Tag: Gilas
Gilas call-up an easy one to answer for Boatwright
The versatile Bennie Boat- wright Jr. can play the stretch big role for Gilas Pilipinas. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Bennie Boatwright Jr. said that joining the Gilas Pilipinas program as a naturalized player was an easy decision to make. “It was kind of a no-brainer, you know,” he told a few reporters on Friday afternoon, along…
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Gilas taps Japeth Aguilar, Mason Amos as reserves
Japeth Aguilar and Mason Amos have been added to Tim Cone’s Gilas Pilipinas roster. –FILE PHOTOS MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone is preparing the squad from top to bottom with two new additions. After a commendable outing at the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers’ first window, Cone revealed that he has added two more…
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Boatwright’s Gilas naturalization a boost for regional tilts
Bennie Boatwright: Filipino soon for Gilas? —MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Tim Cone had said—just days after announcing a 12-man pool for Gilas Pilipinas that would hopefully take the Philippines back to the World Cup and Los Angeles Olympics in 2028—that like in “any other basketball team,” change in national team personnel is inevitable. With that being said,…
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Bennie Boatwright the next naturalized player for Gilas
San Miguel Beermen import Bennie Boatwright during Game 2 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals against Magnolia Hotshots.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Gilas Pilipinas will add another name to its pool of naturalized players in the coming weeks, picking the last import that has endeared himself to the Filipino basketball fans. Bennie Boatwright, who helped San Miguel Beer…
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Unbeaten Gilas Women advance to Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup quarterfinals
Gilas Pilipinas Women’s Jhazmin Joson. –FIBA 3×3 MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas Women barged into the Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup quarterfinal after sweeping two games in Pool C on Friday evening in Singapore. The Philippine squad, bannered by Jhaz Joson, Camille Clarin, Mikka Cacho, and Kaye Pingol, completed a Pool C sweep after trouncing Malaysia,…
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Gilas Youth gets tough draw for 2024 Fiba U17 World Cup
FILE–Kieffer Alas and the Gilas Pilipinas boys youth team in in the Fiba U16 Asian Championship last year. –FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Gilas Pilipinas Youth team was drawn to the group of death in the 2024 Fiba Under-17 World Cup from Jun 29 to July 7 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Philippines was slated…
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Gilas Women reach Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup main draw after sweep
FILE–Gilas Pilipinas’ women’s 3×3 Camille Clarin. Clarin and the Gilas women team are competing in the Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup. –FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Camille Clarin led the collective effort of the Gilas Pilipinas Women to barge into the main draw of the Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup after beating Kazakhstan, 21-12, and completing a three-game…
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No one is indispensable at Gilas like in any other team
Gilas coach Tim Cone: We’ll have to see how things go at that point. —MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Justin Brownlee has begun a stint in Indonesia to, first of all, continue making a living. But more than that, the Gilas Pilipinas naturalized ace can stay active and in game shape while not playing in Fiba events and…
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After Gilas ‘stint,’ Cu, Gumaru boost Kings options
Ralph Cu is on the rise. —PBA IMAGES The spotlight falls bright on superstar players, so coach Tim Cone made sure the efforts of Ralph Cu and Donald Gumaru wouldn’t go unnoticed. The two Barangay Ginebra reserves were practice players for Gilas Pilipinas in the recent window of the 2025 Fiba (International Basketball Federation) Asia…
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Tim Cone ‘perfect coach’ for Gilas, says Australian mentor Goorjian
Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone. –FIBA PHOTO LAPU-LAPU CITY—Brian Goorjian believes the selection of coach Tim Cone is a step in the right direction for Gilas Pilipinas. “I think Tim Cone is the perfect coach for the future of Philippine basketball,” Goorjian said when asked of his former tactical foe in the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s…
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