IS Rabeh Al-Hussaini attempting a PBA comeback?
The No. 2 pick of the 2010 PBA draft is currently in the country and was seen in the company of Blackwater on Friday night in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
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So is a return to the league in the pipeline for the one-time UAAP MVP out of Ateneo?
Sought for comment, team owner Dioceldo Sy disclosed the 35-year-old Al-Hussaini has been practicing with the Bossing the past couple of weeks since arriving in the country last month
"Nakiki-practice sa team. ilang beses na," said Sy.
But nothing is cast in stone, according to the team owner.
"We'll still see. Wala pa namang napapag-usapan," said Sy.
Blackwater was the last team the 6-foot-7 Al-Hussaini played for in a journeyman career since being picked behind former Ateneo teammate Nonoy Baclao in the controversial 'switch' pulled off by Air21 in the 2010 draft.
READ What really went down in 'Baclao over Rabeh' draft switch
That final year was in 2018-2019 prior to the pandemic. He then went to Kuwait to join his family and was already based there for the last four years prior to his return in the country.
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