JALEN Hudson is taking his high-scoring act to Converge in the PBA Season 50 Governors' Cup.
Hudson, who once attended St Vincent-St. Mary High School where NBA great Lebron James played secondary ball, suited up for TNT in this same conference in Season 48.
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But despite a strong start to the campaign, the Tropang 5G opted to replace him with the import newbie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
TNT team manager Jojo Lastimosa confirmed the franchise has already given up the playing rights of the 30-year-old native of Akron, Ohio, paving the way for his transfer with the FiberXers.
Undrafted in the NBA despite stellar careers with Virginia Tech and University of Florida, Hudson once exploded for 56 points for TNT ironically, against Converge in a 128-122 win.
He propelled the Tropang 5G to a 5-1 start, but surprisingly, was replaced by Hollis-Jefferson midway into the conference.
The move was later justified when Hollis-Jefferson steered the telecommunication franchise to the championship, dethroning Justin Brownlee and the Barangay Ginebra Kings.
In his six-game stint with TNT, Hudson averaged 33.8 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 4.2 assists.
Hudson is expected to be under the microscope in his second stnt in Asia’s first ever play-for-pay league after Converge failed to advance in the playoffs of the mid-season Commissioner’s Cup.
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