Ato Barba’s title might not have been referred to as through the PBA Season 50 Rookie Draft night time, however the Lyceum of the Philippines star isn’t going to be dwelling on it for lengthy.
The 25-year-old vowed to maintain chasing his basketball dream regardless of being one of many 45 hopefuls left undrafted final Sunday on the Draft in MOA Music Corridor.
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“Sa lahat po ng nakasubaybay sa’kin simula una at sa mga taong naniniwala po sa’kin, maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat. Hindi ko na po kayo maisa isa pero sobrang thanks po sa inyo,” Barba mentioned in a Fb submit simply hours after the draft proceedings.
“Hindi man po pinalad pero babangon pa rin po.”
[To all those who followed me from the beginning and to the people who believe in me, thank you so much to you all. I can’t name you all but thank you very much to you… I might not have been fortunate but I will get back up from this.]
Barba was the second main scorer final NCAA Season 100, dropping 17.61 factors per sport by way of the elimination spherical to steer the LPU Pirates to their third straight Last 4 look.
He was additionally named to the Legendary 5 solid alongside MVP Allen Liwag and Tony Ynot of Benilde, Clint Escamis of Mapua, and Tristan Felebrico of San Sebastian.
Tthe 6-foot-2 guard has been making noise since his highschool years, highlighted by his NCAA Juniors MVP award in Season 95 with the Junior Pirates.
He’s now anticipated to steer LPU for his closing taking part in yr in faculty because the Pirates eye an finish to their Finals drought with Barba main the core of Gyle Montaño, Simon Peñafiel, Renz Villegas, and Michael Verzosa and with head coach Gilbert Malabanan nonetheless calling the pictures.
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information