Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone says he 'spoke out of order' after claiming the team wanted to bring in Justine Baltazar for the FIBA World Cup but to no avail
MANILA, Philippines – New Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone apologized to Justine Baltazar for his “hasty remarks” after claiming that the talented big man has shown “zero interest” to play for the national team.on Thursday, September 7, that the squad – then led by former head coach Chot Reyes – wanted to bring in Baltazar for the FIBA World Cup, but the 6-foot-9 standout was always unavailable.
“I don’t want to start off this journey with a controversy, so I’m going to do my best to clarify it. I apologize to Justine Baltazar for my hasty remarks regarding his exclusion from the World Cup pool,” Cone wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday. “I did not mean to infer that he didn’t want to play for Gilas, but rather I was told that we called him or his representatives and he was not available. We really wanted him at the time because Kai was a question mark and we were lacking bigs,” wrote Cone.
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