PH sports community behind Jimmy Alapag in NBA G League coaching gig

The Philippine sports community is throwing its all-out support for Jimmy Alapag after he was tapped to serve as an assistant coach for the Stockton Kings, the G League affiliate of NBA team Sacramento Kings.

The Filipino basketball legend and former national team captain will work alongside head coach and former NBA player Bobby Jackson.

He will also be join associate head coach Will Scott, assistant coach Akachi Okugo, director of basketball operations Sydney Haydel, and performance coach Kaiti Jones on the Stockton staff.

Various local sports personalities were elated over the reports of Alapag's latest endeavor.

Decorated mentor Tim Cone of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel took to Twitter to congratulate Alapag, who had won six titles in the PBA.

Congrats, @JAlapag3!! Time to climb the ladder!!!

— Tim Cone (@manilacone) August 24, 2021

"Congrats, @JAlapag3!!  Time to climb the ladder!!!" Cone said.

Another celebrated coach in Chot Reyes, Alapag's long-time coach in both Gilas and in the PBA, applauded him after the news broke on Tuesday morning.

Here we go, @JAlapag3 !!! Step by step. So happy for you. Congrats Cap!!! ????????

— Chot Reyes (@coachot) August 24, 2021

"Step by step. So happy for you. Congrats Cap!!!" Reyes tweeted.

Former PBA commissioner Noli Eala also chimed in to show support to Alapag and other Filipino athletes like Jack Animam and Ray Parks who have recently announced their respective international campaigns.

What a wonderful last 24-hours for Phl basketball! First it was Jack Animam to Serbia. Then came Jimmy Alapag to Sacramento. Now its Bobby Ray Parks Jr. to Japan. You all make us proud. Never settle. Mabuhay! ????????

— Noli Eala (@NoliEala) August 24, 2021

"What a wonderful last 24-hours for Phl basketball! First it was Jack Animam to Serbia. Then came Jimmy Alapag to Sacramento. Now it's Bobby Ray Parks Jr. to Japan," Eala said in his post.

"You all make us proud. Never settle. Mabuhay!"

Animam, the Filipina basketball star, is set to join Radnicki Kragujevac, a club seeing action in the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia.

Parks, meanwhile, was announced as the latest Filipino signing in the Japan B.League, where he will suit up for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins under the Asian Player Quota.

—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News