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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17208821090401716362836028IMG_3967.webp" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Levanga’s Dwight Ramos. <em>Photo from Levanga Hokkaido</em></span></span></span></div><p><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">MANILA – </span>We might see Dwight Ramos playing for a PBA club in the future.</p><p>Ramos, who has recently re-signed with his Japan B.League team Levanga Hokkaido, said that he is not closing doors for a possible stint in the Philippine professional league.</p><p>&quot;I think so, eventually. I don’t know when, but hopefully,&quot; Ramos answered when asked whether he sees himself playing in the PBA in an intimate press conference organized by Lawson Philippines and Levanga on Friday at One Ayala Mall.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1811763794223259912&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-07-13T15%3A31%3A55.744395%3A2ce354f5-120d-499a-b04e-c519c8f32426%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=c7c995d77c8695aee1fe212ef03f5fefe397bceb&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;display:block;flex-grow:1"></iframe></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" data-twitter-extracted-i1720945922145647496="true"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dwight Ramos is not closing doors on possible PBA stint in the future: &quot;I don&#x27;t know when, but hopefully.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fh6kWSrJim">pic.twitter.com/Fh6kWSrJim</a></p>— Kennedy Caacbay (@kennedyzcaacbay) <a href="https://twitter.com/kennedyzcaacbay/status/1811763794223259912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2024</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Dave Ildefonso and RJ Abarrientos, who both played overseas in the past couple of years, recently threw their names in the PBA Rookie Draft to return to the country.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/12/dwight-ramos-on-gilas-win-over-latvia-best-one-in-my-career-1930"><strong>READ: Dwight Ramos on Gilas&#x27; victory over Latvia: &#x27;Best win in my career&#x27;</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/12/dwight-agrees-with-coach-tim-if-scottie-was-there-i-could-ve-done-more-for-gilas-024"><strong>READ: Dwight Ramos agrees with coach Tim: &#x27;If Scottie was there, I could’ve done more&#x27; for Gilas in FIBA OQT</strong></a></div><p>And Ramos, now 25, could eventually be one of them in the near future.</p><p>He is also well aware of the roadblocks Filipino imports experience while playing in a different territory <span id="isPasted" style="line-height:115%">—</span> which could also be reasons why he could choose to play in the PBA.</p><p>&quot;I think it’s hard playing overseas. It’s not your home country, you don’t feel as comfortable, and you’re by yourself for like almost the whole year,&quot; Ramos said.</p><p>&quot;So when you do it over the years, you kind of feel like you’re missing out on a lot of things. You’re missing your family, so sure that’s probably what those guys felt and they just wanted to come home and play in the Philippines,&quot; he went on.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/2/19/dwight-ramos-optimistic-of-tim-cone-s-long-term-vision-with-gilas-1926"><strong>READ: Dwight Ramos optimistic of Tim Cone’s long-term vision with Gilas</strong></a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/5/22/dwight-ramos-excited-to-come-back-to-levanga-hokkaido-following-extension-1605"><strong>READ: Dwight Ramos ‘excited to come back’ to Levanga Hokkaido following extension</strong></a></div><p>Last season, Ramos averaged 10.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in 43 appearances for Levanga right before suffering an orbital fracture.</p><p>For the Gilas Pilipinas star, those who opted to go back here in the Philippines will still &quot;gonna do great.&quot;</p><p>&quot;They’re all gonna do great here because it’s their home country and they played here for so long.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQF2jxjrqok??si=jEFsRQYUgAe4tkt9&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

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Dwight Ramos not closing doors on PBA: 'I don't know when, but hopefully'

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published July 14, 2024 04:37 PM PHT

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