Rhodes powered SMB to the crown in the mid-season tournament in 2017 but wasn’t around last year when they unsuccessfully defended the title, giving him extra motivation to do an encore performance. But now I’m here and I’m ready to defend my crown,” he said. The 33-year-old Texan also expressed belief he will fit in well with the new guys at SMB, Terrence Romeo and Christian Standhardinger. “Just by conversation, they’re pretty cool and I know they’re great players and I think we’re going to jell well. Romeo is a good passing guard and I see him throwing a lot of alley-oops this conference,” he said.

Source: Philippine Star May 17, 2019 16:00 UTC