Davaoeno happy to retain salary as 3x3 player despite COVID-19 crisis

DAVAO CITY---Burly Davaoeno forward Alvin Pasaol has expressed joy that he is still receiving his salary as a 3x3 basketball player  of the Philippines despite ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Pasaol is very happy that Chook to Go still decides to give him his salary as a member of the Philippine 3x3 basketball team despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Sobrang laking pasasalamat namin kay Boss Ronald [Mascariñas] kasi kahit na postpone na ‘yung OQT (Olympic Qualifying Tournament) and ‘yung liga namin, tuloy-tuloy pa rin ‘yung suporta niya sa amin,”  Pasaol said.
The former scoring machine of the University of the East Red Warriors in the UAAP is happy to keep hi salary since he send a portion of it to his family in Dona Salud here.
Aside from keeping his salary, Pasaol is feeling good these days becaue he retained his standing as the second best 3x3 basketball player in the Philippines.
This developed after the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has decided to suspend the world rankings for players, teams and federation due to the global pandemic COVID-19.
In a statement, the FIBA said with the suspension of 3x3 games in both local and international competitions they decided to freeze the ranking  until the COVID-19 problem is solved.
With the latest development, Pasaol retains his ranking with 124,986 behind top ranked 3x3 player Joshua Munzon.
The retention of his ranking is great news for Pasaol, since it allows him a slot to compete in international 3x3 competitions once the holding of sports events is allowed again in the counry and
overseas.
As a member of the Red Warriors, Pasaol made a name for himself as a scoring threat who can penetrate, shoot from the outside and play inside.
With his scoring prowess he was selected as one of the scoring leaders in the UAAP, the top collegiate basketball league in the Philippines.
After graduating from the UAAP, Pasaol, a sought after player played for the Zamboanga Brand Family Sardines in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.
Pasaol carried the team to the MPBL Southern division semifinals where they fall to the defending champion Davao Occidental Tigers 2-0 in their best of three playoff series.
Before making it to big in Metro Manila, Pasaol played briefly in some local leagues in Davao City where he was scouted while playing in one of the commercial teams here.