ni Gerard Peter - @Sports | June 15, 2021
Magkakahiwalay na hiyawan at pagbati ang sumalubong sa pagbaba ng service bus ni teenage basketball phenom Kai Sotto sa pagdating ng Gilas Pilipinas sa Quest Hotel, senyales ng posibleng paglalaro nito – ngunit tila walang kasiguruhan kung tunay na masisilayan ito sa loob ng court sa pagsabak ng koponan sa FIBA Asia Cup 2021 sa Angeles University Foundation Gymnasium sa Pampanga.
“We're hoping that he'll be able to play with the rest of the team. He is still evaluated in terms of match fitness, based on my discussion with coach Tab Baldwin,” pahayag ni SBP Assistant to the President na si Ryan Gregorio, linggo ng hapon sa ginanap na virtual press conference. “We want to make sure that we are not compromising his health. He has not done a lot basketball in the last few days and we want to immerse him slowly. We want to make sure knows the defensive scheme of things. Our concepts on offense and our strategies and our scouting and all. Of course, on the top of it is building chemistry,” dagdag ng dating 3-time PBA champion coach.
Sasalang ang 12-man national team sa Miyerkules laban sa mahigpit na karibal na South Korean team bandang 6 p.m. kasunod ng tapatan ng China at Japan sa unang laro sa 2:30 ng hapon. Bukod kay Sotto, kung saka-sakali, pagpipilian pa kina newly naturalized at dating Ateneo Blue Eagles center Ange Kouame, Dwight Ramos, Justine Baltazar, Javi Gomez de Liano, Isaac Go, Mike Nieto, Jordan Heading, William Navarro, Jaydee Tungcab, Carl Tamayo, Lebron Lopez, RJ Abarrientos, SJ Belangel at Geo Chiu ang maglalaro laban sa Korean team na ibabandera naman ni naturalized Ra Gun-Ah (Ricardo Ratcliffe).
Makakatapat ng Gilas ang mas pinalakas na Indonesia team sa pangunguna ni dating PBA import Lester Prosper, sa Biyernes, Hunyo 18 sa 6pm at muli laban sa Korea sa Linggo, Hunyo 20 sa ala-3:00 ng hapon.
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