ANDY Gemao's Manila homecoming is all set.
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The NCAA Season 98 juniors basketball finals MVP has committed to join Fil Nation Select USA in the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) National Finals in March.
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The 2023 NBTC runners-up confirmed the addition of the former Letran Squire on Wednesday morning.
"A Philippine basketball gift, Andy Gemao, the no. 1 HS player, is coming back to Manila to win the NBTC with Fil Nation select and crew."
Its full roster will be revealed in due course in a bid to finally foil National University's (NU) four-peat challenge in a month's time.
In his overseas journey thus far, Gemao's bid to reach the NBA as the league's very first full-blooded Filipino player has taken remarkable strides forward.
The 6-foot-1 Iligan native has tried out for California's Veritas Academy National Prep and the Nike Elite High School, trained with four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson and his skills coach Charlie Max Torres, and stood out in the Basketball Without Borders Asia camp in the United Arab Emirates last June.
Gemao decided to take flight, in a rather fruitful adventure to date, after putting an end to Letran's 22-year juniors basketball drought in a two-game championship sweep over College of St. Benilde.
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