PBA Draft: Sedrick Barefield goes to Blackwater at No. 2

PBA Draft: Sedrick Barefield goes to Blackwater at No. 2

/ 05:06 PM July 14, 2024

Sedrick Barefield Blackwater Bossing 2024 PBA Season 49 Draft

Sedrick Barefield taken second by Blackwater in the 2024 PBA Season 49 Draft.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines–Sedrick Barefield, a crafty 6-foot-2 point guard battle-hardened by multiple overseas stints, was drafted second overall by the Blackwater franchise in the PBA Season 49 Rookie Draft held at Glorietta’s atrium in Makati City on Sunday.

The Filipino-American hotshot, born in the United States to a Filipino mother, is no longer a stranger to the local style of play having suited up for the Strong Group Athletics in Dubai and the Bay Area Dragons and Taipei Fubon Braves that played PBA clubs in the past.

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READ: PBA: Cariaso has chances to snag ‘game changer’ Sedrick Barefield at No. 2

Bossing head coach Jeff Cariaso had since labeled Barefield a game-changer for the latter’s international experience which includes stops in the NBA G League in the US, Lithuania, and Greece.

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Barefield is shaping up as a pickup that could very well fill the point guard vacuum at Blackwater following the club’s off-season deal that shipped Rey Nambatac to traditional powerhouse and trading partner TNT.

Barefield is also 27-year-old like Converge’s top pick Justin Baltazar.

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