FEU coach confident Veejay Pre will bag Rookie of the Year award

The Manila Times

FEU coach confident Veejay Pre will bag Rookie of the Year award  FEU Tamaraws head coach Sean Chambers is convinced that his player Veejay Pre will win the Rookie of the Year award in the UAAP Season 87 men's basketball tournament.  Pre logged 20 points and eight rebounds in FEU's 59-51 win over the UE Red Warriors at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion on November 3, 2024 to follow up his 31-point and 14-rebound game against UST.  Pre averaged 25.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in FEU's last two games.  Video by Niel Victor Masoy  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #tmtnews  #basketball

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00:00With the way VJ is playing, are you going to miss each other up here?

00:06Share a break? Oh my God.

00:09Of course. I mean, and honestly, you still have not seen the best of VJ.

00:15Like, VJ is tremendous. I'm going to talk about it after the season, but

00:22hopefully one day he's represented in the country. I think VJ is that talented.

00:27And he's still getting comfortable. He's going to get in trouble for one thing.

00:32I called for him and he didn't finish it. But he's amazing.

00:37And he still hasn't 100% shown his complete batch, as we say.

00:43He can do so much more. And he's just getting there.

00:46But what I'm most proud of is his defense against guards out there today.

00:52He was defending guards at his size.

00:56And getting up there and challenging UE with their guard play.

01:00So, I just think we're still just seeing the beginning of what he's capable of doing.

01:04Coach, to follow up on that, VJ has always said that he idolizes Kevin DePaul.

01:09Do you think he earned you that level?

01:11I think so. Absolutely. And I think he's the future of the UEAP.

01:17And the future of Philippine basketball. As well as other guys.

01:19But he's definitely that talent. Because he can shoot the 3-ball.

01:23Although, 0 for 3 later.

01:28He can shoot the 3. He can put the ball on the ground.

01:31And there's still some moments where I can tell he's looking for his kuyas to play instead of him taking all the charge.

01:39But he's the future of the UEAP, for sure.

01:42Do you have any pressure?

01:46A little. But Coach and my kuyas are always there to support me.

01:52Enjoy the game and go with the flow.

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