THE Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) is planning to bring in promising Fi
l-Australian Ethan Kirkness efore the year end for training with the Batang Gi
las pool.
The 14-year-old prodigy will be having a long school vacation in December for
the holiday season, enough time for him and his family to enjoy Christmas with
Filipino relatives and at the same test his skills against Filipino ballers o
f his same age or older.
“We’re planning to bring him to Manila for a five-week training camp this De
cember, by which time mahaba 'yung vacation niya from school,” said Batang Gi
las team manager Andrew Teh in a correspondence with SPIN.ph from Australia, w
here he’s currently visiting the Kirkness family.
目前14歲的Ethan Kirkness 媽媽是菲律賓人，父親則是澳洲人，從小在澳洲長大，以經
取得菲律賓護照，菲律賓國家隊領隊已在澳洲跟他會面，並且邀請其母親利用澳洲學校放
寒假時帶他回菲律賓參加訓練營，目前球技還非常生澀，不過才14歲加上身材條件就擺在
那，未來如果加上更專業的訓練還是大有可為
目前菲律賓還會再找幾位身高在6尺五寸並且在16歲前取得菲律賓護照的混血球員組成下
一代國家隊，