Chot Reyes, the outgoing Gilas Pilipinas head coach, believes that participant availability needs to be some extent of focus for the nationwide staff program shifting ahead.
He understands that it will not be simple, although, with so many elements affecting it.
“It’s just player availability. But ticklish kasi ang player availability eh, one end is that it’s going to be a mandate of the SBP or the leagues or whatever,” Reyes stated in an interview.
“But there’s also one thing, will the players want to or not.”
In the build-up to the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Gilas Pilipinas struggled to assemble everybody collectively.
Jordan Clarkson, probably the most vital items on the staff, flew to the Philippines on August 8, leaving only a whole of 17 days to mesh along with his teammates and coaches.
Other than Clarkson, Kai Sotto and Scottie Thompson additionally joined the staff late after sustaining separate accidents that compelled them to overlook the staff’s marketing campaign in a pocket event in China previous to the World Cup.
“We didn’t have enough time to practice so the two weeks that he was here, we had three tune-up games which he only played twice and then we couldn’t practice naman everyday so we had to take two breaks,” Reyes shared.
“So those 16 days, take away those three tune-up games then the two breaks, we had 10 practices. It’s not enough.”
Gilas formally had its first apply as an entire unit with 10 days to go earlier than the worldwide cagefest. Despite the restricted preparation interval, Gilas nonetheless went toe-to-toe in opposition to among the greatest groups on the earth with aggressive losses to the Dominican Republic, Angola, and Italy earlier than one other defeat to South Sudan within the second spherical.
In their fifth sport in opposition to China, they bought their first win of the competitors in a 96-75 rout of their Asian rivals.
“It’s really not enough. And it really showed, that’s why the offense was not as fluid and as smooth,” Reyes stated.
“But, we still fought. We were still in every game.”
According to Reyes, availability on the proper time may have made a world of distinction.
“Kasi player availability is sagip na no’n ‘yung talent and ‘yung preparation. Dapat available ka sa ample time na kailangan ng team,” he added.
“You cannot say na available ka one week to go na lang or two weeks. I think if we had started as early as July 25, ang laking difference sa laro natin no’n.”
(“Because player availability encompasses the talent and preparation. They need to be available with ample time according to the team’s needs… You cannot say you’re available with just one week to go or two weeks. I think if we had started as early as July 25, it would have made a big difference in our play here.”)
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
