Northport now is undermanned, Bollick is not playing due to minor injury, but good thing is that they have a good import, a short one but very aggressive in attacking the basket. Northport is the underdog but I'm trusting them to win this game with the help of their import.
Northport import was good but only in the first half of the game. Once Converge figured him out, they locked him down. And Northport locals were not able to help their import. Converge took the game with a big lead against Northport. I would like to point out how I like the discipline of Converge in this game. Even though they are already on a big lead and sure of winning the game, they never let go of their aggressiveness. They are still pushing the ball even in the dying minutes when the lead is over 30 points. I like that attitude of Converge.
Speaking of NorthPort locals, Robick Bolick did not play on this game, outcome might be different had he played because we all know how important he is in every NorthPort plays plus he averaged double digits in point production. No, he doesn't have an injury but rumors had it that NorthPort management and Bolick had yet to sit down and talked about the contract extension as his contract will expire this coming January 31.
If this will not be ironed out, rumors have it also that a company/persons are willing to bring this ace point guard of NorthPort to Taiwan thus causing another problem to the PBA.
That might be possible since he already playing in this league for quite a while and he still don't have the competitive squad to matchup with the super-team, if an offer to play overseas will give him huge amount of profits, I'm sure he will not hesitate to grab that opportunities, just like what Matthew Wright did, not seeing any potential of his team to be a good contender for the ring, he move overseas and now enjoying that huge salaries.
Rumors might be true or he's just preparing for a good trade that might take place. Maybe he will be traded to another SMC franchise.
Let's wait and see if what will be the development in terms of his contract.