Jordan Clarkson update
COACH Chot Reyes is confident Jordan Clarkson won’t need much time hitting top form and adjusting to the Gilas Pilipinas system even as he misses the China pocket tournament.
The 31-year-old Clarkson is expected to link up with the Philippine basketball team on Aug. 8 and join training for the Fiba Basketball World Cup set to open on Aug. 25.
“Jordan will just meet us there, and then tuluy-tuloy na kaming magpa-practice from the 9th moving forward,” Reyes said on former PBA commissioner Noli Eala’s Power & Play program on Saturday.
“The good thing is he’s not coming in cold, he’s been with us before and knows a little of what we’ve been doing, he knows the guys. Obviously, he still has to familiarize himself with some players na ngayon niya lang makakalaro,” said Reyes.
Alapag joins Sacramento Kings staff
JIMMY Alapag is now part of the Sacramento Kings staff as player development coach.
The 45-year-old Alapag moves up from Sacramento’s G League affiliate Stockton Kings where he worked as assistant coach under Bobby Jackson.
Alapag, a member of the Philippine team to the 2014 Fiba Basketball World Cup, was on coaching staff of the Sacramento Kings team that won the 2021 NBA Summer League.
Champion coach of Alab Pilipinas in the Asean Basketball League and former Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach under Tab Baldwin, Alapag was added to the San Miguel coaching staff in the PBA in 2019 before he moved to the US.
Dominican League team update
AL Horford and Chris Duarte won't be joining the Dominican Republic team for the Fiba Basketball World Cup.
The Dominicans, expected to be led by Karl-Anthony Towns, are playing in Group A with Italy and Angola.
Golden State’s Lester Quinones, the NBA G League's Most Improved Player, and Portland’s Justin Minaya are expected to fill up the post left by Horford and Duarte.
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