Youth-laden Converge set to unleash Williams in tandem with Stockton and Gomez de Liaño

CONVERGE is set to unleash the comebacking Mikey Williams who will form a deadly backcourt tandem with Alec Stockton and rookie sensation Juan Gomez de Liaño.

The FiberXers got the Fil-Am sniper on board nine months after acquiring him from TNT in a blockbuster one-one trade for Jordan Heading in June 2025.

“The wait is over! Mikey Williams is now a FiberXer,” the team announced on its social media accounts on Wednesday.

The 6-foot-2 Fil-Am sniper won two PBA titles with the Tropang 5G in 2021-2023, earning Finals MVP plums each time. But an impasse in contract negotiations with TNT led to his long absence in the league and eventual trade to Converge in exchange for Mr. Heading.

“It’s all God,” Mr. Williams wrote in an Instagram story on Wednesday night that came along with a poster of him and the FiberXers. “And just like that, it begins.”

Mr. Williams is expected to provide the youth-laden FiberXers with experience and added firepower but it remains to be seen how soon he can hit optimal form coming off a nearly three-year hiatus from pro ball.

Mr. Williams’ entry continued the upgrade coach Delta Pineda initiated in the leadup to next week’s Commissioner’s Cup. The FiberXers earlier acquired Calvin Abueva, James Kwekuteye, Jonnel Policarpio and Kurt Reyson in a series of trades then signed up 7-foot defensive dynamo Kylor Kelley to reinforce the core of Justine Baltazar, Justin Arana and Mr. Stockton. — Olmin Leyba