Black: 'No plans to reinstate Nabong despite the size disadvantage of the team vs. Gin Kings'

Meralco Bolts coach Norman Black clarified that he did not intend to remove the imposed indefinite suspension at their center, Kelly Nabong.

It was Black's admission that they had size disadvantage in their Barangay Ginebra fight for their rematch in the finals of the PBA Governor's Cup.

“First, the team's leadership suspended Nabong after an altercation against their assistant coach Jimmy Alapag.”

According to Black, there is no more update on the incident.

He wants to make the issue private because he considers Nabong's privacy and their own team.

Black also insisted he did not want to think about that because they were in the middle of preparing for the championship series.

Black also said they would still have size disadvantage even though 6-foot-5 Nabong will play.

He upheld that there would be no disadvantages that can stop them slow them down as they face the Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings.

“Even if we had Kelly Nabong, we would still have a size disadvantage, so it doesn’t really… Either way, they’re the biggest team in the league, so that size advantage is going to be there no matter what,” added by Black.

Even with the absence of Nabong, analyst believed that Meralco is a much stronger opponent now against the Kings. The addition of Ranidel de Ocampo will spread the frontcourt of Ginebra to cover the perimeter shots and might give more space for Durham to operate in the shaded area.

On the other hand, Slaughter is now playing with a stable game as evident on the TNT semifinals series. The combined presence of Greg, Japeth, and Joe would be a challenge for the Bolts.

The Gin Kings will defend their title with a rematch against an improved Meralco Bolts Game 1 of the PBA Governors Cup 2017 Finals starts on Friday, October 13, 7 pm in Lucena.