Gilas Pilipinas’ Justin Brownlee throughout a Fiba Olympic qualifying sport. –FIBA PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone has little doubt that Justin Brownlee will present up within the second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers with none scarcity of motivation.
Throughout a presser in Mandaluyong on Wednesday, Cone bared that his current conversations with Brownlee confirmed the Ginebra import’s eagerness to bounce again after falling quick within the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals by the hands of TNT.
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As Cone would put it, there’s no higher means for Brownlee to bounce again than at a world stage.
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“I feel you’re going to see a very motivated Justin coming into this sport versus New Zealand,” stated a assured Cone.
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“After speaking to him after the Finals, he’s extremely motivated and while you see him extremely motivated, I don’t assume anyone has something to concern. He’s prepared, he’ll be raring to go and I feel he’ll put up some very nice performances for the nation.”
Brownlee averaged 19.67 factors, 7.33 rebounds and 4.0 assists per sport within the six-game stretch of the Finals towards the Tropang Giga but it surely simply wasn’t sufficient to carry the crown to the Ginebra camp.
Within the final two video games, although, Brownlee confirmed his vulnerability, which TNT took full benefit of.
Followers speculated whether or not or not the longtime Gin Kings import performed damage due to the way in which he competed for Ginebra however Cone assured that Gilas’ naturalized swingman isn’t nursing any accidents in any respect.
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“He struggled, all of us struggled in that sequence and folks began considering he had accidents. It was only a robust, lengthy playoffs, going by Meralco, SMB then having to go up towards TNT and RHJ, it was a tricky street and we limped to the end line,” Cone stated.
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“All people noticed us limping and assumed that’s the way in which we’re usually however we’re not that. Justin can have about eight, 9 days off earlier than he will get again into work and I feel that’s a giant breather for him.”
