Jordan Clarkson is already sure to join Gilas Pilipinas for the FIBA World Cup.
While it was good news for local hoops fans, it is also a challenge for national team coach Chot Reyes.
Reyes said their preparation this time is very different than at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
“In 2014, we had a full month with Andray Blatche, and now we have 18 days (with Clarkson)… the kind of competition that we’re facing is so much more difficult this time because there’s fewer teams, and we have very, very little margin now for error,” he said in a report by ABS-CBN News.
“So I would say mas mahirap ‘yung preparation namin ngayon simply because we will only have 18 days with Jordan.”
He added that the national team still has a long way to go before they are truly prepared for the Cup.
“We are less than 50 percent maybe in my mind because Jordan Clarkson is such a big part of our team as you can imagine. So his not yet being here obviously is a big factor in our preparation,” said Reyes.
“However, ang ginagawa natin, the coaching staff, is that we are preparing as best we can so that, pagdating ni Jordan, we are able to ramp up and accelerate that preparation to be able to get to 100 percent in the 18 days he’s going to be with us,” he added.
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