Sinabi ni Talk n Text Tropang Giga head coach Jolas Lastimosa kagabi, April 19, sa isang post-game interview na sinamantala ng kanilang team ang pagkawala ni Brgy. Ginebra San Miguel import Justine Brownlee sa Game 5 ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) sa Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Ayon kay Lastimosa, hindi din daw niya alam during the game kung bakit hindi na nakabalik sa paglalaro si Brownlee. Ngunit as a coach, kailangang i-grab ang opportunity na wala ang import ng kalaban sa court.
“I don’t know what happened to Justin. I hope his fine,” saad ni Lastimosa sa isang post-game interview
“but you know not having Brownlee its of course we need to take advantage of that without an import without Brownlee there,” dagdag pang sinabi nito.
Samantala, sinabi din ni TNT coach na nagagampanan na ni Calvin Oftana ang posisyon na iniwan ni Roger Pogoy dahil sa natamo nitong injury.
“the hardest thing in this league is to be consistent and Calvin (Oftana), he’s still trying to be that person who will be consistent” saad ni Lastimosa.
“but he’s a breath of fresh air now that Roger isn’t there so he has filled up that role really really well” dagdag pang sinabi ni Lastimosa.
Ayon naman sa sinabi ni former PBA coach Derrick Pumaren sa programang Strictly Issues sa Bitag Multimedia Network, sinabi nito na humubog ang laro ni Oftana dahil sa oras na nailaro nito sa elimination round.
“nabigyan kasi siya ng magandang exposure din nung elimination round and he has really picked up his number he has really picked up his game nitong bago matapos yung elimination and he was able to carry it dito sa playoffs ngayon” saad ni Pumaren.
