Six-time PBA Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo has always been known as a low-post operator in the pro league.
But as the 6-foot-10 Fajardo heads to his third FIBA World Cup in his basketball career, the Cebuano big man looks to reinvent himself by adding three-point shooting in his arsenal.In Gilas Pilipinas' recent four-day closed-door training at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, Fajardo took time to work on shooting from long range.And he has a very specific reason for that.
'In the last decade or so, European and Latin American players have showed their ability to shoot from the long range, characterized by swift ball movement. It was a move that practically deviates from the usual low-post game or half-court set that the United States played in the past.Reyes added that players are also given the 'liberty and freedom as long as they know how to use it within the system.
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