00:00Aminado ang Gilas Pilipinas shooting guard na si Dwight Ramos na mukhang mahihirapan ng pambansang kuponan sa kanilang laban sa 2025 FIBA Asia Cup na idarao sa Saudi Arabia.
00:14Ang detali sa ulat ni teammate Jamaica Bayaka.
00:17Halos may git dalawang buwan na lamang bago muling sumalang ang Gilas Pilipinas sa FIBA Asia Cup 2025 na nakatakbang magsimula ngayong Agosto sa Saudi Arabia.
00:31Matatandaan, noong nakaraang Pebrero, naging matamlay ang performance ng Pilipinas sa third window ng FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers at umuwi ng walang panalo ang kuponan.
00:41Kaya para sa 6'4 shooting guard ng Gilas na si Dwight Ramos, mas matinding laban ang nila ang kahahanapin ng team patungo sa 2027 FIBA World Cup.
00:52I mean, the Asia Cup is gonna be tough for sure. You know, we don't have Kai, but we're gonna figure it out and see who's available, who can play.
01:00And you know, that's the... our job as a player is just to show up and do our best.
01:04So, um, that's all I'm gonna do. I'm gonna train, get ready for it, and put my best foot forward for the Asia Cup.
01:12Obviously, the World Cup qualifiers, you got a tough group, but, um, it's just qualifiers, you know.
01:19So, the goal is just to qualify, it's not to win every single game.
01:23Um, obviously, we want to, but at the end of the day, you just want to qualify.
01:2816 teams ang magtatapatan para sa Asia and Oceania region, pero 7 lang ang may chance na makapasok sa 2027 FIBA World Cup na gaganapin naman sa Qatar.
01:39Isa si Ramos sa mga sasandalan ng kupunan, lalo na't hindi makalalaro ang kanyang teammate na si Kai Soto, at nagpapagalin pa ito sa kanyang knee injury.
01:48Kaya ayon sa Gilas Store, puspusan ang kanyang ginagawang paghahanda at umaasang makababawi ang kanyang team sa kanilang mga matches.
01:56I'm gonna try and get ready. Right now, it's about to be June. And so, I have about two months before the Asia Cup.
02:04So, I gotta plan out my training. That's like eight, about eight, ten weeks. So, we'll see how, what I can do in that time before.
02:12Makakasama ng Team Philippines sa Group A ang mga powerhouse countries na Australia, New Zealand, at Guam.
02:18At kung makakaabanti ang kupunan sa susunod na round, makakatap naman ito ang Iran, Jordan, Syria, at Iraq, Jamaica Mayaka, para sa atletang Pilipino, para sa bagong Pilipinas.