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MANILA, Philippines – With Gilas Pilipinas unavailable this time, Mighty Sports will once again represent the country in the annual Jones Cup in Taiwan this July where some World Cup-bound teams, including South Korea and Japan, will also see action.
Charles Tiu will call the shots for the team bannered by Fil-Am Jason Brickman, who’s back for his third tour of duty for Mighty Sports, Jason Gray, and Roosevelt Adams, who also helped Mighty Sports finish third in the tough Dubai Invitational tournament last February.
Former PBA player Joseph Yeo and MPBL MVP Gab Banal, who also both played for Mighty in the Dubai joust, have been tapped anew along with former Ateneo player Aaron Black.
“Coach Charles will have his hands full this time because some of the best teams in Asia are also taking part to gain more toughness in time for the World Cup,” said team owner Alex Wongchuking.
Mighty Sports hopes to relive its 2016 magic where it completed an eight-game sweep for the crown behind NBA veterans Al Thornton and Senegalese Hamady N’Diaye, and the sharp-shooting Dewarick Spencer.
Tiu said Tunisia, Japan, Korea and Iran are the teams to beat in the annual event won 5 times by a Philippine side.
“Tunisia won the Afrobasket recently. Of course we can’t belittle the host country Taiwan,” said Tiu. – Rappler.com
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