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Thirdy Ravena will have to wait a little longer before he makes his professional basketball debut in the Japan B. League.
The former Ateneo star will most probably start seeing action with San-en Neophoenix on Saturday, November 7 as he needs to comply with a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
San-en will be playing its back-to-back away games against the Shimane Susanoo Magic on that weekend.
Ravena, who was supposed to join the team in July, was finally cleared to leave for Japan on Thursday, October 15, after obtaining his visa and receiving a negative swab test result before his flight.
The UAAP’s lone three-peat Finals MVP is set to boost San-en as its Asian import as the Toyohashi-based team dropped to 0-4 in the season that kicked off last October 2.
San-en NeoPhoenix is one of the 20 top division teams in the Japan B. League. It has 3 league titles with the last one clinched in 2015.
The league recently introduced the “Asian Player Quotas” system, which allowed Ravena to become the first Filipino to play professional basketball in Japan. (READ: As Thirdy moves to Japan, Kiefer shares own overseas experience). – Rappler.com
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