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PBA cancels Draft Combine due to COVID-19 risk

Delfin Dioquino

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PBA cancels Draft Combine due to COVID-19 risk

ROOKIE RITES. Players go through various physical tests and compete in scrimmages in the Draft Combine.

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The PBA calls off the Draft Combine scheduled on March 10 and 11 for the safety of players and league staff

PBA rookie aspirants will not get to showcase their wares in the annual Draft Combine unlike the players that came before them.

The PBA canceled the Combine scheduled on March 10 and 11 for the safety of players and league staff as the country continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

PBA commissioner Willie Marcial previously said the Combine this year will not have the usual pocket tournament where the rookie applicants will be split into teams and compete in 5-on-5 scrimmages.

Instead, rookie aspirants will only get measured and go through various physical tests like lane agility drill and vertical jump.

The PBA also considered some of the record 97 rookie applicants who will be coming outside the country as they have to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Still pushing through is the virtual PBA Draft set on March 14. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.