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Tim Cone and Sean Chambers at the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship, July 13, 2024 at the Enderun Colleges. Handout/Asiabasket

Tim Cone and Sean Chambers at the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship, July 13, 2024 at the Enderun Colleges

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2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1720943449642ASIA BASKET-7.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Tim Cone and Sean Chambers at the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship, July 13, 2024 at the Enderun Colleges. Handout/Asiabasket"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Tim Cone and Sean Chambers at the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship, July 13, 2024 at the Enderun Colleges. <em>Handout/Asiabasket</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- As he embarks on his first season of coaching in the Philippines with Far Eastern University, legendary PBA import Sean Chambers can count on the support of one of the icons of the local hoops scene. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tim Cone, who coached Chambers during his heyday with the Alaska Aces in the PBA, is backing his former player in his endeavor.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I&#x27;ve known Sean for many many years and even though he was my player, he also became one of my best friends so we&#x27;ve been in contact  all these years, even when he was coaching women&#x27;s teams in the States,&quot; Cone said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/18/sean-chambers-named-new-feu-tamaraws-head-coach-1516"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/18/sean-chambers-named-new-feu-tamaraws-head-coach-1516">READ: Sean Chambers named new FEU Tamaraws head coach</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/8/feu-to-compete-with-integrity-much-like-alaska-says-chambers-2351"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/8/feu-to-compete-with-integrity-much-like-alaska-says-chambers-2351">READ: FEU to compete with integrity much like Alaska, vows Chambers</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Just recently, Cone asked Chambers to join his coaching staff in Gilas Pilipinas for the national team&#x27;s campaign in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia. A few days after the qualifiers, Cone visited Chambers during the Tamaraws&#x27; game against DKI Jakarta of Indonesia in the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;He&#x27;s one of the best persons I&#x27;ve ever been around, he&#x27;s a really great human being and he&#x27;s a great representative for coaches,&quot; said Cone of Chambers, who steered the Tamaraws to a 79-38 rout on Saturday at the Enderun Colleges.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chambers has had a promising start with the Tams, helping them make the semifinals in the FilOil tournament. In Asiabasket, they have leaned on the likes of rookie sensation Veejay Pre and the core led by Royce Alforque, Janrey Pasaol, Jorick Bautista, and Mohammed Konateh.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FEU escaped San Beda University in their first game, 82-74, but split their matches against Mapua University and fellow UAAP contender Adamson University before bouncing back against the winless Indonesian club.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cone said Chambers has the same coaching principle as him and stressed the latter&#x27;s arrival would only do the Philippine basketball good.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I know his students, they just love him, so he brings that kind of personality to his coaching. We are alike in terms of our coaching values and the way we approach the game,&quot; Cone said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I&#x27;m really happy and proud that he&#x27;s here and I get to spend more time with him. He was with me in Europe during the Gilas&#x27;s tournaments, he was invaluable to us and it&#x27;s just great to have him around.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></span></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nSW2u0EsEco?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>As he embarks on his first season of coaching in the Philippines with Far Eastern University, legendary PBA import Sean Chambers can count on the support of one of the icons of the local hoops scene.</p>

As he embarks on his first season of coaching in the Philippines with Far Eastern University, legendary PBA import Sean Chambers can count on the support of one of the icons of the local hoops scene.

Tim Cone in full support of Sean Chambers' coaching career

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Published Jul 14, 2024 04:12 PM PHT

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