Sports personalities share sadness over lost Fiba bid | Inquirer Sports

Sports personalities share sadness over lost Fiba bid

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 09:21 PM August 07, 2015

FIBA President Horacio Muratore shows the name of the country awarded to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup during a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup host announcement ceremony in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. AP

FIBA President Horacio Muratore shows the name of the country awarded to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup during a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup host announcement ceremony in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. AP

Chot Reyes, the former coach of Gilas Pilipinas, summed it up with just one word.

Sakit (Painful),” Reyes posted on Twitter after Fiba chose China over the Philippines to host the Basketball World Cup in 2019.

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Filipino-American Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips also shared his sadness over Twitter but gave his congratulations to China.

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National players Asi Taulava and Kelly Williams said the lost bid may be a setback but should motivate Filipinos to strive for more.

LA Tenorio, meanwhile, had a little bad taste in his mouth regarding the loss, while Gabe Norwood was just sad.

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Lourd de Veyra, however, had one solution all red-blooded Filipino males may relate to.

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https://twitter.com/coachot/status/629600774020947969

https://twitter.com/coachot/status/629616806760574976

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