00:00 Even though the Philippines has not yet tasted victory in the FIBA Basketball World Cup,
00:04 the rookie, AJ Edu, has been praised for his sweet performance from his NBA stars.
00:13 Rafael Bandayret is back.
00:15 The Filipino rookie AJ Edu is just getting to know the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
00:24 But after two games in the Pandaigdigang Entablado, Edu's teammates were heartbroken
00:32 because of the unforgivable effort he made in defense.
00:36 In the first two games of the game, Edu was the one who was allowed to watch the NBA big man
00:41 Carl Anthony Towns of the Dominican Republic and Bruno Fernando of Angola.
00:46 After the two games, Towns and Fernando both opened their mouths about Edu.
00:52 I just said number 15 and obviously the other guy Edu, you know tough guy, he made it tough for me all night.
01:00 I tried to do certain things that I just you know weren't working but credits to them man.
01:05 They came out, paid attention to details and did their best.
01:08 I think fantastic player, he's an ultra competitor.
01:11 I love the competition he brought tonight, it makes me better.
01:14 And you know Filipinos are a culture that don't give up and they played hard as I expect.
01:19 This culture is nothing but hardworking people.
01:22 Meanwhile, Edu's comment about his favorite players.
01:27 I mean yeah, that's just amazing right there.
01:30 Yeah, I don't know what he said, that's awesome.
01:32 And I mean you know that's the whole point of it, you know you want to be competing with those guys.
01:36 Especially you know if that's the level I'm aspiring to one day.
01:40 Edu will return to action and the entire GILAS National Team will play their last game tomorrow in the group phase.
01:47 They will be able to take Italy down in a must win game for the host team.
01:52 Rafael Bandayrel, PTV Sports.
