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LOS ANGELES LAKERS SOPHOMORE GUARD JORDAN CLARKSON, FIL-AM, EXPRESSED HIS INTENTIONS TO PLAY FOR GILAS PILIPINAS. BUT, IS HE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL TEAM?
ACCORDING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS (SBP) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SONNY BARRIOS, CLARKSON HAD ACQUIRED A FILIPINO PASSPORT BEFORE HE TURNED THE AGE OF 16. BUT, BARRIOS EMPHASIZED THAT THE SBP ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO PRESENT TO THE FIBA GOVERNING BODY FOR FORMAL APPROVAL OF CLARKSONS' CASE TO PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL SQUAD IN THE COMING FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP LATER NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN ALL FIBA SANCTIONED TOURNAMENTS.
THE IMPEDEMENT TO CLARKSON TO PLAY FOR GILAS RIGHT AWAY IS THIS:
FIBA REQUIRES PLAYERS TO OBTAIN THE PASSPORT OF THE NATION HE INTENDS TO REPRESENT INTERNATIONALLY BEFORE HE TURN THE AGE OF 16. IF IT IS NOT FULFILLED BEFORE THE AGE OF 16, THE SAID PLAYER CAN ONLY REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AS A NATURALIZED PLAYER.
SBP STATED THAT JORDAN CLARKSON IS CONSIDERED A NATURAL BORN FILIPINO. SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR CLARKSON TO UNDER GO THE NATURALIZATION PROCESS.
SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS ALREADY SUBMITTED A 24-MAN LINEUP TO FIBA FOR THE COMING 2015 FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH CLARKSON INCLUDED IN IT. THE OTHER PLAYERS ARE JIMMY ALAPAG, L.A. TENORIO, TERRENCE ROMEO, JAYSON CASTRO, PAUL LEE, KIEFER RAVENA, BOBBY RAY PARKS JR., GARY DAVID, DONDON HONTIVEROS, MARCIO LASSITER, GABE NORWOOD, CALVIN ABUEVA, MATT GANUELAS-ROSSER, JC INTAL, ALDRECH RAMOS, TROY ROSARIO, RANIDEL DE OCAMPO, MARC PINGRIS, MOALA TAUTUAA, SONNY THOSS, ASI TAULAVA, JUNE MAR FAJARDO, AND NATURALIZED PLAYER ANDRAY BLATCHE.
IF CLARKSON DOES PLAY FOR GILAS PILIPINAS IN THE COMING FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHINA THIS COMING SEPTEMBER, HE WILL BE EXPECTED TO LEAD THE CHARGE FOR GILAS PILIPINAS IN A BID TO BE PART OF NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS IN RIO.
CLARKSON ARRIVED IN MANILA LAST MONDAY AND WILL BE OBSERVING GILAS PRACTICES AND BE WITH THE REST OF THE GILAS 3.0 SQUAD IN TAIWAN FOR THE WILLIAM JONES CUP.
THE IMPEDEMENT TO CLARKSON TO PLAY FOR GILAS RIGHT AWAY IS THIS:
FIBA REQUIRES PLAYERS TO OBTAIN THE PASSPORT OF THE NATION HE INTENDS TO REPRESENT INTERNATIONALLY BEFORE HE TURN THE AGE OF 16. IF IT IS NOT FULFILLED BEFORE THE AGE OF 16, THE SAID PLAYER CAN ONLY REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AS A NATURALIZED PLAYER.
SBP STATED THAT JORDAN CLARKSON IS CONSIDERED A NATURAL BORN FILIPINO. SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR CLARKSON TO UNDER GO THE NATURALIZATION PROCESS.
SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS ALREADY SUBMITTED A 24-MAN LINEUP TO FIBA FOR THE COMING 2015 FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH CLARKSON INCLUDED IN IT. THE OTHER PLAYERS ARE JIMMY ALAPAG, L.A. TENORIO, TERRENCE ROMEO, JAYSON CASTRO, PAUL LEE, KIEFER RAVENA, BOBBY RAY PARKS JR., GARY DAVID, DONDON HONTIVEROS, MARCIO LASSITER, GABE NORWOOD, CALVIN ABUEVA, MATT GANUELAS-ROSSER, JC INTAL, ALDRECH RAMOS, TROY ROSARIO, RANIDEL DE OCAMPO, MARC PINGRIS, MOALA TAUTUAA, SONNY THOSS, ASI TAULAVA, JUNE MAR FAJARDO, AND NATURALIZED PLAYER ANDRAY BLATCHE.
IF CLARKSON DOES PLAY FOR GILAS PILIPINAS IN THE COMING FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHINA THIS COMING SEPTEMBER, HE WILL BE EXPECTED TO LEAD THE CHARGE FOR GILAS PILIPINAS IN A BID TO BE PART OF NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS IN RIO.
CLARKSON ARRIVED IN MANILA LAST MONDAY AND WILL BE OBSERVING GILAS PRACTICES AND BE WITH THE REST OF THE GILAS 3.0 SQUAD IN TAIWAN FOR THE WILLIAM JONES CUP.
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