The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will reveal the names on its ultimate roster of 12 for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup after Gilas Pilipinas’ three pleasant matches towards three different nations subsequent week.
Gilas will play Ivory Coast on August 18 earlier than taking over Montenegro and Mexico on the twentieth and twenty first behind closed doorways.
According to SBP president Al Panlilio, this sequence of tune-up video games shall be instrumental in figuring out the 12-man lineup of Gilas.
“I know that other countries have already done so but it’s very hard for the coaches to really make that decision,” Panlilio stated throughout the PSA Forum on Tuesday.
“I think these next three games that we’re playing, Ivory Coast (August 18), Monte Negro (August 20), and Mexico (August 21), will really help the coaches for the final 12.”
SBP initially named a 21-man pool for the worldwide competitors with naturalized cagers Jordan Clarkson, Justin Brownlee, and Ange Kouame included on the listing.
The different 18 native gamers are Dwight Ramos, Chris Newsome, CJ Perez, Rhenz Abando, Jordan Heading, RR Pogoy, Scottie Thompson, Jamie Malonzo, Japeth Aguilar, Poy Erram, Carl Tamayo, Ray Parks Jr., June Mar Fajardo, Kai Sotto, AJ Edu, Calvin Oftana, and Kiefer and Thirdy Ravena.
Brownlee and Kouame are already dominated out because the naturalized spot shall be given to Clarkson whereas Erram lately retired from his nationwide crew responsibility as a result of a knee damage. Tamayo had earlier begged off as a result of an damage as nicely.
Thompson and Sotto, in the meantime, have returned to Gilas coaching after sustaining accidents prior to now weeks.
Despite selecting amongst solely 17 gamers, Panlilio stated the choice to chop 5 gamers could be a troublesome process for head coach Chot Reyes and his deputies.
“I think the difficulty for the coaches now is deciding the final 12 because I have to say thank you to everybody in the pool who has sacrificed for Gilas even though they are not guaranteed a spot,” Panlilio added.
“Talagang gusto namin to perform our very best (We really want to perform our very best).”
The deadline of submission of the ultimate lineup is on August 23, two days earlier than the opening day on August 25 on the Philippine Arena the place Gilas will face Dominican Republic.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
