Gilas starts practice today

Gilas head coach Tim Cone will preside in the national basketball team's first practice in Upper Deck, Pasig, at 4 p.m. today but isn't expecting perfect attendance from the pool with Justin Brownlee, AJ Edu and Kevin Quiambao still abroad.

- By JOAQUIN HENSON

Assistant coach and team manager Richard del Rosario said yesterday no practice players were invited yet although Cone had previously mentioned while there are no additions to the pool, he will invite players to fill out for those still engaged in the PBA playoffs.

Brownlee is cleared to play for Gilas, dodging a FIBA suspension despite testing positive for a prohibited substance in a World Anti-Doping Agency examination after a FIBA Asia Cup qualifying game against New Zealand in Manila last November. He was issued a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE).