Philippine Olympic Committee President Ricky Vargas said the lack of players to form a competitive lineup was what prompted the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas to back out of the 2018 Asian Games. Vargas, who is also the PBA Board chairman, said they could not secure the services of naturalized center Andray Blatche and Filipino-American Jordan Clarkson to bolster Rain or Shine's core for the Jakarta games. "The PBA was ready to lend to the SBP, the problem was there was no Blatche, no Clarkson," said Vargas in a conference call with the media at PBA office on Thursday. "Those are two important pieces to the puzzle." READ:SBP makes U-turn, withdraws from Asian Games "They...
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