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Santi Santillan postpones PBA draft plans for Chooks 3×3


Tuesday evening, Leonard Santillan declared his intention to remain with Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 for the second season of the league.

With this, the 6-foot-5 bruiser — whom people projected would be a top-five pick in the upcoming 2019 PBA Draft — will not be joining this year’s rookie class.

Besides his family, one of the big reasons the 6-foot-5 native of Lapu-Lapu City jumped to this decision was his good friend Alvin Pasaol, who also won’t join the draft this year.

“Yung mga taong nasa paligid ko, yung family ko, sinabihan ko na may offer galing sa Chooks. Pumayag naman sila — pati mama ko — na hindi muna ko magpra-draft,” shared Santillan.

“Si Alvin lagi ko rin kasama, tapos lagi niya ko sinasabihan na para sa bayan naman ito e.”

Coming off a two-year stint with La Salle, Santillan completed his D-League residency early this year after playing for Marinerong Pilipino and, later on, the Go for Gold-Benilde Blazers.

During that time, he also played for Wilkins-Balanga Pure in the country’s first league dedicated to 3×3 basketball.

With Chooks, he was able to play in numerous FIBA 3×3 World Tours and Challengers. Wanting to experience more of those led him to stay for one more year.

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“Siyempre, kapag naglalaro ka sa 3×3, may chance ka na makalaban yung best of the best sa ibang bansa kaya grabe yung commitment ko dati,” said the top under-23 3×3 player in the country, who is also ranked as the country’s third-best player.

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And he can’t wait to have one more run with Pasaol after the duo steered Balanga to the top during the Magiting Cup. The two are also playing for Zamboanga-Family Brand Sardines in the MPBL.

“Gusto ko pa makasama si Pasaol.”

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