SMART Gilas II

[glenn manikis]

congrats Gilas pilipinas!!!!

[rollyic]

nice job LA.. you lifted the team in the last 2 games..

next assignment..

4th FIBA Asia Cup (earlier known as Stankovic Cup)
September 14-22, 2012 / Tokyo, Japan

GROUP A: Philippines, China, Lebanon, Uzbekistan & Macau
GROUP B: Taipei, Iran, Japan, Qatar & India
Official Website: tokyo2012.fibaasia.net/

* The 4th FIBA Asia Cup is the qualifying event for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in 2013, which in turn will be the qualifying event for 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain.

dito may tulog ang Phil. Team....
qualifying pa lang, yari na sila sa Lebanon at China!

[ZENMasterTYL]

nice job LA.. you lifted the team in the last 2 games..

next assignment..

4th FIBA Asia Cup (earlier known as Stankovic Cup)
September 14-22, 2012 / Tokyo, Japan

GROUP A: Philippines, China, Lebanon, Uzbekistan & Macau
GROUP B: Taipei, Iran, Japan, Qatar & India
Official Website: tokyo2012.fibaasia.net/

* The 4th FIBA Asia Cup is the qualifying event for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in 2013, which in turn will be the qualifying event for 2014 FIBA World Cup to be held in Spain.

pool A players na ba maglalaro sa mga China, Lebanon at Iran?

[shadow]

ano ba meron sa jones cup? bakit wala national team ng China?

[dfopiso]

kaya pa ba kung just native Pinoys, like nung time ni Calma-Almario era?

[Ry_Tower]

kaya pa ba kung just native Pinoys, like nung time ni Calma-Almario era?

Nope IMO, even with some fil-am lugi talaga sa size.

[oliver1013]

Kala ko sina kobe at lebron

[Retz]

sa FIBA Asia naman ang sunod.

[superblitz]

Congrats Gilas! I hope magtuloy ang winnings ng Gilas sa Fiba Asia.

[ZENMasterTYL]

good luck pinas

[_Qwerty_]

don sa hindi nakapanood nang Gilas vs USA, irereplay bukas, Aug. 30, 8pm sa AKTV..

[baludoy]

ano ba meron sa jones cup? bakit wala national team ng China?

^ sa taiwan kasi ginagawa ang jones cup kaya boycott ng china ang tournament na 'to

besides, natatalo din naman ang china sa iran kaya ilag din sila sa iranians (especially pag andyan si hadadi (ba yon?))

[_Qwerty_]

parati naman sa taiwan ginagawa ang jones cup.. since 1977 hindi pa sumali ang china dito..

^ sa taiwan kasi ginagawa ang jones cup kaya boycott ng china ang tournament na 'to

yung Fiba Asia.. 2nd team pala nang China ang maglalaro don.. so kaya natin yun!

[glenn manikis]

don sa hindi nakapanood nang Gilas vs USA, irereplay bukas, Aug. 30, 8pm sa AKTV..

very nice!!!

[baludoy]

kaya pa ba kung just native Pinoys, like nung time ni Calma-Almario era?

maski nung panahon ni calma at almario sa national team meron na ding fil-ams at naturalized players tayo. most notably sina chip engelland, jeff moore, at dennis still

btw, earlier than that iyong grupo nina ricky brown nag laro din para sa pinas. cojuangco backed team din 'to kung 'di ako nagkakamali

[_Qwerty_]

i think Pingris, Yap, Santos and Castro can help the team.. instead of Lanete, JR Reyes, Matt Rosser and Baracael.

Reyes wants Pingris on Japan-bound team | SPIN.PH - Sports Interactive Network Philippines

SMART Gilas 2.0 coach Chot Reyes said James Yap, Arwind Santos, Marcio Lassiter and the other players from San Miguel-owned teams are welcome to rejoin the national team program, although they have to go through the selection process like everybody else.

All except one: Marc Pingris.

“Pumunta lang s’ya sa practice, tatanggapin ko na s’ya,” said Reyes of the San Mig Coffee (formerly B-Meg) power forward. “He’s the one player I need most in the team right now.”

Pingris and San Mig teammate Yap as well as Santos, Lassiter and Alex Cabagnot of Petron were among the players from the three teams under the SMC umbrella who were dropped from Reyes’ original pool after refusing to sign a letter of commitment with the Gilas program.

Only one player from SMC, Ginebra’s Enrico Villanueva, remained in the pool.

That has left Reyes no choice but to fill his 14-man lineup with second- and third-choice players from the pool for the Jones Cup campaign, where Gilas 2.0 beat formidable odds to clinch the country’s fourth title in the Taipei event and first in 14 years.

From the five, Santos and Lassiter have gone on record to say they are eager to rejoin the Gilas pool in separate interviews with Spin.ph.

Reyes has kept the door open for the five SMC players to rejoin the national pool as he and his coaching staff deliberate on the final lineup for the Fiba Asia Cup in Japan. The deadline for the submission of the teams’ 12-man lineups is on Friday.

