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New Gilas Cadets Player Pool

Gilas Cadets

SBP and the PBA revealed the 12 Gilas Cadets who will join the special round of the PBA rookie draft and who will be part of the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool along with 12 players from the PBA or 1 player from each team.

Gilas Cadets Player Pool
-Mac Belo
-Carl Bryan Cruz
-Ed Daquioag

LA Tenorio and Kiefer Ravena to play in FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final

FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final

LA Tenorio Jayson Castro, Kiefer Ravena, Karl Dehesa and Paolo Hubalde will play in an exhibition game in the 2016 FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final from October 27-28, 2016 at the International Tennis Centre-Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Chot Reyes is back as Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach

Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach Chot Reyes

According to SBP, Chot Reyes is back as Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach while Coach Tab Baldwin will remain as Team Consultant.

Andray Blatche in FIBA Asia Champions Cup All-Star 5, Dewarick Spencer named MVP

FIBA Asia Champions Cup All-Star 5

Congratulations Andray Blatche for being part of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup All-Star 5! Congratulations also to Dewarick Spencer who was named Most Valuable Player or MVP. Both are playing as imports for China Kashgar (Blatche) and Al Riyadi Lebanon (Spencer).

2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup All-Star Five
– Darius Adams (China Kashgar)
– Fadi El-Khatib (Al Riyadi Lebanon)

Andray Blatche led China to win the FIBA Asia Champions Cup Title

Andray Blatche

Andray Blatche led China with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists (9/13 FGs) as they defeated Al Riyadi of Lebanon, 96-88 in the Finals of the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

Andray Blatche to play for China in FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Andray Blatche - China - FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Andray Blatche will represent China and will team up with Zhou Qi in the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup since his CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) team – Xinjiang Flying Tigers is representing China in this tournament which starts today, October 8 in Chenzhou, China.

Team Philippines Roster for FIBA 3×3 World Championships

team-philippines-2016-fiba-3x3-world-championships

Team Philippines will be composed of Mac Belo, Russel Escoto, Karl Dehesa and Glenn Khobuntin in the 2016 FIBA 3×3 World Championships to be held in Guangzhou, China from October 11-15, 2016.

Gold Medal for Perlas Pilipinas as they swept the SEABA Women’s Championship

Perlas Pilipinas

Perlas Pilipinas defeated Thailand, 72-52 to sweep the 2016 SEABA Championship for Women held in Malacca City, Malaysia. Allana Lim led Philippines with 15 points as they are unbeaten in 6 games to capture the SEABA Women’s Title.