The multi-titled mentor has already unveiled his initial 12-man lineup, which according to him, would allow the Nationals to be versatile enough to compete against the size of China and other Middle Eastern teams like Iran, Lebanon and Jordan.
Gilas Pilipinas interim head coach Tim Cone was pretty much satisfied with the team that he had formed for the 19th Asian Games set later this month in Hangzhou, China.
World Cup players Scottie Thompson, RR Pogoy, June Mar Fajardo, and Japeth Aguilar form the nucleus of the squad along with pool members Calvin Oftana, Chris Newsome and naturalized players Justin Brownlee and Ange Kouame.“I'm good with what we got. We got a good balance of size, quickness on the three and four and we got good guards and I got good shooters like Roger, Terrence, Calvin and Justin,” said Cone at the end of Gilas’ first practice at the PhilSports Arena on Monday, Sept. 11.
Of course, the biggest question is whether Abueva and Perkins will get the green light from the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee to be officially part of the lineup as their names were not included in the initial 60 players list submitted by the Philippine Olympic Committee last July. “If we can keep Calvin and Perk, I think that will give us versatility to challenge Japan and Korea,” he added.
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