Dondon Hontiveros pulls out of Smart Gilas

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

A day after seeing most of its best amateur players apply for the PBA draft, the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team was stung by news that Dondon Hontiveros, who has been on loan from the Air 21 Express, is leaving the team.

Smart Gilas enters the FIBA Asia Champions Cup semis

Marcus Douthit

MANILA, Philippines (22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup): Smart Gilas became the first team to break into the WABA-Gulf hegemony of top-four finishes in the last four FIBA Asia Champions Cup with a resurgent 85-80 triumph against Syria’s Al Jala’a on Friday.