Gilas Asiad nuggets: No medal, all glory for Tim Cone

HANGZHOU, China – In the Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games or perhaps anywhere else, coaches are not awarded any medal — of any color. “No, we don’t get a medal. Even in the Southeast Asian Games, we didn’t get a medal. But they allowed us to get to the podium to get some pictures taken. Here they didn’t even allow us to get to the podium to take pictures,” said Cone Friday after the Philippines ended a 61-year Asiad basketball gold medal drought by defeating Jordan in the final, 70-60.

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