Barangay Ginebra hopes to arrest its alarming skid in the Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference, finally, with the help of a new import in Chris Alexander.
And he is not a small hope to cling on to.
The 7-foot-1, 260-lbs behemoth who saw for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the National Basketball Development League, is set to arrive anytime now to replace an ineffective Earnest Brown, who turned out to be lacking.
Ginebra coach Jong Uichico admitted he does not have any idea as to how the current tallest import in the league would fare.
“Of course we don’t know how Alexander will fare. We don’t even know if he’s going to be here in time. But we have to do this move,” said Uichico, whose Kings have been languishing in the cellar with their four straight setbacks.
As soon as Alexander arrives, he will see action immediately for the Kings when they play sister team Purefoods on Friday at the Araneta Coliseum.
Purefoods and Alaska, because of their not-so-impressive showing in the tournament, are also giving strong considerations to changing their imports at soonest possible time.
Brown averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds since coming in to replace Rahshon Turner, but he negated that impressive numbers by committing an average of 6.4 turnovers.
