Cambodia head coach Harry Savaya found absolutely no problem with the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games host leaning heavily on naturalized players on the way to its historic 5-on-5 basketball silver-medal finish.
The simple reason? Everybody does it.
Speaking to reporters following Cambodia’s gold-medal match loss to vengeful Gilas Pilipinas, Savaya brushed off the criticism his team was getting after fielding no less than five American players to massively boost its medal hopes.