Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes is bent on adding more PBA players to the men’s national team’s pool for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
“Kakausap ko lang kay Coach Chot. Mamimili pa siya, eh. Marami pa siyang kukuhanin na mga players,” Commissioner Willie Marcial said in a report by ABS-CBN News.
“Sabi ko naman, available naman ang PBA. Sabihan mo lang kami, para masabihan namin ang ‘yung team.”
This was after it was reported that former UP Fighting Maroon Carl Tamayo had decided to pull out of Gilas’ 21-man pool due to injury.
National teams qualified for the FIBA World Cup may add as many names as possible to their roster pool ahead of the event.
The final 12-man rosters will be confirmed in a technical meeting before the World Cup proper.
Already on the current Gilas list are Rhenz Abando, Japeth Aguilar, Justin Brownlee, Jordan Clarkson, AJ Edu, Poy Erram, June Mar Fajardo, Jordan Heading, Ange Kouame, Jamie Malonzo, Chris Newsome, Calvin Oftana, Bobby Ray Parks Jr., CJ Perez, Roger Ray Pagoy, Dwight Ramos, Kiefer Ravena, Thirdy Ravena, Kai Sotto, and Scottie Thompson.
Meanwhile, those who attended on the first day of the team’s Inspire Sports Academy training camp last Saturday include Abando, Aguilar, Edu, Erram, Fajardo, Kouame, Malonzo, Perez, the Ravenas, and Thompson.
