Pringle thrilled to be in PBA finals for first time

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 06:50:12 +0000

BY JONAS TERRADO

Ginebra’s Stanley Pringle (left) has vowed to keep rhythm going in time for his first PBA finals.

IT seems that Tim Cone’s vision for Stanley Pringle has come into fruition after the speedy guard played a major role in Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s entry to the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals.

Pringle was Ginebra’s best local performer of the semifinals after averaging 19.0 points on 41-percent shooting with 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 assists in the 3-1 semifinal series victory over former team NorthPort.

Cone visualized numerous possibilities shortly after Ginebra acquired Pringle in exchange for veterans Sol Mercado and Jervy Cruz and third-year forward Kevin Ferrer in late-June.

But it took a while before Pringle established himself as a major asset for a Ginebra team in the title series for the third time in the last four editions of the season-ending conference.

For Pringle, it would be his first Finals since entering the league in 2013, falling short in his two previous semis stints in the 2016 Philippine Cup for NorthPort (then known as GlobalPort) and the last conference (Commissioner’s Cup) with Ginebra.

“It’s really big, it’s my first Finals,” he said. “But you know, I’ve played on big stages before so I’m gonna give everything I had.”

He had won championships prior to his PBA entry, leading Penn State University to the title in the 2009 National Invitation Tournament, a competition for US college teams that failed to make the NCAA Tournament.

Pringle also played the starring role in 2012 when the Indonesia Warriors defeated a San Miguel Beermen squad that had a young and raw June Mar Fajardo on its roster for the ASEAN Basketball League title.

His semifinal performance will give Pringle all the mo
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