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PBA: Kelly William's return fueled by Coach Chot's comeback to TNT

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/trending/12/01/120117-2017-pba-tnt-kelly-williams.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Kelly Williams admitted Chot Reyes&#x27; return as coach of TNT Tropang Giga were among the factors that convinced him to come out of retirement.</p><p>The six-time PBA champion and 2008 MVP said that at first he could not believe Reyes agreed to return and coach TNT again.</p><p>&quot;The text was from Ryan Reyes, it had to be somewhere around 3 in the morning. The text said, &#x27;Hey man, Chot&#x27;s back. When are you coming back?&#x27;&quot; Williams said in an interview on Nolie Eala&#x27;s Power and Play.</p><p>&quot;I said, &#x27;Yeah right, Chot&#x27;s not coming back.&quot;</p><p>But he did get confirmation from the coach himself, forcing him to reexamine his options.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/04/21/pba-kelly-williams-back-with-tnt-after-signing-2-year-deal">PBA: Kelly Williams back with TNT after signing 2-year deal</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I checked the news... checked my messages and there&#x27;s one from Chot. It said, &#x27;Are you ready to come back?&#x27;&quot; said Reyes.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Oh, this is real.&#x27; So from that minute on, I started weighing everything up. One hundred percent with Chot coming back, that&#x27;s what pushed me to the edge.&quot;</p><p>It was Reyes who recruited the 6-foot-6 power forward from Oakland for the national team back in 2004.</p><p>Williams later became Sta. Lucia&#x27;s top pick in 2006 before moving to TNT to work with Reyes in 2010. There he won three of his six PBA titles.</p><p>Williams made a surprise announcement last September, that he was retiring from basketball shortly before the PBA bubble began.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/01/17/pba-nobody-should-ever-question-kelly-williams-will-to-succeed">PBA: Nobody should ever question Kelly Williams’ will to succeed</a></li></ul><p>He revealed he was not happy with the ways things were going with the team, leading to his decision.</p><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t want to get to deep onto it as far as all the details as to not to seemingly throw anyone under the bus. But there were just some disagreements that I wasn&#x27;t happy with at the time,&quot; said Williams.</p><p>&quot;Also on the court for several years, I was not being happy being played as a player.&quot;</p><p>But now that Reyes is back, Williams agreed to a two-year deal with TNT.</p><p>&quot;With Chot back it was a no-brainer,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ykMl48g4WxE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Kelly Williams admitted Chot Reyes' return as coach of TNT Tropang Giga were among the factors that convinced him to come out of retirement.<br /> </p>

Kelly Williams admitted Chot Reyes' return as coach of TNT Tropang Giga were among the factors that convinced him to come out of retirement.

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PBA: Kelly William's return fueled by Coach Chot's comeback to TNT

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 24, 2021 07:59 PM PHT

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