FOR the first time in six years, multi-titled head coach Yeng Guiao will face his old team NLEX as he makes his first coaching stint this year with Rain or Shine, the team he left for the Road Warriors in 2016.
Game time is 5:45 p.m. today, September 23, in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.Guiao led the Elasto Painters to two PBA championships in the 2012 Governors' Cup and 2016 Commissioner's Cup before leaving the team to handle the Road Warriors.With Guiao on the bench, NLEX has become a perennial playoff contender but failed to win the crown.Now, he returns to Rain or Shine with not too many familiar faces on the team.
He returns as a coach for the first time since mentoring the Perpetual Help Altas from 2018 to 2019.Lim signed with NLEX just last Tuesday and barely has two days to practice with the team.With rising star Calvin Oftana as well as Raoul Soyud traded to TNT, Lim will have to bank on Don Trollano, Kevin Alas, Justin Chua, and former NBA player Earl Clark, whom Guiao personally chose as reinforcement for NLEX.
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