Converge might be lacking with talent and experience but definitely not running short of passion and hard work.

That was what FiberXers head coach Aldin Ayo wanted to instill in his players as he vowed that his team would become the "hardest working" team in the conference to compensate for their youth and lack of firepower.

“One thing that is sure, we are going to be the hardest working team. Magtatarabaho kami kasi alam namin bata kami eh di naman kami ganun ka talented. We'll be the hardest working team in terms of effort,” said Ayo. 

The FiberXers took a huge blow in the offseason after losing their top two leading scorers in Maverick Ahanmisi and Jeron Teng to free agency. The team tried to make up for it by tapping young talents to join some of the league’s budding stars in the crew.

Converge had tapped Schonny Winston alongside Inand Fornillos, Kamron Vigan, and Patrick Maagdenberg to join a young core of Justin Arana, Jerrick Balanza, Alec Stockton and Aljun Melecio.

“Since we are young. we lack experience although I spent already a year pero kulang sa experience but yung kakulangan na iyon it will be compensated with our passion and our commitment to the game and to the competition,” stressed Ayo

The FiberXers are pulling all the stops to try and fast-track the development of the team to be able to hold their own against more seasoned teams.

“Very evident yung pagiging bata ng team namin kahit dun sa pocket tournament. Lumalabas din yung pagiging bata sa decision making yung lack of experience but we're doing our best  to address yun through repetitions and constant reminders sa mga players,” shared Ayo who is also currently the youngest coach in the league.

“We are the youngest team in all spots, the players, the coaching staff and our managers. Talagang bata kami,” he pointed out.

“That's why we always practice hard everyday. We make sure that we are improving and we're gaining experience that  will help us when the conference comes,” he added.