There was some concern that Calvin Oftana wouldn’t make the flight from Manila to Jeddah final evening and both Troy Rosario or RJ Abarrientos would take his place on the 12-man Gilas roster for the FIBA Asia Cup on Aug. 5-17. The day earlier than the flight, Oftana’s availability was up within the air due to ankle points that he performed by within the latest PBA Philippine Cup Finals.
However in Gilas’ morning apply yesterday, Oftana was declared good to go. Final Tuesday, Gilas took a break from apply to organize for journey. Staff supervisor/assistant coach Richard Del Rosario stated solely 12 gamers have been allowed for the journey so no room for reserves. “Troy and RJ have been our reserves in case of accidents so if Calvin can play, then that would depart them out,” stated del Rosario.
In Gilas’ send-off sport in opposition to Macau final Monday, Oftana was on the lineup however didn’t play. June Mar Fajardo, nonetheless recent from taking part in within the PBA Finals, wasn’t on the roster however sat on the bench in civvies. CJ Perez, who joined Oftana and Fajardo within the Finals, suited up and logged 11:05 minutes, all within the second half. Abarrientos and Rosario have been on the 14-man forged however solely the Ginebra rookie performed, clocking 5:quarter-hour.
SBP govt director Erika Dy stated Gilas beforehand submitted an expanded roster to FIBA which revealed it final July 7. Solely from this pool may Gilas select the ultimate 12. The pool consisted of 15 gamers – Fajardo, Oftana, Perez, Rosario, Abarrientos, Scottie Thompson, Japeth Aguilar, Jamie Malonzo, Chris Newsome, Dwight Ramos, AJ Edu, Carl Tamayo, Kevin Quiambao, Justin Brownlee and Rhenz Abando.
“Deadline is way earlier for the ultimate roster in match forms of FIBA competitions,” stated Dy. “As soon as submitted, that’s just about it until there’s a legit damage proven as much as the evening of the technical assembly. After the technical assembly, it’s closing.” The technical assembly is convened the day earlier than the beginning of hostilities.
Del Rosario stated FIBA permits an early listing of as much as 24 gamers for a nationwide workforce in what known as the MAP or Administration and Administration Platform. MAP is FIBA’s on-line data system and affords a centralized stage to gather and share knowledge between Nationwide Federations and FIBA, together with participant licenses.
As for Abando, Del Rosario stated there was not sufficient time to convey him in. “We didn’t ask Rhenz to go anymore as a result of it was already too late to combine him when he arrived from the Jones Cup,” stated Del Rosario.
The ultimate 12 are Fajardo, Oftana, Perez, Thompson, Aguilar, Malonzo, Newsome, Ramos, Edu, Tamayo, Quiambao and Brownlee. If anybody among the many 12 is injured from now till the eve of the match, a alternative could also be referred to as in however will solely come from the expanded pool of 15, that means Rosario or Abarrientos or Abando. There should be proof of damage earlier than a alternative is made. As soon as a roster is submitted on the technical assembly, it could not be modified so if a participant is injured in the course of the competitors, he can’t be changed.