Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes is aware of CJ Perez may give their offensive circulate a lift anytime of the day.
However, the veteran tactician defined why the San Miguel Beerman and former high general choose was a DNP (didn’t play) throughout their 87-81 loss to Dominican Republic on Friday within the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
According to Reyes, they didn’t expertise a battle on offense all all through the sport with the likes of Jordan Clarkson, Dwight Ramos, and June Mar Fajardo offering the elevate themselves.
“I felt the guys who were inside were playing really well and we were right in the ballgame,” Reyes stated within the press convention.
But the Filipinos suffered an enormous blow when Clarkson wasn’t capable of end the sport after getting whistled with 5 fouls with 3:32 left within the fourth quarter as they trailed the guests, 79-76.
Despite that, Reyes stated subbing Perez in might solely do extra hurt than good as Scottie Thompson, RR Pogoy, and Ramos manning the backcourt for Gilas till the ultimate buzzer.
“We need CJ when we have a scoring drought and when we need something going on in the court but like I said, we were fine all the way through until the last five minutes when Jordan fouled out,” Reyes added.
“With what went, I thought it was too late to insert somebody who was ice-cold from the bench. When the situation calls for it, CJ and even Kai should be ready.”
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
