MANILA, Philippines — Who will coach Gilas Pilipinas within the upcoming Southeast Asian Video games?
The PBA board is about to fulfill for the composition of the Philippine males’s basketball crew in time for the SEA Video games, STAR/Philstar.com sources mentioned.
Sourcs mentioned Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Grassroots Program Participant Identification and Improvement head Norman Black may very well be named the top coach of the nationwide crew in December.
Black previously coached the then-Sinag Pilipinas again within the 2011 version of the biennial meet. The Kiefer Ravena-led crew gained the gold medal there.
Black gained quite a few titles within the PBA in addition to the Ateneo Blue Eagles within the UAAP.
Again in Could, present Gilas head coach Tim Cone mentioned he could beg off from the SEA Video games if it is not going to be composed of the present gamers in his pool. For now, it’s uncertain whether or not the pool made up of PBA gamers, in addition to KBL and Japan B.League standouts, would be the core of the crew.
The SEA Video games will probably be held in December in Thailand. It’s going to probably coincide with PBA Season 50.
Gilas is the defending champion within the SEA Video games 5×5 males’s basketball. The crew completed second within the 2021 version.
Cone and the Philippine delegation will probably be flying off to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the FIBA Asia Cup, which is able to run from August 5-17.