An all-Filipino Gilas Pilipinas left Manila for Guandong, China on Tuesday morning (August 1) to participate in the 2023 Heyuan WUS International Basketball Tournament.
PBA Most Valuable Player Scottie Thompson no longer joined the team in China as he continues to recover from a metacarpal fracture on his shooting hand, which he sustained during the national squad's Europe training camp.The do-it-all Ginebra guard joins young big man Kai Sotto and naturalized players Justin Brownlee and Ange Kouame among the Gilas pool members, who are staying in Manila.
The former NBA Sixth Man of the Year will have at least over two weeks to get reacquainted with Reyes' system before Gilas makes its much-awaited 2023 FIBA World Cup debut against the Karl-Anthony Towns-led Dominican Republic at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan on August 25.Gilas left Manila with a 14-man roster led by PBA six-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo, Rhenz Abando, Chris Newsome, Japeth Aguilar, AJ Edu, Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
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