By ADRIAN STEWART CO

Two-time PBA MVP James Carlos Yap is still unsure about his return to professional basketball.

According to the Negros Occidental’s Escalante City-native guard, there are no PBA teams still approaching him, but his playing right remains with his former team, the Blackwater Bossing.

“Tignan natin. So far wala pa akong [commitment]. Free [agent] ako, pero ‘yung rights ko nasa Blackwater,” Yap said in an interview with dwAR Abante Radyo’s Sports Now program.

The 43-year-old Yap averaged 3.7 points and shot 5-of-14 from three-point range during his six-game appearance with the Bossing in the 2024 PBA Philippine Cup.

The former University of the East Red Warriors star has been with the PBA since 2004, when he was selected second overall by Purefoods (now Magnolia Hotshots).

Yap stayed with the Purefoods’ franchise for 12 years, where he won seven PBA championships, two PBA MVP awards, four PBA finals MVP awards and one Best Player of the Conference trophy.

He was then suddenly moved by Purefoods to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in 2016 in a blockbuster trade for Paul Lee.

He stayed with the Painters until 2023 before he opted to move to the Bossing./ASC, WDJ