Gilas Pilipinas may be playing without a pure point guard in its lineup for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament but head coach Tim Cone was hardly worried, believing that he has enough talent in his roster to make up for the absence of Scottie Thompson.
The veteran mentor said he’s looking at the trio of combo guards in Dwight Ramos, Chris Newsome and CJ Perez to step up and fill in the void at the point guard spot and the three have been impressive so far.
Gilas actually got a feel of how to play without Thompson in the lineup during the team’s 74-64 victory over the Taiwan Mustangs on Monday, June 24. Ramos looked comfortable in his role with 19 points to show while Newsome and Perez, who mainly served as relievers, provided quality minutes off the bench.
The veteran mentor doesn’t see any problems in utilizing the players, often playing at the shooting guard spots in their club teams, as point guards, noting that having a pure point guard wasn’t really a necessity to run the triangle offense.
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