Barangay Ginebra will parade the best PBA import in this 21st century in Justin Brownlee. San Miguel Beermen managed to sign a #5 pick in the NBA.
Magnolia? They went the unusual route of picking a European player in Nick Rakocevic. Although he has European heritage he was actually born in the US.
He has four seasons in the US NCAA with a top brand school in USC and produced 9.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 0.7 steal and 0.9 block per game.
Even though he is a European bigman. His play is not actually that modern. He is more of an athletic traditional bigman.
Looking at his highlights, he has good elevation and a nasty play-finisher. His excellent FG efficiency shows that he will be an excellent cutter for Magnolia.
Do not think though that he is a modern bigman like a Kevin Love just because he is white. Numbers shows that he will not stretch the floor.
And that reality makes this decision questionable for me because Magnolia is badly in need of an import who can stretch the floor.
I also do not think that he will be an excellent defender. So, I am not a big fan of this choice.
Grade: D
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