JUSTIN Brownlee will travel from the US straight to Estonia to join Gilas Pilipinas in a pocket tournament.
Head coach Chot Reyes revealed on his Instagram account that Brownlee underwent a "non-basketball medical procedure" forcing him to miss practices in the Philippines.
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Gilas is set to leave for Estonia on Thursday.
"So he will just meet us in Estonia," Reyes said in his Instagram account.
Brownlee is coming off a stint with Gilas Pilipinas where he led the national team in reclaiming the gold medal in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.
The Barangay Ginebra import was later named to the Gilas pool for the 2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup along with Fil-Am Jordan Clarkson and fellow naturalized Filipino Ange Kouame from the Ivory Coast.
Brownlee, however, has not joined in Gilas practices at the Meralco Gym as well as at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.
Gilas faces Estonia and Finland in the pocket tournament.
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