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| Mahindra’s playing-coach Manny Pacquiao debuted his first-ever field goal against Rain or Shine. Screengrab from Sports5 Youtube channel |
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October 25, 2015 will be a special additional
entry to the history of Philippine basketball. It was the time playing coach
Manny Pacquiao, Mahindra Enforcers owner.
A shot that will go down in history.
On Sunday, Pinoy boxing champ and Mahindra
player-coach, Manny Pacquaio, scored his first-ever PBA field goal against Rain
or Shine. He was guarded by Chris Tiu when he
successfully scored a long two-pointer. Watch the video of Pacquaio making his shot
below.
Manny Pacquiao after scoring only a point via
a Free Throw in his rookie year last year finally made his first Field Goal in
the Mahindra Enforcers vs Rain or Shine game last night at the Big Dome.
On April 10, 2014, Columbian Autocar
Corporation, along with Manila North Tollways Corporation (NLEX Road Warriors)
and Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. (Blackwater Elite) were approved by the PBA
Board of Governors to become expansion teams for the 2014–15 PBA season.Upon entry to the PBA, the three teams will select players from a dispersal
draft in July consisting of unprotected current PBA players and free agents. They will also get to pick rookies in the 2014 PBA draft in August. On June
9, 2014, the team held a press conference, announcing that boxer Manny Pacquiao
will coach their team in the 2014–15 season.After announcing his intentions
to join the draft, Pacquiao got picked 11th overall in the first round by the
KIA team, thus becoming a playing coach.
A naming contest was held to determine the
team's moniker or name. On August 24, 2014, hours after the 2014 PBA draft, Columbian
Autocar Corporation president Ginia Domingo announced that they will took the
moniker "Sorento", the name of their top-selling sports utility
vehicle in the Philippines and United States. Prior to obtaining its
official moniker, the team was dubbed as "The Kia Kamao" which is a
call back to Pacquiao's nickname "Pambansang Kamao".
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