00:00In basketball, good news for Gilas Pilipinas, a 6'10 big man, Quentin Meliora Brown is now eligible to play for the national team as a local player.
00:11This comes after the successful appeal by the former UP Fighting Maroons Center's lawyers to change his status from naturalized to local.
00:19This means that by the time the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian qualifiers tip off in November, Meliora Brown can already be part of the Gilas pool.
00:30Meanwhile, according to national team head coach Tim Cohn, they are ready to welcome the big man to the national squad,
00:36especially since they need someone to fill in the spot left by Kai Soto, who is still recovering from injury.
00:43Meliora Brown last played for the Macau Black Bears and is expected to seek opportunities in Europe next to continue his basketball career.
