Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times

Basketball

PBA Draft: Terrafirma makes right pick, selects Stephen Holt as top overall pick


Although Terrafirma dropped hints that it was in need of a big player, they couldn’t pass up on Stephen Holt.

The Dyip chose Holt as the first overall pick in the 2023 PBA Rookie Draft, which took place on Sunday at Market! Market! in Taguig City.

Holt, the oldest prospect in the draft at 31 years old, emerged as the consensus top pick among experts and pundits when he threw his name into the draft just a couple of weeks ago.

This is largely due to his wealth of experience.

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft, the 6-foot-4 guard from Portland, Oregon, spent one season with Canton in the G League while also testing his skills in the NBA Summer League with Atlanta.

He then had stints with teams in Melbourne, Andorra, Zaragoza, Nymburk, Brisbane, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Astana, Koper, and Oradea.

Holt was named to the All-NBL second team in 2016 before becoming a champion in the Czech League a year later.

Holt now becomes the fourth player selected as the first overall pick by the Dyip franchise in the last five years.

#ReadMore  UAAP 86 MVB: FEU closes in on twice-to-beat, escapes UE in 4
Written By


You May Also Like

Basketball

Nostalgia set in for Terrence Romeo as his Terrafirma debut brought an on-court reunion with a former running mate—and one of his closest pals....

Basketball

Magnolia hacked out an 89-84 win over the hard-fighting Terrafirma to get back on track with the hope that it would be the start...

Basketball

NorthPort finally beat Ginebra after half a decade following a nail-biting 119-116 victory in front of a hostile crowd at the Philsports Arena in...

Basketball

Phoenix leaned on Donovan Smith in dealing the hard-luck Terrafirma a 122-108 beatdown to register just their second victory in the PBA Season 49...

Basketball

Troy Rosario turned in his best game in a Ginebra jersey thus far to power his side to a 93-81 victory over San Miguel...

Basketball

Ginebra is closely monitoring Japeth Aguilar and Stephen Holt after suffering injuries during their eventual loss to Hong Kong Eastern last Sunday. Aguilar pulled...

Basketball

Justin Brownlee dropped 49 points to power Barangay Ginebra past the luckless Terrafirma, 114-98, and get back on track in the PBA Season 49...

Basketball

ANTIPOLO — Stephen Holt assured that there’s nothing to worry about after a scary slip cast a cloud of anxiety over Ginebra during their...

Advertisement