Gabe Norwood with the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters all the way through his jersey retirement rite at halftime of a PBA Commissioner’s Cup sport. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines—Gabe Norwood formally had his Rain or Shine Elasto Painters jersey retired on Friday at Mall of Asia Area all the way through the PBA Commissioner’s Cup sport in opposition to Converge FiberXers.
Naturally, the query after his historical night time used to be: what’s subsequent?
The high-flying ahead has at all times been about paying it ahead for Rain or Shine, the workforce he performed for his complete occupation.
Norwood, although, used to be non-committal a couple of conceivable training position with the Elasto Painters however mentioned he’s open to the theory.
“We’ll see. I’ll be across the video games,” a beaming Norwood advised the Inquirer. “At the moment, I’m simply playing retirement.”
Norwood, a former Gilas Pilipinas standout, formally hung up his footwear on the finish of Rain or Shine’s Philippine Cup campaign.
Whilst his attainable transfer to the training workforce stays unsure, he’s serious about mentoring the workforce’s younger core from afar.
“I’m truly simply pouring into the children presently and maximizing their skills, now not simply in basketball however out of doors of it. I’m at all times Rain or Shine via and thru.”
Rain or Shine lately holds a 6-0 file in the back of its younger core of Adrian Nocum, Gian Mamuyac, and Leonard Santillan, along import Jaylen Johnson.
