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NOONG NAGBATI NA SI RAMON at JAWORSKI PH Sports Bureau
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Ang tunay na pinag awayan nila ramon Fernandez at Robert Jaworski sa Toyota.
"We won two championships that year (1982). And so ito namang kaibigan natin kasing sportswriter, si Jimmy Cantor, I think he is the sports editor ng Malaya now, timing naman na towards the end of December 1982, he dropped by our practice at San Agustin Recoletos (in Makati). He was interviewing me and one of his questions was, he asked for my opinion on what an aging Jaworski should do at that point of his PBA career.
"Sabi ko, honestly taking it from a player's point of view, considering his age, just my personal opinion, he has nothing to prove anymore. He has played for the national team, served in his country well and played so many games. He has proven what he can do with the sport," he added.
"I just didn't know how bad his injury was and if he could get back to it so isa sa mga options ko siguro is to retire, and puwede naman siya mag-coach or mag- team manager. There's life after basketball naman eh. Hindi naman iyan the end,"
"I guess di masyado nagustuhan ni Sonny yung sinabi ko and that started the whole thing," explained Fernandez. "And especially that time the press already had write-ups, because of the performance of Toyota that year, wala masyado siya (Jaworski) dun, pine-praise nila ako as the new leader, so all sorts of things. Actually those are the only reasons I can think of."
"That was just my personal opinion. I can be right, I can be wrong. That was my personal take on his current state at that specific time,"
ctto: Richard Dy (ESPN PH)
Ang episode na ito ay hatid sa atin ng SMART, Ang global partner ng FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
Ang tunay na pinag awayan nila ramon Fernandez at Robert Jaworski sa Toyota.
"We won two championships that year (1982). And so ito namang kaibigan natin kasing sportswriter, si Jimmy Cantor, I think he is the sports editor ng Malaya now, timing naman na towards the end of December 1982, he dropped by our practice at San Agustin Recoletos (in Makati). He was interviewing me and one of his questions was, he asked for my opinion on what an aging Jaworski should do at that point of his PBA career.
"Sabi ko, honestly taking it from a player's point of view, considering his age, just my personal opinion, he has nothing to prove anymore. He has played for the national team, served in his country well and played so many games. He has proven what he can do with the sport," he added.
"I just didn't know how bad his injury was and if he could get back to it so isa sa mga options ko siguro is to retire, and puwede naman siya mag-coach or mag- team manager. There's life after basketball naman eh. Hindi naman iyan the end,"
"I guess di masyado nagustuhan ni Sonny yung sinabi ko and that started the whole thing," explained Fernandez. "And especially that time the press already had write-ups, because of the performance of Toyota that year, wala masyado siya (Jaworski) dun, pine-praise nila ako as the new leader, so all sorts of things. Actually those are the only reasons I can think of."
"That was just my personal opinion. I can be right, I can be wrong. That was my personal take on his current state at that specific time,"
ctto: Richard Dy (ESPN PH)
Ang episode na ito ay hatid sa atin ng SMART, Ang global partner ng FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
4 min