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MANILA, Philippines – The road to the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers in Manila from July 4-10 continued on Wednesday, May 25, when the Philippine men’s national basketball team held a 3-hour training session at the Meralco Gym in Pasig.
15 players from the pool were present, with 14 active and a one (Jeff Chan) observing.
Here are some highlights from Gilas’ training:
June Mar Fajardo, the 3-point shooter? You heard it here first:
June Mar Fajardo, the jump shooter. pic.twitter.com/jVT5LZelk5
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Speaking of 3-point shooting, one player who’s improved in that area is Calvin Abueva, who was stroking it from downtown:
Castro drives then kicks it out to Abueva who hits the 3 from the corner pic.twitter.com/C1tJvw0gJI
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Another guy who can hit from outside? Gilas coach Tab Baldwin himself:
Coach @iHob1111 hitting from Steph Curry range. He made 3/4. pic.twitter.com/0VNSR63V6c
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Baldwin, who can be light and crack jokes when he’s not engineering his team to completing drills perfectly, asks a member of the crowd to touch the ball here before stroking it again from deep:
Coach @iHob1111 asks a fan to touch the ball, then hits a 3 from the corner. Light moments during practice. pic.twitter.com/sq1fYbr5i7
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Gilas had some 5-on-5 drills on Wednesday. This one ended with Fajardo shooting an easy floater:
Play ends with Fajardo making a floater pic.twitter.com/XldujPfd73
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Look at Gabe Norwood, shaking and baking:
.@GNorwood5 loses Lassiter and then connects on the mid range J pic.twitter.com/kLO0tiai8p
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Told you June Mar’s looking to work on that stroke:
Alex Compton teaches Fajardo some shooting technique and he nails the jumper pic.twitter.com/AQeYAn9ZoM
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Terrence Romeo and Kiefer Ravena connect on a backdoor play leading to the layup:
A glimpse of the future: Romeo connects with Ravena pic.twitter.com/HeyQX8FC36
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Norwood tried using the same move on Ray Parks, but could not get loose:
Parks plays shutdown defense pic.twitter.com/ML40SGt29e
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Parks can get it done on offense as well, stroking the open jumper here from good ball movement:
Excellent ball movement leads to an open @ray15parks 3-ball pic.twitter.com/L9ua9ZIwh9
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Romeo attacks the paint, draws defenders, and finds the open Mo Tautuaa for a slam:
The drive by Romeo leads to the open @Tautuaa33 dunk pic.twitter.com/ouh4nfDkre
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Abueva can also shoot it from midrange:
The drive by Romeo leads to the open @Tautuaa33 dunk pic.twitter.com/ouh4nfDkre
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Romeo and Tautuaa use the pick-and-roll this time, leading to another easy score:
The Romeo-Mo pick and roll works well pic.twitter.com/uExdReuXck
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
Japeth Aguilar is known for his dunking skills, but if you leave him open, he can hit the jumper:
Aguilar can do more than dunk: the jumper is in pic.twitter.com/jksWXCEXl1
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
But, of course, he can still dunk it:
Fast break leads to an alley oop for Japeth pic.twitter.com/mn0S7t4SLR
— Rappler Sports (@RapplerSports) May 25, 2016
– Rappler.com
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