MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas’ pioneering taskmaster gave the National Five both praise and warning on Friday night.
Rajko Toroman, who handled the national cage program from 2009 through 2011 tipped his hat to the Philippines’ young National Five, saying that the current edition is now at par with teams competing in the Philippine Basketball Association.
“It’s great … [A]ll these players are talented,” he said shortly after Indonesia bowed to the Philippines, 76-51.
“For me, I can say that they are on the level of PBA teams in the quality of the players’ talent and size. You have Kouame, you have Kai Sotto—great size.”
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