MANILA, Philippines – NBA champion and Cleveland Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson arrived in Manila on Saturday, July 2, for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament set to take place at the Mall of Asia Arena next week.
Thompson is one of the Canadian national team’s best bigs and will be a major factor as the team aims to win a ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Canada is slotted in the same group as Turkey and Senegal, while the hometown Philippines is together with New Zealand and France in the other group. – Rappler.com