Gilas will not win on a regular basis however group will make PH proud–Tim Cone

Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone through the Inquirer Sports activities’ Awards Evening dinner.  –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet

MANILA, Philippines—Coach Tim Cone is a realist.

As an alternative of promising a dominant future with Gilas Pilipinas as its everlasting coach, Cone made it a degree to emphasise the truth.

The truth is, not one basketball group can win and win with out dropping.

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“I feel there’s a sure actuality to every part. You’re not going to win each basketball sport. No group wins each sport. Even the good Chicago Bulls within the 90’s gained 70 video games and misplaced 12. That Golden State Warriors, that nice dynastic group, misplaced their shares of sport,” stated Cone at Newport Metropolis through the Inquirer Sports activities’ Awards Evening.

“You’re not going to win on a regular basis. There’s going to be ups and downs however I feel if we are able to compete and present we’re getting higher, I feel the followers will take the trip with us.”

It definitely looks like there’s a lot to be anticipated for the nationwide group below Cone.

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Because the finish of the Fiba World Cup 2023, the place Gilas solely logged one win within the international competitors on the expense of China, it’s been fairly the rosy run for the Philippines below the long-time Ginebra coach.

For one, the Filipinos gained a gold medal within the 2022 Asian Video games, a feat that earned Cone the Inquirer Sports activities Greatest Efficiency by a coach plum and lots of extra.

Gilas Pilipinas members wave to the group after their win over residence group Hong Kong within the Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers. –FIBA PHOTO

Then Gilas swept Group B within the first window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers (ACQ) after Cone was completely named to the publish.

However the job may be very removed from over if we’re basing it on Cone’s purpose of seeing Gilas on the Olympic stage.

That job will proceed in just a few months in Latvia for the Fiba Olympic Qualifying Match (OQT) and the second window of the Asian Cup qualifiers which begins in November.

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Cone is aware of the next Gilas campaigns can’t be described with guarantees.

What the legendary coach can guarantee, although, is the truth that the Philippines will struggle and the group will do it to make the countrymen proud.

“I can’t assure that we’ll win each sport however I feel we’re going to compete, and symbolize properly and I feel now we have an opportunity to make them happy with us.”