{"id":53604,"date":"2015-06-29T21:24:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T13:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53604"},"modified":"2015-06-29T21:27:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T13:27:08","slug":"globalport-import-may-play-for-his-country-in-2015-fiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/29\/globalport-import-may-play-for-his-country-in-2015-fiba\/","title":{"rendered":"Globalport import may play for his country in 2015 Fiba"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53605\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11350621_850091378389381_3545849926411324737_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53605\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11350621_850091378389381_3545849926411324737_n.jpg\" alt=\"Globalport Asian import Omar Krayem (right) plays against Talk N' Text (Photo from Krayem's official Facebook page)\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11350621_850091378389381_3545849926411324737_n.jpg 615w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/11350621_850091378389381_3545849926411324737_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Globalport Asian import Omar Krayem (right) plays against Talk N&#8217; Text (Photo from Krayem&#8217;s official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8211; Globalport\u2019s Palestinian import Omar Krayem, who played in the 2015 PBA Governors\u2019 Cup quarterfinals, admits that there is &#8216;very high&#8217; possibility that he will be playing for his country\u2019s national team in the coming 2015 Fiba Asia Championship in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very high possibility&#8230; But I need to go home and get some downtime. I\u2019ve been playing since August 1st, Sweden, Mexico and Philippines. So I\u2019m about to get some rest, talk to the National team and see what the plan is and hopefully I make it there in September,\u201d Krayem told reporters after one of his games.<\/p>\n<p>Belonging in the same group, the Philippines and Palestine may play in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to compete. Philippines basketball is tough, physical and got some great players so I\u2019m excited to compete against them and show my real stuff,\u201d Krayem said.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for Globalport, the 28-year-old Palestinian guard averages 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3 assists. He, however, isn\u2019t satisfied with his performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere at Globalport I had to play a role, a role that I\u2019m not really used to and I\u2019ve adjusted. Done the best that I can but on the Palestine National team is different. I\u2019m the main point guard and I\u2019m going to be able to show my stuff more,\u201d Krayem said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019m just looking forward competing against everybody we\u2019re going to play against especially the Philippines since I played here and it\u2019s a pleasure and an honor,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tab Baldwin, on the other hand, believes that Krayem is good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a good player. He\u2019s tough and really quick. And this [PBA stint] will help him a lot,&#8221; Baldwin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8211; Globalport\u2019s Palestinian import Omar Krayem, who played in the 2015 PBA Governors\u2019 Cup quarterfinals, admits that there is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":53605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-53604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53604","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=53604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}