Gilas Pilipinas mentor Jong Uichico expects a tough campaign for the all-amateur national team when it competes in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers set Nov. 26 to 30 in Manama, Bahrain. With only three weeks to gear up for the tournament, chemistry is another issue the squad is facing since they...
Kiefer Ravena of NLEX goes for a layup against three Alaska defenders during their game Monday. (PBA Images) SMART CLARK GIGA CITY--Kiefer Ravena expressed his readiness to play for Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers set in Manama, Bahrain later this month. Although the...
Gilas Pilipinas program director Tab Baldwin. (Fiba Images) Collegiate players will likely fill up the void left by their professional counterparts if Gilas Pilipinas gets to compete in the planned second window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers next month. There’s still no word on where the...
Members of Gilas Pilipinas sing the national anthem before its 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers match against Indonesia. (FIBA photo) Gilas Pilipinas could see itself playing under a bubble concept for its 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers campaign. World governing body FIBA on Friday announced that all...
Kelly Williams, fourth from left, won three PBA championships during Chot Reyes' tenure as TNT coach. (PBA Images) Former coach Chot Reyes was among those who paid tribute to Kelly Williams after the 2008 PBA Most Valuable Player and two-time Comeback Player of the Year announced his retirement on...
Lin acquires Taiwanese passport Jeremy Lin (Photo by STR / AFP) Former NBA player Jeremy Lin could end up playing in future FIBA Asia competitions after obtaining a Taiwanese passport recently. Chung Hsiao-Ping, a city councilor in Taipei, was quoted by local media to have accompanied Lin’s...
Emotional night for the men of Gilas Marc Pingris in action during the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the moment Gilas Pilipinas broke free from the curse of South Korea. (Photo by Glenn Michael Tan from smartgilaspilipinas.com) One of the most emotional scenes during the night Gilas Pilipinas...
Chot picks 2007 PH team over 2013 class Former national team coach Chot Reyes said the greatest team he might have ever mentored was the squad that competed in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship. (FIBA Images) Aug. 10, 2013 marked the biggest accomplishment of coach Chot Reyes’ career when he guided...
FIBA Asia secretary-general Hagop Khajirian, 2nd right, and then SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan shake hands during the signing of the Host Association Agreement for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in August 2013 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Looking on are SBP executive director Sonny Barrios ,...
One of the structures damage by the cataclysmic blast in Beirut. (AFP) The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas sent a message of support to those working at the FIBA Asia office in Beirut after a massive explosion hit the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. Online site Spin.ph reported that the FIBA Asia...
