GlobalPort coach Pumaren brushes off sideline scuffle with guard Pringle

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GlobalPort coach Pumaren brushes off sideline scuffle with guard Pringle
Pumaren is caught on camera having a verbal spat with Pringle during a huddle

MANILA, Philippines – Coach Franz Pumaren brushed off his sideline scuffle with star guard Stanley Pringle in the first half of GlobalPort’s 124-108 loss to Barangay Ginebra on Sunday, July 30, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The veteran coach was caught on camera having a verbal spat with Pringle during a huddle, where Pumaren was heard yelling at his player: “Don’t talk to me that way!”

Pringle was seen hurling a towel to the floor as he responded to his coach. Teammates and team manager Bonnie Tan were quick to step in between the two and prevent further escalation.

“It’s no biggie. It’s normal for coaches during the heat of the game,” Pumaren told reporters after the game.

“You cannot be mellow or what. It’s no biggie. It’s just like me when I was playing. I used to argue with my coaches.”

According to the courtside report, Pumaren was calling Pringle out for being “lazy” on defense. Pringle grew frustrated as he tried to explain himself to Pumaren, who was already too livid.

“For me, it’s my style, even in college, if you have something to say it’s no problem,” said Pumaren, clarifying it was all just in the heat of the game.

“For me, we just have to do what we’re supposed to be doing. Sa akin wala naman (It’s nothing to me), we’re all professionals here. That’s no biggie for me.”

The pair quickly patched things up at halftime, according to Pumaren.

Pringle, who finished with 18 points on 4-of-9 shooting from deep and was minus-two in almost 37 minutes on the floor, declined to be interviewed after the game.

The Batang Pier fell behind late in the second quarter and never recovered as the Gin Kings dialed up the intensity further in the second half.

GlobalPort, now 1-2, stayed in the game due to its outside shooting but ultimately trailed by as many as 25 points in the final frame. – Rappler.com

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