Gilas Pilipinas 24-man Player Pool for FIBA Asia Cup
Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach Chot Reyes submitted to FIBA the 24-man Gilas Player list for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup to be held this August in Beirut, Lebanon. The Gilas Pilipinas Final 12 for the FIBA Asia Cup will only come from this list.
Gilas Pilipinas 24-man Player Pool for 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
-Calvin Abueva
-Japeth Aguilar
-Kevin Alas
-Raymond Almazan
-Baser Amer
-Mac Belo
-Andray Blatche
-Jayson Castro
-Carl Bryan Cruz
-June Mar Fajardo
-Kevin Ferrer
-Jio Jalalon
-Allein Maliksi
-Gabe Norwood
-Roger Pogoy
-Kobe Paras
-Bobby Ray Parks
-Kiefer Ravena
-Terrence Romeo
-Troy Rosario
-Christian Standhardinger
-Mike Tolomia
-Norbert Torres
-Matthew Wright
As posted by Coach Chot Reyes in his twitter account:
🙏🙏🙏 #💪🇵🇭❤️ pic.twitter.com/BGYcgTmsu5
— Chot Reyes (@coachot) July 8, 2017
Who do you think should be in the Gilas Final 12 for the FIBA Asia Cup?
Yes coach chot! Need Po tlga natin ang height at athletism sa GILAS ,mabuhay po ang gilas program ,mabuhay ang plipinas fr:Ofw around the World/ Abu Dhabi UAE
I watched a lot of international basketball for the past years, and I think this is the best line up for the Philippines to compete in world stage, not only in Asia/Oceania.
PG: Jordan Clarkson/Jayson Castro William or Matthew Wright
SG: Calvin Abueva/Ray Parks or Marcio Lassiter
SF: Gabe Norwood/Kobe Paras/Troy Rosario/
PF: Japeth Aguilar/Raymond Almazan/Christian Standhardinger or AJ Edu
C : Junmar Fajardo, Andray Blatche
Why these players?
PG: If FIBA will allow JC to play for the PH, defintely JC will be a shoo-in at the #1 position. Jason as we all know is in his 30’s now, he will be good for 1 or 2 more FIBA tournament, and he’s done. Philippines cannot compete at world stage if they will have a point guard below 6’2, they should accept this. They have no match against Australia or New Zealand. Matthew Wright is a legit 6’0 player. He got size, strenght to match up with the international players. I am not saying Romeo or Castro are not good players, but size wise, I do not think they can match up with international players especially with the likes of Australia or New Zealand.
SG: Calvin’s relentless energy, and “patay kung patay” attitude, cannot be discounted. At any given day, he will not back off from anyone in court. He is the “PUSO” of this team. Calvin just need to be sharp at three point area to be deadly. Marcio and Ray will be battling for the last spot at 2 position. We need pure shooters on SG position.
SF: Gabe is still the best defender the Philippines on this position. He can match up with tall players with any team. Kobe Paras will be his successor on this position. We need tall players like Kobe and Troy who can defend transition, one on one, and the perimeter.
PF: Raymond Almazan showed a great game last SEABA 2017. He is a type of player that can defend the post, perimeter and take care of the RIM. Long, and agile player like Japeth and Christian. Now, why I put AJ Edu here? AJ Edu will be the next big thing of PH Basketball. At very young age of 18, he should be expose to international basketball at this level. He is NBA material.
C: No brainer, Junmar and Andray.
choach chot kung ok lng po sana eto yung 24 line up natin.
castro,romeo,jalalon,pogoy,pringle,Amer,lee,ross,chan,malicsi,wright,lassiter,parks jr,rosario,pingris,norwood,clarkson,manuel,paras,abueva,aguilar,slauther,fajardo,standhardinger,Blatche.
kung ako ang tatanongin niu sa final line up natin sana sila (fajardo,slauther,blatche,aguilar,rosario,paras,abueva,lassiter,chan,clarkson,castro and romeo) siguro na man wala na tatalo saatin power house tau nian
From the list:
Castro
Romeo
Wright
Norwood
Abueva
Pogoy
Rosario
Almazan
Aguilar
Fajardo
Maliksi
Blatche/Standhardinger(naturalized)
ito po sna
castro,,romeo,,
maliksi,,wright,,
paras,,norwood,,abueva,,
aguilar,,rosario,,
fajardo,,almazan,,
stanhardinger or blatche,, reserve po…. ravena and belo…
1. Andray Blanche
2. June mar Fajardo
3. Japeth Aguilar
4. Raymond Alamazan
5. Troy Rosario
6. Gabe Norwoood
7. Kevin Ferrer
8. Calvin Abueva
9. Allein Maliksi
10. Roger Pogoy
11. Jayson Castro
12. Terrence Romeo
Greg Slaughter also should be on that list
Since we are competing in a very prestigious tournament like the FIBA, the composition shall deal with strength, athletic ability and team collaboration in court. My line belongs to: From Gilas Jones Cup, 1. Wright 2. Ravena 3. Jalalon 4. Standhardinger, 5. Pogoy…From Gilas FIBA,1. Aguilar, 2. Blanche, 3. Fajardo, 4. Romeo, 5. Abueva, 6. Castro, 7. Norwood. Reservist 1. Almazan, 2. Cruz
Troy Rosario
Jeff Chan
Junmar Fajardo/Arwind Santos
Marcio Lassiter
Chris Ross
Alex Cabagnot
Matthew Wright
Allen Maliksi
Terence Romeo
Japeth Aguilar/Greg Slaughter
Jayson Castro
RR Pogoy