Davon Potts believes now is right time to enter PBA
WHILE second generation players Ray Parks and Kiefer Ravena are still uncertain on their PBA plans, aspirant Davon Potts had made himself available for the coming Rookie Draft.
Potts applied for the coming Rookie Draft when the league opened its doors to Fil-foreign applicants recently. The talented guard from San Beda believes now is the right time to enter the pro league pending the availability of homegrown talents.
“I think this is the right time considering the fact that Ray Parks isn’t joining at this time while several other players have yet to make themselves available,” Potts told BusinessWorld in a telephone interview.
He had wanted to enter the league as early as last season, but needed to play in the D-League to make himself eligible for the next Draft. This time, there’s no turning back for Potts.
Potts is one among those Fil-foreign applicants who made themselves available for the PBA Rookie Draft, which will be held on Oct. 29. He along with 6-foot-8, Fil-German and Gilas Pilipinas stalwart Christian Standhardinger are among the standouts who applied.
For a player who had been around for quite some time, Potts had seen the emergence of big-time players in the PBA, players like Terrence Romeo, Stanley Pringle and Jayson Castro among others, the player who honed his basketball skills in San Diego, California wanted to be part of that elite circle of great guards.
The spitfire guard is highly regarded for his scoring, one of the reasons why he’s been put high on the list of coaches who are planning to stock additional talented players to their roster.
But Potts believes it would take more than just his scoring ability to put him as among the players to look out in the coming Rookie Draft and join the elite list of heady guards in the PBA.
In a country were point guards are abundant, Potts will need to stand out to assure himself.
“Even though I’m regarded from scoring a lot, scoring 20 or 30 points, my main focus is to make my teammates better. I think that would make me vital to any team which I will play for,” added Potts, a star for the Cal State, who also applied in the 2015 NBA Rookie Draft where he ended up undrafted.
An integral part of the Cignal Hawkeyes in the PBA D-League and the San Beda Red Lions, both of which he led to a championship each, Potts doesn’t have any preference as to which team he would end up as long as the squad would need him.
“I would like to play for a team where I am needed,” added the 6-foot-2 Potts, who hails from Rosario, Cavite. “I want to play for a team where I could help out and showcase my skills.” — Rey Joble
