All about FIBA Asia 2013 in Manila

[Rakizta]

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dako jud kaayo ning tabang sa preparation sa gilas kanang madayon nang tune up games kay ma gauge nila og maayo ang ila weakness ba nya make room for improvement , i hope jud madayun ni kay experience ni nila under their belt

[inxss4]

I really don't know that there was an INDONESIAN part owner of SIXERS franchise. Thankful for this guy!

[pridi]

b0ss, pardon my asking pero murag master mn ka ani hehe..

unsay grounds para ma NATURALIZE ang player?

ug unsa participation ni MVP sa Gilas? thanks b0ss

kung tug-tan sa congress ng amaka gunit cya ug passport sa country niya, so mo gawas nga ma indirect citizen cya ana nga lugar. one consideration is kung mag dungag ug naturalize, kinsay mo sagot sa allowance and sweldo? murag naka basa ko sa philstar.com nga 30K USD ang monthly ni douthit, though dili pa confirmed, pero dako jud cya ug maintenance sa isa palang na ka tao.... pero dili man sad ma kwenta kay sulit man jud kaayo ang services ni douthit, ang question is kaya bah in the long run ni MVP... pero daghan man mgpa load ug smart ug TNT nato so hopefully makaya cguro....

[ManWhore]

Good news:
Sixers part owner Thohir offers to set up NBA tune-up games for World Cup-bound Gilas | PBA | SPIN.PH - Sports Interactive Network Philippines

Hopefully he can help us get another naturalize player sad

ayos boss thohir! even just a single tune-up game against your sixers would be a great honor for gilas and the fans. . hopefully the plan will come true.

[ecO | hArd^]

kung tug-tan sa congress ng amaka gunit cya ug passport sa country niya, so mo gawas nga ma indirect citizen cya ana nga lugar. one consideration is kung mag dungag ug naturalize, kinsay mo sagot sa allowance and sweldo? murag naka basa ko sa philstar.com nga 30K USD ang monthly ni douthit, though dili pa confirmed, pero dako jud cya ug maintenance sa isa palang na ka tao.... pero dili man sad ma kwenta kay sulit man jud kaayo ang services ni douthit, ang question is kaya bah in the long run ni MVP... pero daghan man mgpa load ug smart ug TNT nato so hopefully makaya cguro....

well said boss. thanks..

[Rakizta]

Maintaining back-up naturalized players will pose huge logistical problem for Gilas, says Reyes

HEAD coach Chot Reyes said the idea of having one or two naturalized players on stand-by to replace Marcus Douthit is ideal for Gilas Pilipinas, except for the huge expenses involved.

The injury suffered by Douthit in the semifinal match against Korea, and his subsequent absence from the Fiba-Asia championships title game against Iran, has sparked calls for the naturalization of more tall players for the national team program.

However, Reyes said maintaining a stable of naturalized players will pose a logistical nightmare for Gilas, adding the bill for keeping one naturalized player alone already makes a big dent on the team's coffers.

"Alam mo, marami ang nagsasabi na kailangan meron pa tayong isa or dalawa pa, pero sino ang magbabayad e ang laki ng suweldo n'yan," said Reyes on Wednesday.

"Ideal iyong meron kang isa or dalawa pa (na naturalized players) pero ang problema pasusuwelduhin mo lahat ‘yon, hindi naman kadali ‘yon. The actual logistics involved, iyon ang mahirap," he added.

Team insiders said the cost of keeping one naturalized player alone runs up to eight figures.

Another option for Gilas is to maintain an overseas-based naturalized player who can be called up for international tournaments, although Reyes said such a set-up could pose problems in terms of availability.

"Hindi mo kontrolado kapag ganoon. Baka kapag kailangan mo hindi puwede. So it defeats the purpose," he said.

Still, Gilas said team manager Butch Antonio said adding one or even two naturalized players is an option the national team is seriously considering.

“The option of having naturalized players is there, whether one or two. I mean, one (naturalized player) is okay and two is great. It’s always good to have a backup or a choice,” Antonio said just before the PBA honored the entire Gilas team in between the PBA Governors Cup doubleheader on Wednesday.

Antonio made it clear Gilas has no plan to become `tourists’ during the World Cup as it intends to come out with a competitive team in the hope of at least getting past the first round.

