{"id":187964,"date":"2018-11-02T00:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T04:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=187964"},"modified":"2018-11-02T00:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T04:50:30","slug":"perez-6-others-lead-fil-foreign-pba-draft-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/02\/perez-6-others-lead-fil-foreign-pba-draft-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez, 6 others lead Fil-foreign PBA Draft applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) star CJ Perez. (Photo<\/a>: Cjay Perez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— CJ Perez leads the cast of Filipino-foreign players who formally declared for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft by submitting their applications.<\/p>\n

Yes, that CJ Perez.<\/p>\n

The league declared the Lyceum star and Gilas Cadet, born to a Filipino mother, a Filipino-foreigner because he was born overseas, specifically in Hong Kong, based on league rules.<\/p>\n

PBA rules also say that Filipino-foreign players have an earlier draft application deadline so that the league gets ample time to look at their eligibility. For this year’s draft, the Filipino-foreign draft application ended on Friday.<\/p>\n

The list of eligible Filipino-foreign draft applicants will be revealed on Dec. 3, the same day the application period for homegrown players will end.<\/p>\n

Perez is projected to be among those to be selected early in the Dec. 16 draft.<\/p>\n

In fact, Columbian already expressed its intent to select the King Pirate, the first overall pick of the draft.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, three other Filipino-foreign players currently playing in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League also threw their names into the PBA Draft.<\/p>\n

Navotas’ Matt Salem, San Juan’s CJ Isit, and Batangas City’s Paul Varilla applied for the top tier league draft.<\/p>\n

Also leading the Filipino-foreign cast were former Adamson gunner, Robbie Manalang, and PBA D-League standouts, Trevis Jackson and John Ragasa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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