{"id":61556,"date":"2015-09-18T01:26:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=61556"},"modified":"2015-09-18T01:26:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T17:26:22","slug":"former-gilas-coach-gilas-3-0-has-a-chance-for-the-medal-in-fiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/09\/18\/former-gilas-coach-gilas-3-0-has-a-chance-for-the-medal-in-fiba\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gilas coach: Gilas 3.0 has a chance for the medal in FIBA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Gilas Pilipinas coach Rajko Toroman (Wikipedia photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Gilas Pilipinas head coach Rajko Toroman is confident that the Philippines will finish on top in this year\u2019s FIBA Asia Championships which will be held in Changsha, China next week.<\/p>\n

Already considering that China and Iran would be difficult to beat, Toroman believes that the other Asian countries would also find it hard to get past the Philippine national team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very good, for sure they have a chance for the medal,\u201d he said in a Spin.ph report.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say China is still the team to beat because they play at home, second maybe Iran because they played good in the last Jones Cup and they have been playing longer together plus they have Hamed Haddadi,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Although lacking ceiling, Toroman maintains that Gilas\u2019 impressive speed would make it difficult for other teams to scout them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be very difficult to scout them (GilasPilipinas) because of the way they are playing, dribble and drive is a very specific system. It\u2019s hard to defend them, they spread the floor, they have big men like [Andre] Blatche who can spread the floor,\u201d he said in the same report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be very difficult to scout the Philippines. It\u2019s easier to scout the other teams than the Philippines, because you scout them today, next thing you know they run a new set of plays,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the national team placed third in the latest FIBA Asia power rankings, behind titleholder Iran and host China. Making it to the top five were Jordan and Taiwan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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