While I was watching Team USA against Angola on TV this morning, one of the commentators told a very important thing that caught my attention, it was about the struggles that the skinny and very unlikely to be a professional basketball player Stephen Curry. The commentator said "No one can put you down by saying that you can't play the game of basketball because you're thin and you look weak. When you have the inherent skills and talent to get you there, no one can stop you. Just believe and you're there. And that's what Stephen Curry did. He played for a very weak Davidson College team and he brought them to the elite 8 of US NCAA. That's the spirit." The thought of comparing him to our very own RR Garcia of FEU came to my mind. They both have the same body conformation and they almost have the same height and they both have the talent to beat bigger defenders thru three point shooting.
RR Garcia or Ryna Rouse Garcia is just 5'10. Not bad for a Filipino pointguard. He was not an official recruit of FEU because he had to try-out and then he was admitted to the Team B of the team. It was his third year in FEU that he got to be in the Team A. No one knew him until he dazzled the crowd with his simple cross overs and spin moves around taller and bigger defenders. It went on until the start of the UAAP Season 73. He can shoot threes effortlessly primarily because during their practice sessions he was the last one to leave the gym because "he does extra 200 shots and he does triangle push ups just to strengthen his weak limbs" he said.
The Zamboanga native RR Garcia avarages 17.5 points per game while also registering 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. He leads the league in scoring and three point field goals with 43%. Thus, he is the leading candidate for MVP. Among others who are vying for the MVP award are his teammate Aldrech Ramos in second place, and National University's Cameroonian import Emmanuel Mbe.
Emmanuel Mbe is the least likely to win the MVP Award since his team NU has been eliminated. But if he will win the award he will be the second import to do so after Anthony Williams who was an American who studied medicine at FEU and became the league's MVP during the UAAP Season in 1981.
Here are the comments of his fans/admirers:
From:
teanah1261
"among the players of feu tamaraws of this generation, rr has caught my attention... she reminds me an alumnus of feu tamaraws varsity... =) hope to meet u personally, rr garcia... =)
ooopppsss!!! baka may magalit... i just admire him because he's the best uaap player na napanood ko live in araneta coliseum after 8 long years... =)"
Here's the video of RR garcia:
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