Height will never be an issue when Mighty Sports represents the country in the Dubai International Basketball Tournament next week.
Naturalized Filipino Andray Blatche and imports Renaldo Balkman and McKenzie Moore bolster the ceiling of the squad that is gunning to improve its third-place finish last year.
Coach Charles Tiu assembled a crew of collegiate standouts led by Thirdy Ravena and Juan Gomez de Liaño and invited Philippine Basketball Association veteran Beau Belga and former pro Joseph Yeo to guide the youngsters in the team.
Teen prodigy Kai Sotto will also provide a peek on how he has improved since his training in the US.
“I really like our local crew, all the college stars are out here and the imports are very solid,” Tiu said in a press conference in Makati City on Thursday.
“We also got Kai Sotto. It’s his first tournament since he went to the United States, so we will see how much he has improved,” Tiu added.
Mighty Sports also features former Xavier School stars, according to team owner Alex Wongchuking. The Xavier products on the team besides Tiu are TY Tang, Joaqui Manuel, Gab Banal and Jarrel Lim.
Mighty Sports’ third-place finish last year was already a big achievement considering it won only once during the 2017 edition.