A quick look at the bench of the Meralco Bolts during their last game shows that some good news is coming to the team in their bid to win a championship in the PBA Philippine Cup campaign.
The team has included veteran Noy Baclao in its regular rotation that gives the Bolts an added size and body in the middle.
"Yes he''s ready and he's ok," said Black of the 34-year-old big man, who has fully recovered from a ruptured right patellar tendon that kept him out of action for more than a season.
Baclao, according to Black, is already listed as part of Meralco's active roster and was already good to go in the team's game against Alaska last 30 July.
It’s just Black opted not to use him in the game the Bolts won, 89-80, to improve to a 4-1 record.
"I just didn't use him, but he could have played tonight," said Black.
But the Meralco coach mentioned Baclao will finally get to play his first PBA game wearing the Bolts' famed orange-colored uniform in their next game, tentatively scheduled on August 4 against NLEX.
"He's already in the active roster and he'll play in the next game," said Black.
Coach and player of course, go a long way back during their time together with Ateneo.
Baclao was part of two (2008 and 2009) of the five straight championships Black won while coaching the Blue Eagles.
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