“Ang plano naman is hindi lang tayo maging turista sa Spain. While we have yet to meet since the end of the Fiba-Asia, but again, nandun na tayo kasi sa top 24 countries in the world, we sure will set a goal once mag-meet kami,” he said.

Maintaining back-up naturalized players will pose huge logistical problem for Gilas, says Reyes | SPIN.PH - Sports Interactive Network Philippines

[genjoy]

Aw kuhaan ang pork barrel para isweldo.hehehe

[inxss4]

Government should provide financial support to this team ...........or if they go to SPAIN they will be just a laughing stock in WORLD BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP..............

[psychologic]

hhmm im thinking of lalar odom para sa gilas... hahahh...

[Rakizta]

Gilas Pilipinas: Short not on inches alone

How true is it that a victory parade around the city would be staged for the Gilas Pilipinas team?
The fat, dusky kid with long curly hair who sells rice in the wet market did not sound exactly surprised, just wanted to know if the national basketball team that clinched a slot in next year’s Fiba World Cup would be honored like his prime idol Manny Pacquiao.
There was no confirmation of the ticker-tape honor for the national basketball team that finished runner-up to big, awesome Iran in the Fiba Asia championship as we went to press.
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Of course, it was not only the local crowd, but a worldwide audience, which thrilled and roared to the splendid exploits of the gallant Philippine national team.
“The success of Gilas Pilipinas gave us something to be proud of,” noted Filipino Sanny Jegillos from the United Nations Development Program headquarters in Bangkok where he serves as chief adviser on crisis control.
“It was similar to the pride we feel when Pacman wins and Lea Salonga shines in the international stage,” Jegillos added.
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How true.
When the Filipino television panel took in felicitations during one halftime break last week, the text messages came from as far as Athens in Greece and Nambia in Africa, sent in by proudly amazed Filipinos, who either got up early or stayed up late, to savor the heroics of their shorter countrymen on the basketball battlefield.
From a nightmarish finish against Taipei after leading by 13 points after three quarters, the Philippine team continued its voyage, sailing unevenly over Japan, Hong Kong and Qatar to arrange a grim survival match against powerful South Korea.
There was great apprehension against SK, which opened its campaign with a crushing conquest of defending champion China.
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The victory over South Korea, achieved under the most trying conditions, automatically clinched for Gilas Pilipinas a slot in the 2014 Fiba World Cup in Spain.
But another intriguing message came thru the forced pullout of the naturalized reinforcement Marcus Douthit in the second quarter.
It was indeed a stuff out of a dream theater how the Philippine team successfully slugged it out on its own against the stronger, visibly superior Koreans.
Veteran sharpshooter Musong Castillo of the Inquirer put it most apt when he swooned how the Philippine team has phenomenally re-assumed a lofty world-class status.
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It’s a bit odd, but in the finale against Iran, majority of Pinoy fans who trooped in record droves to the Mall of Asia obviously felt Gilas no longer needed a miracle, considering what the team demonstrated the night before, when it conquered South Korea on its own.
So who cared if Douthit would be riding the bench all night long?
The first half against Iran finished tight, the Philippines down by only one (35-34).
Sorry, but the second half was a complete turnaround after Iran emphasized its awesome superiority in inches, mainly through the quiet, efficient job of the burly bearded giant Hamed Haddadi.
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After the all-revealing loss, coach Reyes went out of his way to confide to the Inquirer they would not be going to Spain without a seven-foot reinforcement.
Soon after, there were strong suggestions Gilas would be needing more than just one legit foreign reinforcement.
An honest closer second look would however show Gilas Pilipinas, which could weave wonders with its tiny outsider shooters, was deficient not on inches alone.
Yes, nodded Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios upon being reminded about the suspect physical condition of the Gilas team, which often blew hot and cold, and could not visibly recover fully after one hard game.
For his part, coach Chot closed the random interview with the Inquirer by saying they recognized the superiority of the shooters from other Asian squads like Taipei and South Korea, the phantom snipers who could snap instant baskets at the peak of leap, without making a dribble.
These great gunners supposedly launched their shots from the so-called “wrong foot

Gilas Pilipinas: Short not on inches alone | Inquirer Sports