{"id":219689,"date":"2019-06-21T03:02:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T07:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219689"},"modified":"2019-06-21T03:02:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T07:02:02","slug":"only-9-players-show-up-for-second-gilas-practice-parks-declines-national-team-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/21\/only-9-players-show-up-for-second-gilas-practice-parks-declines-national-team-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 9 players show up for second Gilas practice, Parks declines national team offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Actually for today we invited Ray Parks but he declined so my understanding is he declined to be part of the pool.” – Coach Yeng Guiao (File Photo<\/a>: Gilas Pilipinas<\/a>\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>In preparation for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China this coming August, Gilas Pilipinas head coach Yeng Guiao called for a second closed-practice at the Meralco Gym last Thursday, June 20 – of which only a total of nine players showed up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among those players include national team center June Mar Fajardo, San Miguel teammates Marcio Lassiter and Gabe Norwood, Barangay Ginebra\u2019s Japeth Aguilar, Magnolia Hotshots\u2019 Paul Lee and Mark Barroca, Talk N\u2019 Text\u2019s Roger Pogoy and Troy Rosario, and NLEX Road Warriors\u2019 Poy Erram.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rain or Shine Elastopainter Raymond Almazan was also not present for the second practice of the week but participated in training the Monday prior. KaTropa point guard Jayson Castro remains unseen.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the meantime, Coach Yeng continues to build up his national team lineup. For Thursday\u2019s practice, the seven-time Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) champion coach revealed \u201cActually for today we invited Ray Parks but he declined so my understanding is he declined to be part of the pool. My understanding is that he has different priorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Guiao is looking forward to the arrival of former Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Blue Eagle Kiefer Ravena expecting his presence at practice next week. Guiao said, \u201cBy that time he’s going to be eligible, he\u2019ll just catch up with his conditioning,\u201d adding, \u201cHe\u2019s not in full basketball shape, but he’s in decent shape. He didn\u2019t let go of his money, but he went to training on his own.\u201d Norwood also responds to having a new team member, sharing, \u201cI’m excited to have him back here on the court with us, and really see how he steps into that role of leadership and really running the show.”<\/span><\/p>\n

With Parks\u2019 decline and Ravena\u2019s acceptance, Guiao also elaborates that he is still \u201clooking at some other guys to invite.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Philippines is anticipating taking on Serbia, Italy, and Angola in Group D of the upcoming international competition that begins on August 31.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In preparation for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China this coming August, Gilas Pilipinas head coach Yeng Guiao …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":219690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219735,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219689\/revisions\/219735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}