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GILAS Pilipinas coach Jong Uichico is unfazed, even if Kai Sotto doesn’t make it to the third window of the 2021 Fiba Asian Cup qualifiers in February.
“We are confident that with the given time, we will be able to create a team that can compete,” he said. Spin.ph.
Sotto will not be able to play for the national team in the final knockout window in Clark due to his obligations to Ignite, which along with 17 other teams will enter the Disney bubble in Orlando when the NBA G League celebrates its 2021 season.
That commitment will delay the debut of the 7-foot-2-inch big man, who is expected to be a cornerstone for the Filipino team at the 2023 Fiba World Cup here.
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Still, Uichico believes there will be no shortage of talent for Gilas, especially with the national team expecting an influx of PBA players to join the youngsters who saw action in the Manama window.
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has yet to name the players who will be part of the training bubble at Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, although some of the great men expected to return from the November window are Isaac Go, Justine Baltazar and William Navarro.
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Meanwhile, Christian Standhardinger, Japeth Aguilar and Poy Erram are just some of the names that floated on the list that SBP submitted to the PBA.
Uichico reiterated that for now nothing is final.
“We are still finalizing our lineup for the bubble and when will we enter,” he said.
