{"id":214624,"date":"2019-05-16T22:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=214624"},"modified":"2019-05-16T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:13:30","slug":"curtis-washington-is-now-newest-road-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/16\/curtis-washington-is-now-newest-road-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Washington is now newest road warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_214626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214626\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-214626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11.png 636w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-17-at-06.28.11-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: &#8220;ALL things through HIM&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqyVzVQFfDG\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bigcurt42\/\">@bigcurt42<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Curtis Washington will be officially suiting up for the NLEX Road Warriors as their import this upcoming 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner\u2019s Cup, which begins Sunday, May 19, in replacement of first-choice import Tony Mitchell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Mitchell was unable to depart from his duties in Taiwan, NLEX head coach Yeng Guiao confirmed that they needed to take action and picked up Washington immediately. In his words, \u201cWe\u2019ve been waiting since they won their championship in Taipei but for one reason or another, he cannot make it,\u201d referring to the former Star (now Magnolia) import and his commitments with the Taiwan Super Basketball League.\u201d Coach Yeng added, \u201cWe\u2019re losing time, so we decided to select another import.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In choosing Washington, Guiao explained, \u201cHe&#8217;s immediately available and we\u2019ve been considering him for a while as part of our short list while waiting for Mitchell. He\u2019s also in good shape because he\u2019s also actively playing and based on the films, I think he will be a natural fit for our team.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally from Chesapeake, Virginia, 27- year-old Washington has experience playing in leagues across various countries, including Canada, Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia. Recently playing in Bahrain for their Premier League representing Al Nweidrat, the American ex-pro averaged 31 points and 19 rebounds per game. He stands six-foot-ten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington is expected to land in the Philippines next Saturday &#8211; a day before the start of the Commissioner\u2019s Cup and four days before his new team will make their first appearance of the season against Talk N\u2019 Text Katropa.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Curtis Washington will be officially suiting up for the NLEX Road Warriors as their &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":214626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214624"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214640,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214624\/revisions\/214640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}