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to: JEM MIKHAIL VARGAS <[email protected]>

subject: The Piencenaves Paradox

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The Piencenaves Paradox

Teo Piencenaves will tell you he's not trying to be his father. He'll say it with a grin—a charming grin that takes up his whole face and makes you feel like you're in on something—and then he'll say six other things immediately after because, unlike other athletes, he doesn't do silence or deflection. This is, perhaps, the most Top Piencenaves thing about him.

Most legacy players spend their UAAP careers running from the comparison. Teo Piencenaves is one of the few who embraces it—they have the same court vision, the same disarming ease on the ball, the same feel for the game's rhythm.

But watch him long enough and you'll see the difference. Because of his last name, he's more voracious, more dogged, more exacting.

He will look you in the eye and tell you there's absolutely no pressure. And he's so convincing about it that you almost believe him.

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nepo babies

5:16 PM

teo

theloop.ph/sports-uaap/the-piencenaves-paradox

di ko alam kung maooffend ako o ano

Alessandra

Damn. That is excellent writing.

Writes well and honest about her observations. Both at the same time is a rare skill.

teo

ha? e tinawag niya akong aso

ace

TANGA

teo

tsaka charming 😁 @Vargas

chini

bakit mo tinatag kuya ko 👀

"At his best, he is one of the most exciting players in this league. At his worst, he is proof that talent without restraint is just potential waiting to cost you. The suspension last year proved this point."

teo

kingina

Alessandra

Hay nakooooooo.

Russ

@teo Does Yvanna Adriano know it was for your sister? Because a creep in the team was giving her unwanted attention?

Vargas

That's off-court and personal.

Not her job.

chini

"The confidence is not a performance, not a mask or a façade. That's what makes it complicated. You can't coach someone out of something they were born with."

loved this part tbf

Russ

It's taken out of context, hoops.

Vargas

She cited an example.

Alessandra

Well, it's not like it's new. Everyone knows about it.

kovi

bakit may pag-defend?

Vargas

Bakit may pag-attack?

teo

HOY WAG MO NGANG INAAWAY SI KOVI

Vargas

She's not writing anything not factual.

chini

"The Blue Eagles haven't been to the Finals in three decades. When I asked Teo Piencenaves if he thinks this is the year that changes, he answered, "Tanong mo 'ko ulit sa December."

I'd already watched him play four games this season. I'd seen the moments his father would be recognized and the moments that are entirely his.

Cocky answer, yes, but it's not a deflection and it's not arrogance—or at least not only arrogance. He is definitive about his answer. That with his new captain and this hunger to prove something beyond the name he was born with, December will be worth the wait.

I'm inclined to believe him. The rest of Ateneo should, too."

Alessandra

That was a really brilliant way to end it.

teo

tapos hindi pala tayo umabot sa finals edi nagmukha lang akong bobong mayabang

ace

may pinagkaiba ba?

teo

nanlilimos ka na naman ng atensyong kupal ka sige ayan na pinansin na kita

Russ

Well, she has balls.

That, I can agree with.

Just a bit too out there.

Alessandra

You can say that 'cause you're a player in a team she's writing about. To me, she just has nerve, talent, and a no-fucks-given attitude for her ambition.

kovi

hindi ka ba naiilang vargas

Vargas

Surprisingly no.

kovi

hintayin mo na lang yung isusulat niya sayo

teo

WAG MO SABENG AWAYIN SI KOVI!!!! @Vargas

ace

mabilaukan ka sanang oa ka

@chini mvp roofdeck tayo

chini

ok kuya bradley

ace

ako na maghahatid sa kanya @Vargas

kung ok lang sayo @chini

chini

ah kung hindi hassle kuya

ace

dyan ka lang naman sa blue

Vargas

Ok, thanks.

Training na kami.

🔒 @jyv

Accurate, transparent, and brave journalism. She's sticking by it and I'm not bothered or scared of it.