Move over, former PBA stars Mark Caguioa, Mac-Mac Cardona and PJ Simon — here comes a young player who is now beginning to make his own mark creating his unique floaters.
Young Migs Pascual, former co-captain of Batang Gilas and now a player of the San Sebastian Stags, is starting to attract attention with his own trademark, unorthodox floaters taken from long range.
The dead shot guard is making floaters taken from long distance looks so naturally as he was able to develop them through constant practice.
According to Edmon Pascual, dad of the young player, Migs was able to make it natural during practices at the height of the pandemic.
“Through repetitions, he was able to develop those shots,” added the elder Pascual. “He’s been taking 500 floaters and there was a time when he was able to make them consistently.”
So consistent was Pascual’s long-range floaters that he was able to add it to his offensive arsenal and it became so lethal in his team’s preseason campaigns.
A viral video of Migs, who was practicing at the height of the pandemic two or three years ago, saw the young player able to hit 98 consecutive long-range floaters and since then, he was able to do it regularly during actual games.
Filipinos are relatively small and that’s the reason why floaters became signature shots of some of the best players who ever played in the PBA, among them include Caguioa, Cardona and Simon.
In the NBA, retired NBA star Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs also had his own patented floaters, which he used efficiently to evade taller defenders in the big leagues, including major international competitions.
But Pascual has been able to make his own mark by developing these long-range floaters, which would somehow distinct him from among the rest of the players.
