The team's only pure point guard, having Thompson back for the second window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifier would allow Gilas to return to its natural schemes with the other players now being able to play on their comfortable positions, according to Cone.
The team's only pure point guard, having Thompson back for the second window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifier would allow Gilas to return to its natural schemes with the other players nowbeingable to play on their comfortable positions, according to Cone.
"Scottie kind of equalizes everything because we had to play, New is really our in-game stopper and we want him to really lock into that role. So when we went to the OQT, he was still that stopper but he had so much more that he had to worry about in terms of handling the ball," said Cone. For one, as the primary playmaker, Thompson is dishing out nine assists per contest in the two games during the first window while also averaging 3.5 points and 2.5 rebounds.
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