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Cone unfazed despite tough draw
Tempo
|May 18, 2025
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone was not all too worried about the results of the FIBA World Cup qualifying draw, stressing the Nationals will prepare doubly hard whoever they are going to deal with as they intend to make it four in a row in the world meet.
The Filipinos were drawn with regional powerhouses Australia and New Zealand as well as Guam last Tuesday, May 13 but the veteran mentor seemed to be unfazed by that thought as Gilas intends to focus on the bigger picture ahead.
This story is from the May 18, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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