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    Gilas set to name replacement players for Asian Games team

    An overhauled Gilas team is facing more changes
    Sep 19, 2023
    tim cone, calvin abueva, jason perkins , gilas asian games
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    DESPITE being hampered by a severe manpower shortage, Gilas Pilipinas will not back out of the Asian Games, multiple sources told SPIN.ph.

    READ: Gilas risks losing Abueva, Perkins as Asiad organizers deny request

    The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the PBA are set to make a formal announcement at a 1 p.m. press conference on changes to the 12-man lineup to offset the loss of Calvin Abueva and Jason Perkins, sources bared.

    The Asiad-bound team went through an overhaul under interim coach Tim Cone after the resignation of head coach Chot Reyes at the end of the Fiba World Cup campaign.

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      However, Gilas' bid to call up Abueva and Perkins as replacements for injured Jamie Malonzo and Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser faced a roadblock from the Hangzhou Organizing Committee.

      Now Gilas has no choice but to call up new players from the 60-man pool originally submitted to Asiad organizers.

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