Gilas Women star Jack Animam gives her take as 2023 SEA Games host Cambodia fields teams powered by naturalized players in 3x3 basketball.
WNBA draftee Meighan Sharee Simmons, Mariah Cooks, Kim Hanlon, and Brittany Dinkins, meanwhile, represented Cambodia in women’s action.
“If there’s going to be imports like these, I don’t think the essence of SEA Games is there,” she added. “Why are we doing this SEA Games if we’re not fielding our own homegrown talent?”Seeking to regain its lost glory in men’s 5-on-5 basketball, Gilas Pilipinas will be led by the likes of Justin Brownlee, Christian Standhardinger, and Chris Ross.
The only difference is Ross and Standhardinger have Filipino roots and Brownlee played six years in the PBA before being naturalized, while Cambodia’s players never saw action for the country prior to the SEA Games. “For me, SEA Games is to show your talent, the ones you have from your country,” said Animam. “If you’re just getting from other countries, I think this is just like a pro league.”
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