The Philippine National Basketball Team Gilas Pilipinas will start its preparation for the upcoming FIBA World Cup which will be held in Spain this year. National Coach Chot Reyes already named his 16-man pool for the FIBA World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games. Gilas Chot Reyes added veteran PBA players such as Paul Lee, Marcio … Read more
Gilas Pilipinas may be fortunate for not being bracketed with powerhouse teams USA and Spain but it ended up in still perilous group after the official draw for 2014 Fiba World Cup happened on Tuesday morning (PH time) at Barcelona. Photo Credit: FIBA FB Page The nationals prevented to be grouped with USA, which might … Read more
The Philippine National Men’s Basketball Team, Gilas Pilipinas will join former world champion Argentina in Group B after the draw result was announced at the Palau del Musica Catalan in Barcelona, Spain, on February 4, 2014. The FIBA World Cup 2014 Group B teams were composed of national teams from Argentina, Senegal, Puerto Rico, Greece … Read more
Despite being a powerhouse team in Asia, China will not be part of this year’s World Cup after not being included in the four wildcard entries announced on Saturday. Fiba instead named Finland, Greece, Turkey and Brazil as the last teams that will complete the 24-nation cast of this year’s Fiba world Championship staging. … Read more
With the country set to compete against world’s finest basketball teams, the Gilas Pilipinas also looks to find the best possible line up by naturalizing Denver Nuggets’ Javale McGee and Brooklyn Nets’ Andray Blatche. Photo credit: AP/File Photo Gilas head coach Chot Reyes after his meeting with the PBA board on Thursday revealed that two … Read more
The Philippine Basketball (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation Board decided to shorten the current season of the league to give the National team Gilas Pilipinas more time to prepare for the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. PBA Commissioner Chito Salud confirmed the said move and reported a target date of finishing the season, from the original … Read more
“Hopefully, on January 30, masabi na nila sa akin kung anong time that’s available to us,” (statement from sports5.ph) photo credit: ph.sports.yahoo.com This is the statement of Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes when he talked about his meeting with the PBA board on January 30, where he is being invited to discuss the preparation … Read more
Owing to the monumental achivements of Philippine basketball last year, the Gilas Pilipnas and Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas and other sportsmen in the field emerged as top awardees in the Philippine Sportswriters (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation awards last night. Photo credit: Spin.ph (Dante Peralta) The Spain-bound Gilas Pilipinas players led by Jimmy Alapag, Jason Castro, Gabe … Read more
The FIBA World Cup is fast approaching and the FIBA Asia officials urged the Philippine Basketball (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation (PBA) to move the schedule of the season-ending Governor’s Cup to give way to Gilas Pilipinas preparation in the world’s most prestigious basketball event of the year. In a news report posted by Interaksyon, FIBA Asia … Read more
Philippine national basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes asked and pleads for more time for Gilas Pilipinas preparations and buildup for the upcoming FIBA World Cup and the Asian Games in 2014. The national coach of the Philippines international basketball program Chot Reyes cited the preparations of Asian rival South Korea who have … Read more