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After just one game, former Ginebra import Chris Alexander has abandoned his new team, the AirAsia Philippine Patriots.
This was confirmed by Sheryl Reyes, the import’s agent in the Philippines.
Patriots manager Erick Arejola told InterAKTV that the team is now scrambling to find a replacement for Alexander.
“We might bring in Nakiea Miller once again to team up with Anthony Johnson,” said Arejola in a telephone interview early Friday morning.
Reyes, meanwhile, vented her ire on Alexander through her Twitter account.
“This is unbelievable. See what mess you created @chrisalexande29,” wrote Reyes. “Now people think I will be covering your ass. Man, you lied about missing your flight.”
Reyes said she’s considering on requesting basketball authorities to ban the import, while Arejola said the Patriots are looking at options for possible sanctions on Alexander.
Agents and clubs can file a request before FIBA’s Basketball Arbitral Tribunal to blacklist players. All international teams sanctioned by FIBA are disallowed from signing banned players. Currently, only Lee Benson — curiously, also a former PBA import — is on the FIBA blacklist.
Alexander has admitted to being depressed over being cut by Ginebra in the Commissioner’s Cup after just three games. After the Gin Kings’ were eliminated from contention last Tuesday, the import went on a Twitter rant about how he could have helped the team, and laying the blame for his departure on San Miguel Corporation executive Noli Eala.
Source: Reynaldo Belen, Interaksiyon