“They’re all welcome,” Reyes told Spin.ph after a round of golf at Wack Wack in Mandaluyong City. “All they have to do is sign the letter of commitment, show up for practice then we’ll see.

“They’ll be part of the pool. But just like everyone else, they have to earn their spot.”

However, Reyes said Santos, Yap, Cabagnot and Lassiter may find it hard to regain their places in the lineup for the Japan tournament considering most of the pool members who stepped up and filled their spots gave a good account of themselves in the Jones Cup campaign.

“Maraming nag-step up, players like (Larry) Fonacier, LA Tenorio and (Sol) Mercado. Take the case of Sol. Papaano mo isisingit sina Cabagnot at Jayson Castro ngayon e ang ganda ng nilaro ni Sol. Papaano mo sila isisingit ngayon? Sino tatanggalin mo?” Reyes said.

There is also the danger of messing up the team chemistry, Reyes said.

"It's very rare that a hastily assembled team comes together like the team in Taipei," the Gilas coach said. "Paano mo ngayon bubulabugin ang chemistry. Mamaya, maglalagay ka ng ibang players d'yan, magaling nga pero masisira naman ang chemistry ng team."

Reyes said the tough-as-nails Pingris is a different case, only because he was the type of player Gilas needed – and missed – in Taipei.

“When Pingris backed out, his place was supposed to be taken by Japeth (Aguilar) but he, too, begged off. So napunta kay Jay-R Reyes,” he said. “But we can really use a guy like Pingris (in Japan). He’s one player who can guard all positions except center.”

Reyes said he expects to make between three to four changes – “Maximum na ang apat,” he said – to the Jones Cup-winning team when he submits his lineup for the Fiba Asia Cup.

“We’ll sit down and talk about it today and tomorrow, look at the stats, review the performances (in Taipei) then come up with a decision by Thursday night,” Reyes said.

[Ry_Tower]

^ Very good diplomatic press release form Chot IMO. Kudos coach reyes.

[_Qwerty_]

Mercado out.. Dillinger in..

i think we will have a problem sa point guard.. sana kinuha nila si cabagnot or jv casio..

Chot Reyes names SMART-Gilas lineup for FIBA Asia Cup; Dillinger only new addition | Team Pilipinas

SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national coach Chot Reyes has named his lineup for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup slated in Tokyo, Japan.

Ginebra San Miguel’s LA Tenorio, who won Most Valuable Player honors in SMART-Gilas’ title run in the 34th William Jones Cup, leads the lineup along with holdovers Gabe Norwood and Jeff Chan of Rain or Shine, Gary David of GlobalPort, Larry Fonacier and Ranidel De Ocampo of Talk ‘N Text, Enrico Villanueva of Barako Bull, Jay-R Reyes of Meralco, Sonny Thoss of Alaska, Matt Ganuela Rosser and naturalized center Marcus Douthit. Talk ‘N Text forward Jared Dillinger will be the only new addition to the team, with Meralco guard Sol Mercado being rendered ineligible because of FIBA Asia rules concerning foreign-born citizens.

“FIBA doesn’t recognize Sol Mercado’s eligibility when he played for the Asian Games, just like (Marcio) Lassiter and (Chris) Lutz case. Don’t ask me why,” wrote Reyes on his Twitter account. In last year’s FIBA Asia Championship, the Filipino-American duo missed the preliminary round of the competition before being allowed to suit up.

Alaska’s Mac Baracael and former San Beda sharpshooter Garvo Lanete have also been dropped from the team because the FIBA Asia Cup only allows 12 players, in contrast to 14 for the Jones Cup. But Reyes said on Twitter that Lanete will still make the trip to Tokyo with the team.

Reyes said that other SMART-Gilas pool members Jayson Castro, Ryan Reyes, and Kelly Williams, all from Talk ‘N Text, are still recuperating from injuries.

[_Qwerty_]

mercado out.. dillinger in..

mukhang may problema tayo sa point guard nyan.. sana kinuha nila si cabagnot or si jv casio..

Chot Reyes names SMART-Gilas lineup for FIBA Asia Cup; Dillinger only new addition | Team Pilipinas

SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national coach Chot Reyes has named his lineup for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup slated in Tokyo, Japan.

Ginebra San Miguel’s LA Tenorio, who won Most Valuable Player honors in SMART-Gilas’ title run in the 34th William Jones Cup, leads the lineup along with holdovers Gabe Norwood and Jeff Chan of Rain or Shine, Gary David of GlobalPort, Larry Fonacier and Ranidel De Ocampo of Talk ‘N Text, Enrico Villanueva of Barako Bull, Jay-R Reyes of Meralco, Sonny Thoss of Alaska, Matt Ganuela Rosser and naturalized center Marcus Douthit. Talk ‘N Text forward Jared Dillinger will be the only new addition to the team, with Meralco guard Sol Mercado being rendered ineligible because of FIBA Asia rules concerning foreign-born citizens.

