SEVERAL marquee players selected for the FIBA World Cup-bound Gilas Pilipinas national men’s 21-player pool were not available when the team began practicing Wednesday evening at the Meralco Gym.
Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson for instance will be available to the team six weeks before the FIBA tournament, to be hosted by the Philippines, opens on Aug. 25.
Junemar Fajardo, RR Pogoy and Japeth Aguilar, on the other hand, are still recovering from injuries and won’t be able to join the team anytime soon.Life goes on, however, for members of the Gilas pool as they eventually move over to the INSPIRE Sports Academy in Calamba in the coming days. Clarkson, Justin Brownlee and Ange Kouame, three naturalized players, are among the top candidates named to the pool, where the final 12 will come from.
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