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WHICH has the better import between Barangay Ginebra and Red Bull
will be known on Sunday when they meet in the main game of the PBA
Fiesta Cup which formally opens at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Barakos and the Gin Kings tangle at 6:50
p.m. right after the Welcoat-Air 21 encounter at 4:30 p.m.
Red Bull, which lost Jameel Watkins to Magnolia,
has acquired Adam Parada, the tallest among all imports at 70.
Parada, who played for the Sacramento Kings in
the most recent NBA summer league, will be up against Ginebras
Rahshon Tuner, a 67 center-forward who once played at
Georgetown University in New York.
The 68 Stephen Thomas of Middle Tennessee
University banners Air 21 while Welcoat parades 611 Jason
Keep, a center-forward from University of San Diego and
61 guard Cory Santee of Texas Christian University.
Newly-crowned Philippine Cup champion Sta. Lucia
Realty got the services of 610 Wesley Wilson, also of
Georgetown University, and eighth-time winner Purefoods has 610
forward Darius Rice, a former standout from the University of Miami.
Randy Holcomb, a 68 forward from San Diego
State University is playing for Alaska while 610 Jameel
Watkins, a former Shell Remula-X import, is with Magnolia Beverage.
Talk N Text has Aaron DeShon McGhee, a
68, 250-pound power forward who starred for the Oklahoma
University Sooner that reached the US NCAA Final Four in 2002.
Coca Cola, which was allowed to field two
imports, has former Liberty University standout Jason Dixon
(69) and former University of Buffalo guard Calvin Cage
(610).
-- Frank Calapre
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