Philippines Asian Games basketball
The 2022 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2022 Asian Games.
The Asian Games was rescheduled by 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic.
The formation of the team was started after the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Tim Cone (notably coached the 1998 team) was appointed as head coach.[1] The team roster composition have problems, as majority of the players from the World Cup (coached by Chot Reyes) was unable to commit due to their another commitments (mostly due to their B-League teams).[2]
Roster
2022 Asian Games
The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the 2022 Asian Games in China.[3]
Philippines national basketball – 2022 Asian Games roster
|
Players |
Coaches
|
Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Age – Date of birth |
Height |
Club |
Ctr.
|
G/F
|
3
|
Chris Newsome
|
33 – (1990-07-25)July 25, 1990
|
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
Meralco Bolts
|
|
PG
|
6
|
Kevin Alas
|
31 – (1991-11-13)November 13, 1991
|
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
|
NLEX Road Warriors
|
|
SG
|
9
|
Scottie Thompson
|
30 – (1993-07-12)July 12, 1993
|
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
|
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
|
|
F
|
10
|
Arvin Tolentino
|
27 – (1995-11-05)November 5, 1995
|
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
|
NorthPort Batang Pier
|
|
G
|
12
|
Chris Ross
|
38 – (1985-03-09)March 9, 1985
|
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
|
San Miguel Beermen
|
|
G/F
|
13
|
Marcio Lassiter
|
36 – (1987-05-16)May 16, 1987
|
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
San Miguel Beermen
|
|
C
|
15
|
June Mar Fajardo
|
33 – (1989-11-17)November 17, 1989
|
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
|
San Miguel Beermen
|
|
G
|
17
|
CJ Perez
|
29 – (1993-11-17)November 17, 1993
|
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
San Miguel Beermen
|
|
F
|
18
|
Calvin Oftana
|
27 – (1996-01-03)January 3, 1996
|
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
|
TNT Tropang Giga
|
|
F
|
25
|
Japeth Aguilar (C)
|
36 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 1987
|
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
|
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
|
|
F
|
32
|
Justin Brownlee (NP)
|
35 – (1988-04-23)April 23, 1988
|
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
|
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
|
|
C
|
34
|
Ange Kouame (NP)
|
25 – (1997-12-15)December 15, 1997
|
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
|
Free agent
|
|
|
- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last
club before the tournament
- Age – describes age
on September 26, 2023
|
Asian Games competition
Group phase
September 26 13:30 (UTC+8)
|
September 28 17:30 (UTC+8)
|
September 30 11:00 (UTC+8)
|
Qualification for quarterfinals
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Legacy
The team won the first gold medal since 1962, first medal since 1998 (also a Cone-coached team who won bronze), and finals appearance since 1990 (Jaworski-coached team who won silver).[4][5]
The success made Tim Cone to be appointed as head coach of the Philippine national basketball team.[6]
References