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Milt Palacio Arrives To Join National B’Ball Team
posted (June 28, 2010)
One week from now the Belize National Basketball Team will be in Santa Domingo competing in the Centro basket Tournament. The man who's been the team leader since the Caricom championship of 1998 arrived today. Milton Palacio is just coming off a victory in the Spanish League Championships and he arrived in Belize today along with Leon Jacobs and Kenton Paulino -energized and ready for next week's big tournament.

Milton Palacio, Team Captain
"We still have the core guys from last year and so we still know each other but you know we got a couple of new guys coming in and as the leader and the captain I just want to try to pull these guys together and just let them know how hard we got to play because this is not a tournament like last year it's going to be a tough one."

Monica Bodden
"What do you feel about our chances going into this competition?"

Milton Palacio
"I haven't seen the others teams really, Puerto Rico is always tough, like I say we have a tough team and if we play as hard as we play like last year we will be fine. But if we go out there messing around then it's going to be tough."

Jose Sanchez, Channel 5 News
"You won silver at the COCABA Championship in Cancun under Kevin Seroki. What is it going to be like adjusting to a new coach, what's your opinion on that?"

Milton Palacio
"It's going to be tough, you know from last years with Kevin he knows the guys and the team but it's like anything hiring a new coach you got to adjust on the fly. We only got a couple days to do it so we got to do it fast."

Leon Jacobs, Player "My mom and my dad are Belizean, I've been playing basketball all my life so I seize the opportunity to come over here and play basketball, and I represent my family. I played in Germany last year and I did real well so I came to represent my country."

Kenton Paulino, Player
"Well I played in 2006 and I received an email from Paul and he wanted to know what kind of shape I was in, If was interested in coming back and play a game. I didn't have any problem with it. If he was ok with, I was fine with it. Last time I was in Turkey playing professionally overseas and didn't play this past year. I was working at the University but I am still in shape and still been working out. I might go back overseas and play again."

Monica Bodden
"Are ready to go play in this tournament and just give it your all?"

Kenton Paulino
"Yea, I am ready to go. Whatever they ask me to do I'll be willing to do it and just play as hard as I can to try to help the team and try to fit in as well as I can."

Monica Bodden
"Are you familiar with some of the members of the team?"

Kenton Paulino
"Yea I am familiar with most of the guys on the team, there are only a few guys that I never played with. I never played with Milt and Alex but everybody else I am pretty much familiar with. "

Palacio joined Jacobs and Paulino in practice at 5:00 this evening...

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