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An experienced team from Thailand will take on a young Gilas Pilipinas men’s national basketball team trying to develop chemistry quickly when the November window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers kicks off this Friday in Manama. The Thais, led by former Thai-American standout Tyler Lamb, will seek a victory after bowing to Korea, 83-96, last February. Thailand will also feature veteran Watana Suttisin and 35-year-old Chanatip Jakrawan backing Lamb, who has 28 points and 12 rebounds per game. Despite having experienced players among them, the Thais will not take the Filipinos lightly as they will meet twice in a row. “We have to respect that they are at a world-class level. Personally, being able to play against better players than us is a good experience, ”said team captain and point guard Nattakarn Muangboon in an online statement on the official FIBA website. The Philippine squad is made up of young college players and their meeting with the Thais this Friday will be at the Khalifa Sports City in Manama, Bahrain. Their next meeting will be November 30th. The head of the national team program, Tab Baldwin, said Gilas members have little time to prepare for new strategies against the Thais, who will also have players who saw action in the last Southeast Asian Games.
“Most of our attention has been focused on developing the chemistry and elementary concepts of international basketball and what we hope to see in Thailand,” said Baldwin. The competitions were supposed to be a roundtrip format, but this was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kobe Paras, Justine Baltazar and Juan Gómez de Liano lead the national group. Isaac Go, Rey Suerte, Allyn Bulanadi and twins Matt and Mike Nieto, Dwight Ramos, Will Navarro and Dave Ildefonso from Ateneo, Calvin Oftana and Kemark Carino from San Beda, and Javi Gomez de Liano from the University of the Philippines have also done the cut. . Also featured are Jaydee Tungcab, Dwight Ramos, and naturalization prospect Angelo Kouame. The coaching staff is also made up of Boyet Fernandez, Alton Lister, Sandro Soriano and Andrei Tolentino.
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