(UPDATE) WHEN the PBA opens its 50th season on Oct. 5, the Meralco Bolts will also be celebrating their 15th year in the league.
To commemorate the team’s milestone, the Bolts showcased their new playing uniform on Friday during the PBA Media Day.
Sporting a black-colored jersey with blue trimmings and numbers, along with orange on the surnames, Meralco hopes the new and improved look could augur well for the franchise that is hungry to regain the Philippine Cup crown it lost last season.
Meralco Bolts players wearing their new team jersey. PBA PHOTO
“We never have donned black jerseys and you can tell that they’re really lightening things up with the blue. And me being a Blue Eagle (Ateneo alumnus), it’s fitting, I think it’s bagay for me to have blue and a little bit of orange,” said Chris Newsome during a chat with sports writers.
The veteran wingman, who recently inked a fresh three-year pact with Meralco, said people who saw their new uniform, compared them to the NBA reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
“I just like the look overall, a lot of people say it kinda reminds them of OKC [Thunder], and I don’t mind getting that comparison because they won the NBA championship last year, so maybe that might go the way for us this year,” said Newsome.
The Bolts said in a long statement released to media that the new logo serves “as a symbol to recharge, reenergize and recommit to their team identity that is built on hard work, togetherness, fighting spirit, sportsmanship and the pursuit of excellence.”
Meralco boosted its backcourt by nabbing veteran International player and FilIpino American guard Jason Brickman in the recent PBA Draft as the team prepares for a busy new season.
Aside from gunning for the Philippine Cup crown, Meralco will also be competing in the East Asia Super League home-and-away Season 3 as well.
The Bolts will have Justin Brownlee and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, two of the most electrifying imports the PBA has seen in recent years to reinforce them, along with Puerto Rican big man Israel Romero.
