Filipino basketball players need to expose themselves more to FIBA basketball in order for the country to regain its status as contenders in Asia.
This, according to 1972 Munich Olympian Rosalio "Yoyong" Martirez, who hinted that the Philippines is influenced too much by the United States and the NBA.
The book authored by former journalist and editor Noel Albano commemorates the legacies of the Philippines from the 1930s to 1970s, when the nation was undisputed in the Asian region and made the Olympic basketball tournament several times. Martirez said the Gilas program will just have to buy into the process until it catapults itself to Asian contender status again, aside from familiarizing with the international brand of play more from a young age.
Mariano, meanwhile, said the mindset of doing it all for the country should be reinstilled to athletes, more than treating basketball as just livelihood. "Maski araw-arawin mo naman ang laro, , mahirap eh, kapag mahirap ang buhay sa atin. Wala tayong magagawa," he said.
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