Taking care of the last two games in the classification round to boost its Paris Olympics chances wouldn’t come easy for Gilas Pilipinas especially being pitted against two formidable foes in South Sudan and China.
Taking care of the last two games in the classification round to boost its Paris Olympics chances wouldn’t come easy for Gilas Pilipinas especially being pitted against two formidable foes in South Sudan and China.
“South Sudan physical and athletic team. Watched them play a few games. Their coaching is good as well. I know Luol Deng and how he has put the program over there,” said Clarkson referring to former NBA player Deng who is now part of the coaching staff of head coach Royal Ivey. “And China, very familiar with that team, Kyle Anderson joining as well and their big guy,” Clarkson said of the Asian top team which he first played against during his first stint with the national team in the 2018 Asian Games.
Clarkson stressed that Gilas should come out strong against these teams to finally pick up the elusive first win in the tournament and end a standing eight-game losing streak for the Nationals in the World Cup beginning in the 2019 edition.
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