Because of their impressive games, there's a news that they receive an invitation to play with the strong teams in FIBA.
here's the full news.
The veteran mentor said that European teams such as Lithuania and Slovenia have invited the Philippine team to come over, as other federations are also keen on preparing the best they could in a bid to get tickets for Paris.
“We’ve got some invitations from Lithuania, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic, we’re gonna work our way through those and see what we can do,” he said.
Nothing is set in stone yet, though, with the Philippine team given just 10 days to prepare for FIBA windows as per the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas’ agreement with other basketball stakeholders like the PBA and the UAAP.
That includes the OQT – where Gilas will be playing in Latvia – as well. “The window for us to do it is only 10 days,” said the 65-year-old bench tactician.
“That’s our agreement with the PBA, that’s our agreement with the NCAA and UAAP, and also the agreement with the Japan league – they can only release them for so long for a FIBA window. Ten days it is for us,” he added.
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https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/gilas-receive-invitation-from-european-powerhouses-for-oqt-buildup/295351
This one is great news, and I'm not surprised why this came up. The way Gilas played in the last two games showed how good their lineup is, and they are deserving to play with the big boys, the teams with the better ranking in the FIBA World Cup. I hope they'll televise this game so we will see if we are really strong enough to compete with the best in the world.
What do you think about Gilas now? Will they qualify for the Olympics?
About the naturalized player, which is better, Clarkson or JB?
That show how good their line up is and how also good the system brought up by coach CTC. I never thought they take a huge lead again Chinese Taipei since I though they are way more better than past years, but we see a worse performance that's why they had been dominated by Gilas.
Also good to see those invitations from European team since we can see and test how good the current Gilas roster since if they can able to perform so well and defeat those strong ball clubs then we might all agree that future is so good with Pilipinas basketball team.
I will take JB since he's not a selfish player and can't play with the team. Compare on JC where he always get the ball and shoot it although can't blame him for doing that since maybe that is the set play by old coach and they totally at huge mess at that time.