Ravena: Stint with Mighty-Creative team in Dubai tilt beneficial

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:03:03 +0000

BY JONAS TERRADO

Thirdy Ravena (center) said his stint with Mighty Sports-Creative Pacific in the Dubai tournament will serve him in good stead in future events.

Thirdy Ravena said his stint with the title-winning Mighty Sports-Creative Pacific Philippines in the 31st Dubai Invitational Basketball Championship was a good learning curve especially being with some players with valuable experience.

Ravena was part of the Mighty squad powered by naturalized player Andray Blatche and import Renaldo Balkman that dethroned Lebanon’s Al-Riyadi in the finals to become the first non-Middle Eastern team to rule the annual cagefest.

The former Ateneo star said being with the seeing Blatche and Balkman, two former NBA players, work made him realize that there’s no margin for error.

“Yung mga little things on and off the court dapat di na tinuturo sayo, alam mo na kung ano kailangan mong gawin, especially playing with veterans like Kuya Renaldo and Kuya Dray,” Ravena said during the celebration of the team’s title victory Thursday in Makati City.

“You really had no margin for error kasi sila they do their jobs really well and as a role player kahit di kasing laki nung ginagawa nila yung kailangan kong gawin I had to do it at the best of my abilities and I can’t mess up. Yun yung professionalism na dapat mong gawin,” he added.

Ravena was part of a cast of amateur standouts that were part of Mighty’s third title,
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