Pampanga brings in former PBA MVP Arwind Santos as the Lanterns shoot for their first MPBL championship
MANILA, Philippines – Arwind Santos will play for his home province in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League after his contract with PBA club NorthPort Batang Pier expired.
The Pampanga Giant Lanterns announced on Friday, October 6, that the former PBA MVP will debut for the team in their MPBL quarterfinal series against the Marikina Shoe Masters. Game 1 of the best-of-three affair is slated on Friday at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in Pampanga.According to his agent Danny Espiritu, Santos became an unrestricted free agent at the end of September with no offer sheet from the Batang Pier.
Pampanga Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda, who discovered Santos early in his basketball career, told the 42-year-old veteran to take his act to the MPBL for the meantime as the Lanterns shoot for their first league crown.In Pampanga, Santos will team up with former Gilas Pilipinas stalwart Justine Baltazar and former Phoenix Fuel Masters guard Encho Serrano.A potential PBA landing spot for Santos is Converge, which tried – and failed – to make Pineda its team governor.
He won league MVP in 2013, two Finals MVP plums, two Best Player of the Conference awards, three Defensive Player of the Year honors, and made the Mythical First Team 10 times.Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Pampanga-Marikina, Caloocan-Pasig kick off MPBL playoffsThe Pampanga Giant Lanterns aim to extend their home court dominance when they tackle the Marikina Shoemasters at 8 p.m. on Friday at the start of the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season playoffs.
Read more »
Strikers claim MPBL South top seedingBacoor City is locked and loaded to strike against any opposition just the way it performed on the way to claiming No. 1 seed in South Division of the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League playoffs.
Read more »
Bacoor warms up for MPBL playoffs with rout of BataanIn what appeared to be a warning shot heading into the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League playoffs, Bacoor City clobbered 1Bataan, 93-65, to close out the regular season in style at the Marikina Sports Center on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
Read more »
LOOK: Judy Ann Santos' family photos then and nowJudy Ann Santos took to social media to post two heartwarming family photos captured five years apart.
Read more »