Sam: It's hard po na the comments that they are saying we're just jealous, na we did it because we were jealous. It's killing us kasi we were there, na we lost two of our brothers. Sobrang sakit po kasi na nabuhay nga po kami pero parang pinapatay po kami.
Filipinos aren’t claiming Clarkson just because he has “Filipino blood”. We’re just proud of a brother who claimed us first
Long before he’s a champ with Knicks, he wants to play for PH
As a matter of fact, just after his first season in NBA, he shared desire to play for Gilas
And Clarkson didn’t want to play for Gilas as an import. He wanted to play as a “local”
He endlessly lobbied to FIBA to acknowledge him as local
While FIBA has yet to acknowledge Clarkson as a local, Asian Games did and he was able to play in Asian Games as a local for the Philippines team
Clarkson isn’t the first player with Filipino blood to play in the NBA but he certainly is the first to strongly express desire to play for the flag 🇵🇭
@JordanClarksons is a Filipino. Plain and simple
@McBlur2@summmerboyy That might be understandable, but Norman Black afterall is more Filipino since he lives here, so I don't think that he will be included in that spectrum
I can’t be any happier that the first Filipino to win an NBA Championship is actually someone who suited up for Gilas Pilipinas in the world stage
You deserve to have that distinction of being the first Filipino to win the NBA Championship
Mabuhay ka, Jordan Clarkson 🫡🇵🇭
ITZY’s Ryujin and Chaeryeong at a recent fansign, reveal their ideal “male idol concept” they’d like to try in the future:
Ryujin: CORTIS or TWS
Chaeryeong: TXT