JUSTIN BROWNLEE takes his turn to anchor the men’s national team in the Hangzhou Asian Games and, man, he’s all fired up. “Let’s give Philippine basketball a great showing, keep ourselves prepared and play hard in the Asian Games,” Brownlee said Wednesday. “I’m excited for the team, excited for the…
JUSTIN BROWNLEE takes his turn to anchor the men’s national team in the Hangzhou Asian Games and, man, he’s all fired up.
Brownlee will be Gilas Pilipinas’s naturalized player in Hangzhou alongside Ange Kouame—the Asian Games only consider athletes’ passports for their eligibility to play for a particular country. The 35-year-old six-time champion import of the Philippine Basketball Association was second option to Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson in the recent FIBA World Cup.
Basketball fans, meanwhile, are in for a double treat when the Asian Games-bound men’s and women’s national teams open the gates of their training facility to the public on Thursday.“No tickets are necessary,” Cone said. “We just want the public to come and observe.”
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