^ Ritualo has never been able to approximate the great success he had in the amateurs - where he was surrounded by exceptional talent (DLSU's Filam era & Tanduay Rhum's PBL reign) ..... shooting does become easier when you're not the primary offensive threat.
Ritualo was never a pro superstar to begin with - having never developed the other facets of his game, other than the longhot of course ...... honestly, I can probably count with one hand, the number of times I've seen Ritualo score on a layup & I've watched quite a number of games.
As for the SHOPINAS CLICKERS further developing their team ..... dont count on it.
This team is owned by Mr. Bert Lina - the man whose sole purpose in joining the PBA is to draft & collect talent, then SELL them to the elite teams.
The number of WTF trades that Bert Lina had engineered for his AIR21/FEDEX/BURGER KING team throughout the years, is absolutely mind-boggling (most, where to SMC teams of course).
One standout example:
Near the tail-end of the 2009 PBA season, then BURGER KING traded their marquee player Arwind Santos (even then, he was a perennial Best Player of the Conference & season MVP contender) to SAN MIGUEL ...... he was traded for Ken Bono, Marc Pingris & a draft pick.
Marc Pingris was "released" to PUREFOODS the following day, while Ken Bono was waived a few weeks after.