Like all of us here, I'm also excited to watch PBA. On the other hand though, SMC teams got stronger but did MVP teams got stronger too and can they compete with the SMC teams with their current rosters?? Hmmm.
With the arrival of coach Chot Reyes, TNT for sure will improved this coming season and i think this gonna be the start of rebuilding on this team. Whatever the shortcomings after the season i think they will focus on that one to improve.
On the other hand, SMC teams, specifically the Ginebra Kings will not be the automatic champion with the arrival of CStand. Remember when he was drafted by SMB, all of us thought that other teams were only competing for the second place as majority of us think that SMB is the automatic champion as the Fajardo-Standhardinger tandem is so strong on paper but it did not convert on the court.
When Coach Chot is on the TNT back in the years, the team is just simply unstoppable. I like how he is coaching his players both in TNT and in Gilas when he is still a coach so overall, we can say that TNT had some improvements too with their coach. I just hope that Williams can fulfill what Ray Parks left in the team.
With Ginebra getting CStand, they hype towards them increased and many speculated immediately that they will be winning the championship this season (including me at first but not now). The ball is round. If you are speculating this early that they will win the championship, just remember the Kobe-Nash-Dwight trio in Lakers or the Russ-PG-Melo in Thunder. They didn't worked that good. Tt might happen too with Ginebra but on the other hand, they have a good and experienced coach too in Coach Tim Cone. Lets just wait for the season to start and lets enjoy every game
Right, I believe he is the best coach of the TNT from the time I start watching PBA and the time he retires.
His record speaks of itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chot_Reyes8× PBA champion (1993 All-Filipino, 1994 Commissioner's, 2002 All-Filipino, 2003 Reinforced, 2009 Philippine, 2011 Philippine, 2011 Commissioner's, 2012 Philippine)
5× PBA Coach of the Year (1993, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2011)
7× PBA All-Star Game Head Coach (1994, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
5x coach of the year, that's big, I don't know if its all TNT but winning that award is a huge achievement as a coach.