[Saba Sports News] Tim Cone will be honored at the upcoming 30th annual PBA Press Corps Awards ceremony. The 66-year-old coach will receive the President’s Award on Sept 24 at the Novotel Manila Araneta City, For his work in guiding the revival of the Philippine men’s basketball team Gilas Pilipinas.
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Kang led the Gilas men’s basketball team to win a memorable gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou last year, which injected strong confidence into the team. The Philippines continued the momentum and made a strong start to the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg, the Gilas Philippines team has achieved more brilliant results in the following international competitions, becoming a force to be ignored on the international basketball stage.