Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes mentioned that the group will submit the ultimate 12 names who will compete within the 2023 FIBA World Cup through the technical assembly scheduled for Wednesday, August 23.
This after solely 13 gamers from the unique pool have been in attendance for Tuesday’s open observe, three nights earlier than opening day.
Jordan Clarkson, Scottie Thompson, CJ Perez, Kiefer Ravena, RR Pogoy, June Mar Fajardo, AJ Edu, Kai Sotto, Japeth Aguilar, Dwight Ramos, Jamie Malonzo, Rhenz Abando, and Chris Newsome have been those current within the observe.
Other pool members reminiscent of Thirdy Ravena, Bobby Ray Parks, and Calvin Oftana weren’t in attendance.
When requested about a few of the gamers who weren’t current, Reyes asserted that he and his employees will nonetheless make the ultimate choices in time for the technical assembly.
“Basta we will submit in the technical meeting tomorrow,” mentioned the Gilas mentor.
Oftana performed in solely one of many three tune-up video games that the Philippines performed this previous week, whereas Parks and Ravena weren’t fielded into any of the contests.
Gilas will open their World Cup marketing campaign on Friday, August 25, towards the Karl-Anthony Towns-led Dominican Republic.
—Juris Salvanera/JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
