Team Pilipinas Basketball

[SaintPeter5858]

We have some raw talents in the provinces that are waiting to be molded

[BrightestStar]

lalakas pa to mga Tol

[SaintPeter5858]

MVP is planning to include Calvin Abueva here

[BrightestStar]

They should hold more try-outs in the provinces.

[SweetSexyLOVER]

This will be a big help to Philippine sports.

[BrightestStar]

They're going to add young blood here.

[BrightestStar]

Can they start recruiting hi-sch standouts?

[game_boy]

can the PH finally book a seat to the world basketball championship with chot reyes and his chosen players?

 

Reyes 'Wish List' Gets Nod

By WAYLON GALVEZ

March 27, 2012, 10:37pm

 

MANILA, Philippines — Like the previous PH teams backed by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the composition of the national pool for Smart-Gilas II is loaded with playmakers and outside shooters from where the final lineup will come for the FIBA-Asia Championship next year.

 

This after the PBA Board of Governors approved Tuesday the ‘‘wish list’’ of 16 players submitted by Smart-Gilas II head coach Chot Reyes for the said event, which is the qualifying for the 2014 World Championship in Spain.

 

Reyes has named four point guards to the PH pool, Talk ‘N Text's Jimmy Alapag (5’9) and Jayson Castro (5’10), Alaska’s LA Tenorio (5’8) and Petron’s Alex Cabagnot (5’11), as well as four shooting guards led by B-Meg’s James Yap (6’2), Powerade’s pair of Gary David (6’2) and Marcio Lassiter (6’1), and TNT’s Ryan Reyes (6’1).

 

The small forwards are TNT’s Larry Fonacier (6’2) and versatile players Arwind Santos (6’4) of Petron and Gabe Norwood (6’4) of Rain or Shine.

 

The frontline will have power forwards Ranidel de Ocampo (6’6) and Kelly Williams (6’6) of TNT, and Marc Pingris (6’4) of B-Meg, as well as centers Sonny Thoss (6’7) of Alaska and Enrico Villanueva (6’5) of Barangay Ginebra.

 

Of the 16, six are first timers to the PBA PH pool including Castro, Tenorio, Cabagnot, David, Pingris and Fonacier, while Reyes and Villanueva were candidates in the past.

 

The team will also have naturalized center Marcus Douhtit, the 6-foot-11 native of Los Angeles who played for Smart-Gilas I in the last FIBA-Asia Championship in Wuhan, China.

 

The Wuhan tourney was the qualifier then for this year’s London Olympics where the Nationals placed fourth overall.

 

The board, according to PBA Commissioner Chito Salud, has given Reyes a “leeway of adding four more pros to the pool.”

 

“We (with his coaching staff) have to go back and talk about it. But as of now this is what we have,” Reyes, who coached the 2007 PBA-backed team that finished 9th in the FIBA-Asia Championship in Tokushima, Japan.

 

“We’ll talk to these players and we’ll ask them sign to a commitment letter, and make themselves available for the team,” added Reyes, whose has scheduled April 16 as the start of Monday training at the Philsports Arena (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City.

 

According to Reyes, the tournaments he’s eyeing this year for Smart-Gilas II are the Jones Cup in Taiwan this August and the Stankovic Cup in Tokyo in September.

 

After that, Reyes said the next step is to hold a 10-day team building in Spain in January 2013.

[avi_sala]

bakit di nya kinuha si jayvee casio?

[Miggz]

At least he didn't get Caguioa again. He hogged the ball too much during the 2007 Fiba-Asia.

[BrightestStar]

Para sakin, the best line-up na to. Sana nga madagdag si McGee or retain si Douthit.

 

 

[U.P. AdMU2008]

May angas pa si Caguioa. Dapat sama din sya sa National team natin. Or they might ask Casio to be part of the team too.

 

Good thing that Lassiter is back. Kelly Williams too.

[BrightestStar]

Personally, I'm not convinced of the presence of Ryan Reyes in the team. Sana idagdag na lang nila si Cortes kung pwede pa.

[U.P. AdMU2008]

Norwood has not been playing well lately. Dapat si Devance na lang nandyan for him.

Take a look at the line-up below...

 

 

http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1490

 

16 PLAYERS TO NATIONAL POOL; MCGEE MAY SUIT UP FOR PHL 5

[BrightestStar]

May angas pa si Caguioa. Dapat sama din sya sa National team natin. Or they might ask Casio to be part of the team too.

 

Good thing that Lassiter is back. Kelly Williams too.

 

 

Without an injury, Kelly Williams will always be part of the team for the next 4 or so years. He's a former MVP and very athletic.

[iRapedSatan]

Thanks Mods for merging this thread. Boto ako kay Caguioa din for the Smart Gilas 2.

[game_boy]

Norwood has not been playing well lately. Dapat si Devance na lang nandyan for him.

Take a look at the line-up below...

 

 

http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1490

 

16 PLAYERS TO NATIONAL POOL; MCGEE MAY SUIT UP FOR PHL 5

 

 

why is rico villanueva in the wish list of chot reyes?

[buwitre1781]

Thanks Mods for merging this thread. Boto ako kay Caguioa din for the Smart Gilas 2.

 

 

its not because magaling sa pba eh pwede na sa international games. caguioa has the tendency to hug the ball too long which is a no-no in international games kung saan swift passing and ball movements ang kailangan. for norwood he can play the point which is good dahil we can have a tall point guard plus he can defend something that compensates his lack of offense. i would say that arwind and enrico should be the ones left out in this pool. he may be too small para sa mga asian counterparts niya. enrico on the other hand is too slow compared during his prime. the better choice would be kerby raymundo pero dahil injury prone siya baka ala din siyang maicontribute.

[game_boy]

its not because magaling sa pba eh pwede na sa international games. caguioa has the tendency to hug the ball too long which is a no-no in international games kung saan swift passing and ball movements ang kailangan. for norwood he can play the point which is good dahil we can have a tall point guard plus he can defend something that compensates his lack of offense. i would say that arwind and enrico should be the ones left out in this pool. he may be too small para sa mga asian counterparts niya. enrico on the other hand is too slow compared during his prime. the better choice would be kerby raymundo pero dahil injury prone siya baka ala din siyang maicontribute.

 

 

mcgee came to town during the nba lockout period, let's hope the guy hasn't had a change of heart since then as young men like him are prone to do

[SaintPeter5858]

why is rico villanueva in the wish list of chot reyes?

 

 

Rico is a former BPC himself. He's probably the heaviest center and reliable rebounder among pure Fil-blooded in the PBA

[SaintPeter5858]

Sana nga madagdag si Mcgee pero kung mangyari yun, wala na si Douthit. Of course, Chot would go for Mcgee who's a starter for the Nuggets.

 

 

Hope so. Let's pray for that. He has not represented the US in any international competition, so he's a very viable option

[U.P. AdMU2008]

Is Gabe Norwood still part of the team?

[SaintPeter5858]

Enjoy your overtime training Gilas 2!

[BrightestStar]

Long preparation ahead... for national glory.

[SaintPeter5858]

Hope they'll add Canaleta to this team