Aldin Ayo excited to see ex-players Cansino, Nonoy play in UAAP Finals

Aldin Ayo, left, together with his former gamers throughout La Salle’s ring ceremony.–Lance Agcaoili/INQUIRER.internet

MANILA, Philippines — Coach Aldin Ayo is worked up for his ex-players Mark Nonoy and CJ Cansino as his former group, La Salle takes on College of the Philippines within the UAAP Season 86 males’s basketball Finals beginning on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Area.

The primary-ever La Salle-UP Finals gives plenty of attention-grabbing collisions together with ex-College of Santo Tomas stars Nonoy and Cansino, who have been a part of the Growling Tigers’ final Finals look in 2019.

What might have been a younger gifted roster underneath Ayo was disrupted by the notorious Sorsogon bubble, which led to Cansino taking his act to UP, the place he received his first championship in Season 84, and Nonoy becoming a member of La Salle.

Three years after leaving the UST program, the 2 gamers conflict in a best-of-three Finals as Ayo, who’s now a PBA coach with Converge, needs the perfect for each.

“In fact, each of them have expertise [playing in] the championship. Si CJ, naka-isa, si Mark, realizing Mark, he’s simply going to be unconscious. He at all times performs like that,” mentioned Ayo. “Hopefully, he makes good selections as a result of that’s at all times been his drawback. However, proper now, coach Topex [Robinson] has been doing a very good job dealing with him and he has been responding. Hopefully, he’ll have a very good collection.”

For Ayo, who final delivered a championship to La Salle in 2016, it’s going to be a pulsating title duel between the Inexperienced Archers and Preventing Maroons.

“Nicely, each groups are gifted. Each have a system that works. Each groups are motivated to win,” mentioned the adorned school coach. “What will probably be essential would be the decision-making throughout the recreation, particularly throughout crunch time. It would depend upon the maturity of the gamers. And I feel it’s been six years na wala, they’re hungrier towards UP na palaging nasa Finals.”

Ayo additionally marveled at coach Topex Robinson’s motivation to his gamers that led to their 9 straight victories to finish a six-year Finals.

“His optimism. Very optimistic in all the things that he does and being a coach, he’s very skilled and he has good teaching workers. Nicely, lahat naman, magde-depende yun sa championship kung sino makakapagdesisyon nang maayos and makapag-perform nang maayos,” he mentioned.

Ayo and the 2016 Inexperienced Archers, led by Jeron Teng, have been honored to lastly obtain their championship rings seven years after delivering the college’s ninth and most up-to-date UAAP crown.

“It’s an amazing honor that after seven years now we’re lastly receiving a championship ring and it actually means rather a lot to me as a result of enjoying for La Salle is certainly one of my biggest achievements and I’m blessed to have received two championships Proper now, I’m carrying the 2013 championship ring magiging dalawa na I’m actually actually blessed and I’m actually grateful to all of the people who find themselves behind this glorious ring ceremony,” mentioned Teng, the Season 79 Finals MVP.

The San Miguel Beermen ahead rallies behind the present group, led by Kevin Quiambao.

“Our group this yr is actually thrilling to observe and you recognize as an alumnus of DLSU I’m actually happy with how they symbolize us. I can’t wait to observe them and help them within the Finals,” Teng mentioned.