Tag: Gilas
For Chris Newsome, Gilas Pilipinas slot offers best shot at playing vs world’s finest ballers
Chris Newsome hopes to don the Gilas Pilipinas jersey in basketball’s world stage. —FIBA PHOTO The possibility of being able to face some of the best cagers on the international scene is among the motivation for some of the 21 players named to the Gilas Pilipinas pool for the Fiba (International Basketball Federation) Basketball World…
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Chot Reyes says Gilas needs Kai Sotto ‘at least a month’ before Fiba World Cup
Kai Sotto will be very welcome to Gilas and he wants to play. But what’s keeping him from committing? —FIBA.COM Chot Reyes minced no words in saying what Kai Sotto means to Gilas Pilipinas. “No question that we need him,” Reyes was quick to tell the Inquirer over the phone on Sunday when asked to…
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AJ Edu eager to show worth in Gilas pool for Fiba World Cup
FILE – AJ Edu. Photo from Fiba MANILA, Philippines—AJ Edu, the Cypriot-born Filipino center, confirmed his inclusion in the Gilas Pilipinas pool with a few months left before the Fiba World Cup. Edu revealed the development during Saturday’s episode of Noli Eala’s “Power and Play.” However, being included in the training pool does not guarantee…
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Ange Kouame always ready for Gilas call-up: ‘I’m still Filipino’
FILE–Gilas’ Angelo Koaume vs Serbia’s Boban Marjanovic. FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Ange Kouame understands the situation of the Gilas Pilipinas in choosing between Jordan Clarkson and Justin Brownlee for the lone naturalized player spot for the Fiba World Cup 2023. The three-time UAAP champion out of Ateneo, who received his Filipino citizenship two years…
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Nash Racela expects Jerom Lastimosa’s career growth after Gilas stint
Jerom Lastimosa (center) will benefit from his Gilas experience, according to his college coach Nash Racela. —MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Having coached in virtually every level of the sport, Adamson University head coach Nash Racela swears that Jerom Lastimosa’s experience playing for the national team will be transformative. “I’m sure his experience with Gilas (Pilipinas) will help…
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Ricky Vargas pushing for Clarkson and Brownlee to reinforce Gilas Pilipinas in Fiba World Cup
Jordan Clarkson and Justin Brownlee. –FIBA PHOTOS The Philippines already has a naturalized player in Jordan Clarkson for the Fiba (International Basketball Federation) World Cup, and even if there was a better player available, it may be too late in the day to have another player go through the same process. But the Samahang Basketbol…
Read More Why not have both Jordan Clarkson, Justin Brownlee play for Gilas? – Ricky Vargas
Jordan Clarkson and Justin Brownlee. –FIBA PHOTOS PARIS—”With a beautiful scenario.” That was the way Ricky Vargas, the PBA chair, described how the Gilas Pilipinas debate—among netizens, on who its naturalized player should be for the coming Fiba World Cup—could be solved in the end. The TNT board rep in the PBA is aware of…
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Facing tall odds in Olympic qualifier, Gilas women out to protect top-flight status
Jack Animam (No. 75) will anchor the squad that will compete in Sydney. —DENISON REY A. DALUPANG Just before dismissing his charges, Gilas Pilipinas women’s head coach Patrick Aquino called for a huddle. It wasn’t the usual kind where he heaps praises on a player and then offers points of improvement for another. In this…
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Christian Standhardinger ends Gilas career a winner
Gilas Pilipinas’ Christian Standhardinger at the SEA Games 2023. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ariya Kurniawan | @ariyakurniawan16/Instagram Christian Standhardinger’s international career for Team Philippines started with a Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal. After winning a third one in the hardest way imaginable—and giving great consideration to painful knees ravaged by double PBA and national team duties—the 6-foot-7…
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After SEA Games, work cut out for Gilas men, women
Coach Pat Aquino (left) and the Gilas Pilipinas women are staying positive after a silver finish in the SEA Games. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Ariya Kurniawan The Philippines saw its two-edition rule in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games women’s basketball competition come to an end last Sunday. But while national coach Pat Aquino was grateful and proud that…
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