FIBA Asia 2013 : Iran wins title, Pilipinas second place, Korea gets 3rd

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Source : FIBA.com
MANILA (FIBA Asia Championship) - Iran and the Philippines have shown Asia will be strongly represented at next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain with a high quality FIBA Asia Championship Title Game in front of 19,989 fans in Manila.

FIBA Asia 2013 : Iran coach declares FIBA Asia win

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Source : AKTV
Iran has won two of the last three FIBA Asia Championship tournaments, and coach Memi Becirovic is not bashful about his team’s chances in the 2013 edition of the competition.

FIBA Asia 2013 : Chot Reyes to fans : Laban Pilipinas! Puso!

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Source : FIBA Asia

MANILA, Philippines (27th FIBA Asia Championship): There are few positions in international sport which are as unenviable as that of the coach of the Philippine National Team. In a country here passion for basketball rides high on emotion, nothing short of victory in every game the team plays satisfies the Filipinos.

FIBA Asia 2013 : Draw lottery results

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Source : AKTV
With its privilege to choose its group as host of the 2013 FIBA Asia Champion, the Philippines on Thursday wisely avoided a tough group and was bracketed along with Chinese Taipei, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the preliminary round of the tournament.

Gilas players getting used with one another

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Photo from Solar Sports Desk

Source : Solar Sports

MANILA – Despite holding practices once a week, the Philippine national team still has a lot of work to do with less than four months until the FIBA-Asia Championship.
“(The offense) is still not as smooth and as sharp as I would like,” admitted Gilas-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes in an interview with Solar Sports Desk.

In case you missed : Day 1 of Gilas Pilipinas Practice

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Source : Solar Sports Desk

Photo from Gilas Pilipinas Facebook page

PBA Commissioner Chito Salud began the Gilas-Pilipinas first day of practice by recalling the regime during the 1980's.

Gilas pool for FIBA Asia 2013 released

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Source : SPIN.ph

JAPETH Aguilar and Ryan Reyes were the surprise choices when national coach Chot Reyes revealed his lineup on Thursday for the Gilas Pilipinas team to the Fiba-Asia championships this August.

PBA Governor's Cup shortened for FIBA Asia preparations

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Source : Spin.ph

THE PBA board of governors has given league commissioner Chito Salud the green light to revise and shorten this season’s Governors Cup to give way to Gilas Pilipinas’ preparation for the Fiba Asia men’s championships which the country will be hosting in August.

Manila is the host of FIBA Asia 2013

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Source : AKTV
The Philippines won the rights to host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship set on August 1 to 11.

No less than Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan made the announcement in a text message circulated Thursday evening.

Lebanon wins FIBA Asia 2013 hosting

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Source : Philippine Star

TOKYO – The Philippines would have to wait for more time to get its turn to host the FIBA Asia championship again.

SBP, PBA team up for FIBA Asia 2013 bid

Source : Inquirer Sports

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will be working hand in glove when the cage body lobbies for the country’s hosting of the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship next week.

Smart Gilas' line up for FIBA Asia Cup, P-Noy could boost program

Source : AKTV

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

MOA Arena impresses top FIBA Asia official

Source : AKTV

FIBA Asia secretary-general Hagop Khajirian flew to the Philippines this week to inspect the SM Mall of Asia Arena and came away impressed.

Chris Tiu undecided to join PBA ; Gilas ready for SEABA

Source : AKTV

While his batchmates from the original incarnation of the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national program have already become solid contributors in the PBA, Chris Tiu still ponders whether to take his talents to the pro league.

Smart Gilas 2 holds first practice

Source : Yahoo Philippines

The first-ever practice session of the new Smart Gilas Pilipinas national men's basketball team, dubbed "Gilas II", was held last night at the San Juan Arena, where all sixteen PBA players selected in the pool by head coach Chot Reyes were in attendance.

Smart Gilas II formed

Source : Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Smart Gilas II has been formally formed, and coach Chot Reyes and the members of the national training pool are looking forward to start their training and preparation for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.

4 more pros invited for Gilas 2.0

Source : Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Smart Gilas Pilipinas is tapping Japeth Aguilar, Jarred Dillinger, Sol Mercado and Jeff Chan as addition to the national pool that will be trained for two years in preparation for the Asian qualifier for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

PBA pool for Gilas 2.0 released; McGee naturalization on process

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

“Deep, versatile, skilled.”

That’s how incoming SMART-Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes described the 16-man pool from the PBA he named on Tuesday.

Lassiter, David in pool for Gilas 2.0

Source : Nelson Beltran (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines - Coach Chot Reyes will have his crack players at Talk n Text and Powerade’s 1-2 punch of Gary David and Marcio Lassiter to banner Smart Gilas II set to compete in the Fiba Asia Championship next year.

SBP Exec Sonny Barrios to meet FIBA officials

Source : AKTV

MANILA — Renauld “Sonny” Barrios, executive director of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, left Thursday night for Geneva, Switzerland on the invitation of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) secretary-general Patrick Baumann to a meeting of the Competitions Commission on next-phase discussions of the new system that will govern world basketball tournaments.