Gilas Pilipinas Basketball

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Chooks-to-Go-backed Smart Gilas Pilipinas started their 1st training session last Monday, January 8 at the Meralco Gym featuring the current Gilas Pilipinas players who will compete in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers this February and the future Gilas Pilipinas players who will compete in the 2023 FIBA World Cup to be held in Manila.

Among the current Gilas players who attended the 1st practice were Jayson Castro, Kiefer Ravena, Troy Rosario, Allein Maliksi, Carl Bryan Cruz, Roger Pogoy, Mac Belo, Kevin Alas, Jio Jalalon and Japeth Aguilar. Gabe Norwood and Matthew Wright did not participate in the drills.

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Future Gilas players that were present: Paul Desiderio, Juan Gomez De Liano, Isaac Go, Thirdy Ravena, Javee Mocon, Robert Bolick, Kemark Carino, J-jay Alejandro, Will Gozum, CJ Perez, Arvin Tolentino and Jeo Ambohot. Joshua Sinclair who was still recuperating from an ACL injury watched from the sidelines.

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Ricci Rivero was not included in the Gilas Player Pool for 2023 but attended the 1st practice and watched from the sidelines.