Gilas call-up for Fiba World qualifiers dream come true for Thirdy Ravena | Inquirer Sports

Gilas call-up for Fiba World qualifiers dream come true for Thirdy Ravena

By: - Reporter / @MarkGiongcoINQ
/ 09:36 PM February 19, 2019

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Playing for Gilas Pilipinas was only a dream for Thirdy Ravena until Tuesday.

Ravena is set to make his Gilas Pilipinas debut on Friday after making the team’s 12-man lineup against Qatar in the Fiba World Cup Asian qualifiers—an inclusion that turned out to be four years in the making.

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The 22-year-old Ravena rummaged through his Twitter account and pulled out an old tweet he wrote way back in July 2015.

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The Ateneo superstar was the lone collegiate player chosen to be part of the national team pool.

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Ravena joined Jayson Castro, June Mar Fajardo, Andray Blatche, Scottie Thompson, Poy Erram, Marcio Lassiter, Troy Rosario, Mark Barroca, Paul Lee, Gabe Norwood and Japeth Aguilar in the final roster.

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