After his stint in the ABL, he processed his citizenship papers at the Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines to prove his Filipino lineage[REF] and applied for the 2014 PBA D-League Draft, where he was drafted first overall by Cagayan Rising Suns.
After spending a season in the D-League, he applied, along with 16 other Fil-Foreigners, for the 2015 PBA draft, according to the list released by the PBA on August 10, 2015 [REF].