Chot Reyes says Justin Brownlee has no issues with the development despite spending the last two months rigorously training with Gilas Pilipinas.
MANILA, Philippines – The effort and commitment of naturalized player Justin Brownlee to Gilas Pilipinas will not go for naught.committed to represent the Philippines in its co-hosting of the FIBA World Cup starting on August 25.
“Very professionally,” Reyes said when asked how Brownlee took the news. “When he joined us, when he signed up for this, he knew that he was signing up as a back up.” The plan moving forward for Brownlee is for him to be in tiptop form by the time the Asian Games kicks off in September in China as he deals with ankle bone spurs, which have kept him from fully participating in recent practices.“We have decided with the medical staff and the coaching staff to have Justin take care of the bone spurs in his ankle so he’ll be ready for the Asian Games,” said Reyes.
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