ICYMI: Jojo Lastimosa felt being in dreamland the moment the final buzzer sounded confirming TNT as the newest king of the PBA Governors’ Cup. PBAFinals
But Lastimosa, who said that he was the only one willing enough to accept the role, had one condition when the offer was made by TNT higher ups.
“I always kept saying that I’m not supposed to be here. I’m not supposed to be coaching this,” Lastimosa continued. “My deal was that if I’m gonna coach, I’ll coach. I’m not gonna be just a mouthpiece. And [TNT management] agreed to it.”That doesn’t mean that Lastimosa is hogging credit. “The good thing about this setup is that Josh [Reyes], Sandy [Arespacochaga], Yuri [Escueta] really know the system. Generally, it was an incredible job by the coaches.”TNT prevailed at the expense of Tim Cone, the winningest coach in PBA history who had Lastimosa as his former player with Alaska.Cone and Ginebra had ruled the Governors’ Cup in four of the previous five editions until TNT put a dent on that run despite being down 2-1 and dealing with injuries to Justin Chua and RR Pogoy.
“It’s seldom [you] beat Justin Brownlee and Tim Cone in this conference,” he said. “They owned the Governors’ Cup, and if there’s somebody dethroning them, they must have done something really nice.”
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