GILAS Pilipinas held practice for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games for the first time since the conclusion of the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup Finals with only 11 players showing up on Wednesday night at the Meralco Gym.
Christian Standhardinger of Barangay Ginebra was the lone player from the recently-concluded PBA Finals who showed up in practice, joining CJ Perez and Chris Ross of San Miguel, Chris Newsome and Aaron Black of Meralco, Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser of NLEX, and Sean Anthony of NLEX.
NorthPort's Arvin Tolentino arrived midway through practice to bring the players turnout to 11, counting college players Mason Amos of Ateneo and brothers Michael and Ben Phillips of La Salle from what started as a 28-man pool.
RR Pogoy has been ruled out due to injury while Mikey Williams and Jamie Malonzo have already begged off from the SEA Games campaign.
June Mar Fajardo said on Wednesday he's in doubt for the 'redeem' bid.
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Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone was also present in the Wednesday practice in his capacity as an assistant of Chot Reyes at Gilas.
As of posting time, Gilas Pilipinas was in the middle of practice and was not yet available for comment as to the reason for the lean attendance with nine days to go before the opening of the SEA Games in Cambodia.
Gilas assistants Jong Uichico and Josh Reyes were also present during the practice.
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