RAIN or Shine’s Gabe Norwood-a many-time national player and member of the 2014 Gilas Pilipinas World Cup team-on Thursday hinted at retiring after the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup.
‘One last conference. One last ride. One last flight,’ Norwood posted through his social media accounts.
Norwood, 40, is playing in his 17th season in the PBA all at Rain or Shine, which picked him first overall in the 2008 draft.
He helped the Elasto Painters with the 2012 Governors’ Cup and 2016 Commissioner’s Cup and was equally responsible for his team’s six finals appearances since 2006.
Norwood-a tall guard at 6-foot-8-first became a member of the national team in 2007 and is best remembered for his dunk over Argentina’s National Basketball Association player Luis Scola in the 2014 World Cup in Seville.
TNT Tropang Giga, Phoenix Super LPG, Blackwater and Terrafirma, meanwhile, will be playing their first Philippine Cup games on Friday at the Ynares Center in Montalban, Rizal.
Rookie Dalph Panopio debuts in Blackwater game against Terrafirma at 4:30 p.m., which will be followed at 7:30 p.m. by the TNT-Phoenix match.