Reid ‘disrespectful’, probably upset over no return, says Guiao

Naveen Ganglani

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Reid ‘disrespectful’, probably upset over no return, says Guiao
Rain or Shine head coach Yeng Guiao says he's willing to accept Reid's apology but not now because he's still angry

MANILA, Philippines – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters head coach Yeng Guiao is known for not mincing his words to the media, and that was once again the case on Friday, March 13, when he talked to reporters following his team’s 129-114 loss to the San Miguel Beermen at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Besides his team’s lackadaisical performance on defense that led to their third defeat in eight games this Commissioner’s Cup conference, Guiao also got into separate verbal altercations with his former import Arizona Reid, who’s now with the Beermen and recorded 41 points to go with 6 triples on Friday.

The verbal spats escalated to a point where Guiao threw a slight forearm shove at Reid during an inbound play, yielding an ejection from the game referees.

Guiao said that the arguments with Reid, who played three different stints as an import for Rain or Shine in the past, was probably a result of the franchise electing not to bring him back this conference.

Siguro yung situation namin – dating kakampi namin, tapos kalaban namin, tapos may, hindi ko alam, kung may tampo siya na rine-lease namin siya, hindi namin siyang kinuha,” said Guiao.

(I guess it’s because of our situation – he was our teammate before, and now he’s our opponent. I guess he’s feeling bad that we released him and that we didn’t bring him back to be our import).

Guiao specifically explained why the Elasto Painters elected to not retain the services of Reid, pointing out a particular game where the head coach and his players were disappointed in the import’s performance.

Historically, yung situation namin noong kasama namin siya (when he was with us) [two conferences ago], we felt na yung (that during) game five with Purefoods (in the 2014 Governors’ Cup finals), he could have given something more in terms of effort, so I guess that was the main reason why we gave him up.”

Reid scored 23 points in the game plus 14 rebounds, but sat out crucial minutes due to a sprained ankle. He returned late, missing a potential game-tying 3-ball at the buzzer.

Siguro nag intersect, nag coincide lang, duon sa situation kanina na tinalo nila kami, naging, actually probably his best game this conference. And tuwing dadaan siya sa amin, meron siyang mga actuations na sa tingin namin, disrespectful,” said Guiao.

(I guess it just intersected and coincided that they beat us and he had his best game of the conference. And whenever he would pass by near our bench, he had actuations that we felt were disrespectful).

Reports indicate that Reid said, “That shot was for you,” or “That’s what you get for not getting me,” when he’d hit a 3-pointer during the game.

NOTHING PERSONAL. San Miguel import Arizona Reid (C) gets into a verbal altercation against his former coaches Yeng Guiao (R) and Caloy Garcia (L) but says it's not personal. Photo by Mark Cristino/Rappler

“Ilan beses ka na namin binalik, eh diba? Nag Best Import ka na sa amin, dalawang beses. Magsasalita pa siya nang ganon. Medyo foul yun, medyo hindi naman maganda yun,” Guiao argued.

(We brought you back so many times, right? You won a Best import award with us twice. And he’d still talk like that? That’s foul and inappropriate.)

Yun yung siguro background eh, yung hindi namin siyang kinuha. Tapos kami rin meron kaming sama nang loob dahil hindi mo nakitaan na pinaglabanan ka all the way doon sa championship. So, nag-interplay yun sa drama kanina. Sama-sama yun. Drama lang naman yun…

(I guess that’s the background to it – that we didn’t get him back. We also feel bad because we feel like he didn’t fight for us all the way during the championship. That played into the drama earlier. Feelings were hurt. It was just drama.)

Guiao also said that if not for Rain or Shine releasing the rights to Reid, he wouldn’t be able to play for the Beermen.

“We could have kept him in the freezer for one year and not have given him the opportunity,” the head coach said.

READ: Reid: spat with Guiao ‘nothing personal’

For his part, Reid said he hopes to apologize to Guiao if not soon, then some time into the future. Guiao, upon hearing of the import’s intention, said “In the future [na lang] siguro.”

Wag muna siya mag sorry ngayon, baka hindi maganda.

(He shouldn’t apologize for now, it might not turn out great.)

Ngayon siguro galit pa ako, pero mawawala rin ‘yun. May pinagsamahan rin kami,” he also said.

(I guess I’m still mad now, but that feeling will go away. We did go through a lot together.) – Rappler.com

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