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Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas officers are in the US with hopes of discovering younger gamers who will play for Gilas Youth, and finally, for Gilas Pilipinas
MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas Youth is within the strategy of discovering new expertise abroad with the objective of manufacturing future gamers for the nationwide senior crew.
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) govt director Erika Dy and expertise identification coach Norman Black flew to the US for the SBP Las Vegas Showcase staged in the hunt for younger gamers who’re eligible to play for the nationwide squad.
There, Dy and Black met with Filipino-American teams to debate the twin citizenship of nationwide crew prospects.
Underneath FIBA guidelines, combined heritage gamers should purchase the passport of the nation they select to signify earlier than turning 16 years previous for them to thought-about an area.
The expertise identification program comes after Gilas Youth competed within the FIBA U17 World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey, the place the crew completed sixteenth after the premature damage of star Kieffer Alas.
“It’s an actual course of that goes all year long. We solely see the tip outcome, which is the Gilas crew. However there’s a whole lot of stuff occurring with the youth groups,” mentioned Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone.
“The World Cup simply completed in Turkey. That crew was good,” Cone added. “They only actually lacked dimension. They should exit and discover guys that may compete on the world stage which can be larger. And that’s what Norman and Erika wish to do.”
Gilas Pilipinas boasts of certainly one of its greatest lineups in current reminiscence, with 7-foot-3 Kai Sotto and 6-foot-10 AJ Edu bolstering the frontline.
Sotto has been representing the Philippines for practically a decade, suiting up within the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup and 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup, the place he and Edu teamed up.
The hope is to find gamers like Sotto, Edu, 6-foot-8 Carl Tamayo to play for Gilas Youth, and finally, for Gilas Pilipinas.
“She is principally in search of jewels within the tough that she will be able to pluck out and proceed the way forward for this system,” mentioned Cone of Dy.
“The hot button is that she is attempting to get youthful gamers to get their passports by the age of 16. And that must be communicated to the communities.”
Gilas Youth U18 is at present competing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the FIBA Asia Cup SEABA Qualifiers.– Rappler.com
