Naturalized gamers Justin Brownlee and Ange Kouame, together with former nationwide group members Ray Parks, Matthew Wright, and Dave Ildefonso, are amongst those that have dedicated to play for Gilas Pilipinas within the 2025 Southeast Asian Video games, in line with head coach Norman Black.
Becoming a member of them are Remy Martin, Jason Brickman, and collegiate standout Veejay Pre.
Black revealed the names on Friday, noting that the group nonetheless must fill a number of frontcourt positions.
“We nonetheless have 4 slots left. We’re hoping to have the ability to add massive males, as a result of, as you’ll be able to see from the names I gave you, we lack dimension,” mentioned Black.
“We had been hoping to get some consideration from the UAAP, as a result of they’ve a whole lot of massive males who might help us. They’re younger and proficient.”
Whereas Black is looking for assist from collegiate groups, he acknowledged that the SEA Video games schedule in Bangkok will doubtless battle with the collegiate season.
“For us to have the ability to recruit a few of their star gamers for the SEA Video games group, judging by the schedule that’s been launched to date, or not less than the one I’ve seen, there would must be some changes to accommodate the SEA Video games,” he added.
Along with the UAAP, Black can also be hoping for help from the PBA and MPBL.
He additionally talked about that they reached out to Filipino gamers in Korea and Japan, however had been turned down by their respective golf equipment.
Nonetheless, Black stays hopeful and goals to assemble the group for not less than two weeks of apply.
“It’s going to be exhausting to get a whole lot of apply time when these guys are coming from completely different groups and simply becoming a member of the SEA Video games roster,” Black mentioned.
The 2025 SEA Video games in Bangkok will run from December 9 to December 20.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
