Tag: Gilas
Chot Reyes says Gilas needs Kai Sotto ‘at least a month’ before Fiba World Cup – rezal404
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 – rezal404
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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Ricky Vargas pushing for Clarkson and Brownlee to reinforce Gilas Pilipinas in Fiba World Cup – rezal404
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 – rezal404
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 his 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 – rezal404
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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C-Stand ends Gilas career a winner and with faith in next caretakers at the paint – rezal404
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 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and national…
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After SEA Games, work cut out for Gilas men, women – rezal404
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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Gilas doubters ‘inspired’ SEA Games gold win, says CJ Perez – rezal404
Southeast Asian Games – Basketball – Cambodia v Philippines – Final – Morodok Techo Elephant Hall 2, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 16, 2023 Philippines players celebrate after winning the match REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon PHNOM PENH—CJ Perez searched for a personal motivation to keep him going and found his from all the non-believing skeptics of Gilas…
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Romualdez lauds Gilas Pilipinas for reclaiming SEA Games title – rezal404
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes gets a victory ride as the Philippines defeats host Cambodia to win the men’s basketball gold at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. REUTERS MANILA, Philippines—Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez lauded the Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team on Wednesday for reclaiming the gold medal in the…
Read More Team redeemed as Gilas Pilipinas reclaims gold, puts heavily reinforced Cambodia in its place – rezal404
VICTORY RIDE Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes gets a victory ride as the Philippines defeats host Cambodia to win the men’s basketball gold at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. —REUTERS All that needless sideline antics, that flexing with the Stephen Curry “night, night” gesture, that late time out with…
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