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Norman Black, who quickly takes Gilas Pilipinas’ teaching reins for the SEA Video games, secures the dedication of the likes of Justin Brownlee, Remy Martin, Matthew Wright, and Dave Ildefonso because the workforce eyes one other golden run
MANILA, Philippines – Eight gamers have dedicated to the Gilas Pilipinas workforce set to compete within the 2025 Southeast Asian Video games as head coach Norman Black seeks to steer the nation to a different gold medal.
Black mentioned on Friday, September 5, that his preliminary pool for the regional showdown to be hosted by Thailand in December consists of Justin Brownlee, Ray Parks, Matthew Wright, Ange Kouame, Remy Martin, Jason Brickman, Dave Ildefonso, and Veejay Pre.
“We nonetheless have 4 slots left. We’re hoping to have the ability to add massive males, as a result of you possibly can see, when you hearken to the names I gave you, we lack bigs,” mentioned Black on the sidelines of the PBA Draft Mix, the place he scouted for Meralco.
Black quickly takes the teaching reins for the nationwide workforce after official head coach Tim Cone begged off from calling the pictures within the SEA Video games as he and Barangay Ginebra are anticipated to be within the thick of Philippine Cup motion for the fiftieth PBA season.
Cone will nonetheless coach the Philippines within the opening window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in November as they face Guam twice.
Thus far, Black has put collectively a formidable squad.
Brownlee, Kouame, Martin, and Brickman are all thought of naturalized gamers beneath FIBA guidelines, however they can play within the SEA Video games concurrently occasion organizers require athletes to current solely the passport of the nations they select to symbolize.
It will likely be the primary nationwide workforce stint for each Martin and Brickman, two US NCAA merchandise whose skills and expertise taking part in abroad will come in useful within the SEA Video games.
Parks, Wright, and Ildefonso return to Gilas Pilipinas duties after all of them missed motion for a few years, whereas Pre is about to symbolize the Philippines for the primary time as he serves his one-year residency within the UAAP following his switch from FEU to UP.
Black goals to bolster his squad with standout gamers from the UAAP after requests to faucet Filipino imports within the Japan B. League and the Korean Basketball League had been turned down by their groups.
The issue, nonetheless, is the schedule because the UAAP males’s basketball match for Season 88 is predicted to run till December.
“We had been hoping that we would get some consideration from the UAAP, as a result of they’ve lots of massive males there that may assist us, and so they’re younger, and so they’re good,” mentioned Black.
“So we’re hoping that they’ll have the ability to make some changes to have the ability to enable a few of their gamers to play within the Southeast Asian Video games.”
Gilas Pilipinas has gained a report 19 SEA Video games gold medals, together with one beneath Black within the 2011 version in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In 2023, the Philippines reclaimed its throne by outlasting a souped-up Cambodian squad that featured a number of naturalized Individuals within the finale. – Rappler.com