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'Exactly what the doctor ordered': Tim Cone raves at QMB's potential addition to Gilas lineup

Published Aug 16, 2025 11:05 am

At A Glance

  • National team head coach Tim Cone believed Quentin Millora-Brown is exactly what doctor has ordered for Gilas as his 6-foot-10 frame certainly would be a big boost for a team that is missing badly the service of 7-foot-3 center Kai Sotto.
Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone said Quentin Millora-Brown would be a big boost in the lineup.
Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone said Quentin Millora-Brown would be a big boost in the lineup.
A young, agile big man for Gilas Pilipinas.
National team head coach Tim Cone believes Quentin Millora-Brown is exactly what Gilas Pilipinas needs, with his 6-foot-10 presence providing a significant boost for a team currently missing the services of 7-foot-3 center Kai Sotto.
The veteran coach couldn’t help but rave about the potential of pairing Millora-Brown with current twin towers AJ Edu and June Mar Fajardo -- and eventually Sotto -- in what could be the tallest national team lineup ever.
“You get a talented athletic young 6-foot-10, 6-foot-11 player who still has years in him. He will be a 6-foot-10 KQ in terms of how he means to the program,” said Cone, who is liking the addition of Millora-Brown and is drawing comparison to Kevin Quiambao.
Quiambao came into the program brimming with potential and is now steadily emerging as one of the team’s key players.
"Bringing in a big guy like that is basically exactly what the doctor ordered. AJ and June Mar were out there pretty much on their own (in the Asia Cup)," he added during the Power and Play Program by Kom Noli Eala on Saturday, Aug. 16.
Gilas played with a depleted frontline during the FIBA Asia Cup, and opposing teams repeatedly took that advantage, especially with the Nationals lacking the flexibility to make in-game adjustments.
In fact, coach Tim Cone even had to convince Japeth Aguilar to come out of retirement from national team duties to provide additional size for the Asia Cup -- a concern that may now be resolved with the addition of Millora-Brown to the pool.
Millora-Brown could very well be the Gilas replacement it had long needed for Aguilar, who has been representing the national team since 2009 and has already retired from international player three times already.
“With QMB, we have a guy we can slot right in there,” said Cone.
Cone said he was just as excited as everyone else about having Millora-Brown to the lineup, especially with the prospect of him fitting into the triangle offense and providing a strong defensive presence.
“As much as we had this team put together, we have not had Kai and AJ on the team at the same time. We even haven't had a practice with them together and now we get the opportunity to have that in the future and you add QMB into that. That's something we can really work off,” said Cone.
“I'm excited about it. I think he works tremendously well on our triangle system. I think he's really gonna enjoy playing that position in our triangle,” he added.
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