AMERICAN sharpshooting import George King is making the most of his stint with the San Miguel Beermen in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup.
Tapped to reinforce the Beermen in their quest to win what could be a record-setting 32 league championships, King upped the ante by using his laptop in trying to understand the team’s plays as the team gets into the playoff mindset.
“He was really concerned with this game ... because going to the playoffs, everybody should be on the same page. That’s why he’s asking all the details of the plays,” San Miguel coach Leo Austria said, whose team whipped Terrafirma, 135-105 last Wednesday.
King was in his usual element, unloading 44 points that saw him knock down four of his six attempts from four-point territory.
The Phoenix Suns’ second round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft also made all three of his shots from the three-point zone against a porous Dyip defense, while adding five rebounds and five assists for the Beermen, who improved to 8-3 overall to stay at second spot.
The former Colorado standout did say his laptop contains the offensive sets of the Beermen, marking his seriousness in helping SMB end the PBA’s golden season with another championship.
“I will not expose that, but I did bring my laptop,” King said, when asked. “And, you know, I’m going to say the cliché: film does not lie.”
“And it does a lot of good for me, because obviously with me being an American, sometimes there’s a language barrier and sometimes they may not understand me. But that film speaks all languages and we understand that film,” he added.
San Miguel will have several days to work further and improve its team chemistry before clashing with Group A leader NLEX in what could determine the two teams’ playoff seeding.
