By Joey Villar and Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star)
Smart Gilas Pilipinas has named naturalized player Marcus Douthit, Chris Tiu, JV Casio, Chris Lutz and Marcio Lassiter as spearheads of the team seeking a berth in the 2014 FIBA World Championship.The five make up the core of the team seeing action in the FIBA-Asia Championshipslated Sept. 15-25 in Wuhan, China which stakes a lone berth in next year’s London Olympics. “The players staying were already pin-pointed in that meeting and they are Tiu, Casio, Lutz, Lassiter and Douthit,” said a reliable source who requested anonymity.
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