The failure to form a competitive Asiad team led to a SBP withdrawal, says Guiao

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The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas escaped the Filipino basketball community when he decided to withdraw from the 2018 Asian Games a few minutes before the coup. midnight.

SBP said it would seek to recover the image of the national team after the fight against Australia in the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifier resulted in the suspension of 10 players and two coaches and heavy fines for the organization.

Yeng Guiao coach for the Asian Games, however, has another reason why the SBP decided not to send a Filipino team to the continental sporting event.

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SBP was struggling to form a competitive team for the Asian Games and it was one of the factors that explained why the Basketball team was withdrawing from Jakarta

"If we can not form a competitive team, why do we have to If we will not prepare ourselves and are not equipped," Guiao said Thursday night in a telephone conversation.

"I want to bring a team that can compete and that we can be proud of.In the process of completing the lineup, there were doubts as to whether we can really compete with the players we asked for . "

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added that their request for players "other teams was denied" but did not specify.

Guiao's lineup for the national team was to be composed of the core of Rain or Shine, three players from NLEX and Gilas Abu Tratter, Ricci Rivero and Kobe Paras.

While trying to complete his squad for Jakarta, Guiao said other teams like Iran would send their senior team to the Asian Games.

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SBP's decision was first passed on to owner Rain or Shine Raymond Yu and the Elasto head coach Painters Caloy Garcia

Guiao says that Rain or Shine accepted the decision after President SBP Al Panlilio explained what happened. Told Rain or shine that the country itself should thank them for their service because they went beyond their call of duty, "said Guiao.

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