“FIBA doesn’t recognize Sol Mercado’s eligibility when he played for the Asian Games, just like (Marcio) Lassiter and (Chris) Lutz case. Don’t ask me why,” wrote Reyes on his Twitter account. In last year’s FIBA Asia Championship, the Filipino-American duo missed the preliminary round of the competition before being allowed to suit up.

Alaska’s Mac Baracael and former San Beda sharpshooter Garvo Lanete have also been dropped from the team because the FIBA Asia Cup only allows 12 players, in contrast to 14 for the Jones Cup. But Reyes said on Twitter that Lanete will still make the trip to Tokyo with the team.

Reyes said that other SMART-Gilas pool members Jayson Castro, Ryan Reyes, and Kelly Williams, all from Talk ‘N Text, are still recuperating from injuries.

[_Qwerty_]

hmmm lets see how we perform in the Fiba Asia Cup..

Gilas II expects tough test in Tokyo » The Dean's Corner by Quinito Henson | Sports » philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines - Nothing comes easy for Smart Gilas as the Philippine national basketball team takes another step towards its goal of qualifying for the FIBA World Cup in Spain in 2014. If the Jones Cup is a quiz, the coming FIBA Asia Cup is the big test and next year’s FIBA Asia Championships the final exam.

Gilas passed the Jones Cup quiz with flying colors in Taipei recently, in the process waylaying mighty Iran and mightier US. Now, Gilas advances to the next level and wages war in the fourth FIBA Asia Cup, formerly known as the Stankovic Cup, on Sept. 14-26 in Tokyo. The top three finishers of the FIBA Asia Cup automatically qualify for the FIBA Asia Championships which Manila is bidding to host. In turn, the top three placers of the FIBA Asia Championships gain outright entry as representatives of the Asia Zone in the FIBA World Cup in Spain.

The FIBA Asia Cup format is different from what Gilas went through in the Jones Cup. Coach Chot Reyes said yesterday he’s treating the FIBA Asia Cup primarily as a learning experience but it doesn’t mean Gilas won’t leave it all on the floor.

“We’re coming in with the same mind-set as in the Jones Cup,” said Reyes. “This is a continuation of our learning process. We’re playing new teams in Tokyo – also, old teams with different players. Opposition will be stiffer because now, we’re not able to sneak in and surprise anyone. With what we did in the Jones Cup, other teams now know who L. A. (Tenorio) and Jeff (Chan) are. They’ll be prepared to defend them.”

Reyes said Korea and Jordan aren’t playing in Tokyo but the usual suspects like Iran, China, Qatar and Lebanon are in the fray. “In the Jones Cup, there were nine teams and we played a single round-robin without playoffs,” explained Reyes. “The team with the best record at the end of the single round-robin was declared the champion. But in Tokyo, there will be 10 teams split into two groups of five. A team plays groupmates once in the eliminations then the top four move to the knockout crossover quarterfinals. Winners go to the semifinals and survivors play for the title. That’s how it’s done in the FIBA-Asia and World Championships. It’s different in the Jones Cup which isn’t conducted by FIBA. That’s why in the Jones Cup, we were allowed a 14-man lineup to play 12 in a game while in the FIBA Asia Cup, we’re limited to a 12-man roster.”

In Tokyo, the Philippines is bracketed with China, Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Macau. The other group consists of Iran, Chinese-Taipei, Qatar, India and host Japan. Without a single rest day, Gilas will play China, Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Macau in succession. In contrast, China will take a rest on the second day of competition while Lebanon takes on Gilas the day after a lightweight assignment against Macau.

For the FIBA Asia Cup, Reyes is bringing 11 of the 14 players in the Jones Cup lineup – Marcus Douthit, Gary David, Chan, Tenorio, Larry Fonacier, Ranidel de Ocampo, Gabe Norwood, Enrico Villanueva, Sonny Thoss, Jay-R Reyes and Matt Ganuelas-Rosser. Left out from the Taipei roster were Sol Mercado, Mac Baracael and Garvo Lanete. Added to the Tokyo cast was Jared Dillinger.

Mercado was struck out because of a new FIBA Asia eligibility ruling that a player not born in the country he is representing must have chosen his citizenship before 16 if he has blood lineage. Reyes said the rule is not retroactive, meaning it will not apply to players who were previously allowed to represent a country by FIBA Asia.

“Because the rule is not retroactive, guys like Gabe and Sonny are good to go,” said Reyes. “Unfortunately, Sol never played for us in a FIBA tournament. He played for Gilas in the 2010 Asian Games but that’s not considered a FIBA competition. Matt isn’t a problem because he was born in the Philippines. In the last FIBA Asia Championships, Marcio (Lassiter) and Chris (Lutz) were allowed to play on condition it wouldn’t be considered a precedent, meaning their future eligibility would be reevaluated under the new rule. I think the law of citizenship in a particular country must be recognized by FIBA Asia. This new rule came about as a reaction to a lot of Africans playing for different Asian countries not as naturalized citizens but as locals claiming blood lineage. It’s collateral damage to the Philippines.”