow Badua BLACKWATER has found a gem in import Chris Charles. This was how former ABL MVP and now NLEX Road warriors star Asi Taulava described the newly arrived reinforcement who will strut his wares for the Elite in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, which opens on January 27. “I had him in my mind when I learned that we will also be blessed with an unlimited import next conference,” said Taulava, a few days after NLEX finished 10th in the ongoing Philippine Cup. The PBA handicapping system allow teams that finished ninth to 12th after the eliminations of the season-opening conference to parade imports taller than the 6-foot-9 limit of the teams in the Top 8. Taulava bared that he even went to the point of calling Charles to ask him if he would want to play for the Road Warriors. “I called him and he was like, ‘Man, I am sorry. I just signed up with Blackwater. I was shaking my head,” Taulava said of Charles, who he had the chance to play against in the 2013 ABL season. “I know that guy. He has the agility, the mid-range jumpers and he can attack you to the basket… and yes, he is a seven-footer,” he added. Even ABL star Moala Tautuaa said he believes that Charles is just what the doctor has ordered for Blackwater, which went without a win in 11 games in its inaugural campaign in the PBA. “I haven’t seen the other imports coming in, but he’s gonna be a true force underneath, that’s a lot of rebounding, he’s got soft hands around the rim and he will play down low,” said Tautuaa, the former star of the KL Dragons. Spin.ph had the chance to size up Charles in his first practice with Blackwater on Saturday. And just as Taulava had said, the 33-year old slotman looks euipped to bring a lot of athleticism and power to the Dioceldo Sy franchise. -JDVP
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 05:01:39 +0000
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