Rajko Toroman in talks with SMC

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

Rajko Toroman won’t be the coach of the national team, but he isn’t saying goodbye to Philippine basketball just yet.

Toroman waiting for a call

Source : Joaquin Henson The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Coach Rajko Toroman is still in Serbia waiting for a call to return to Manila, tentatively in January, and discuss options for a continuing involvement with Philippine basketball. He was supposed to come back for a meeting with SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan last Nov. 15 but received a letter a few days earlier from Smart Gilas operations director Butch Antonio advising the postponement.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas : Toroman-MVP meeting reset to January

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

AKARTA—The much-anticipated meeting between SMART-Gilas Pilipinas coach Rajko Toroman and Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan has been reset to January next year.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas : Toroman as consultant, Reyes as coach & Black as TNT coach?

Source : Jasmine W. Payo Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Norman Black is set to make a return to the Philippine Basketball Association as a coaching rigodon is expected to be formalized this month involving teams bankrolled by business tycoon-sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan.

Toroman : Smart Gilas still way off from top form

Source : June Navarro Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA—Smart Gilas Pilipinas scored an 80-71 victory over JordanSaturday night, but national coach Rajko Toroman said the team is far from the form that he wants it to be for the Fiba Asia championship—at least for the early part of the tournament.

Rajko Toroman : China can be beaten

Source : June Navarro Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA—Coach Rajko Toroman insists that China can be beaten at its home turf and that solid shooting and key defensive stops in the paint can help Smart Gilas Pilipinas pull off a surprise in the Fiba Asia Championship.

Rajko Toroman : Filipinos are the craziest basketball fans in the world

Source : InterAKTV/Markku Seguerra

A view of the Araneta Coliseum crowd

For Rajko Toroman, the well-traveled coach of the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team, there are no fans in the world quite like the Philippines’ hoops-loving populace.

China "sure" of Olympic Basketball slot ; Toroman says NO

Source : June Navarro, PDI Sports

Rajko Toroman

MANILA—China’s American coach Robert Donewald predicted his team will book the lone London Olympics ticket up for grabs in the Fiba Asia Championship in Wuhan, China, starting Sept. 15.

Tui & Toroman : Gilas program to continue

Source : Joey Villar, Philippine Star

Chris Tui

JAKARTA – Two pillars of Smart Gilas Pilipinas bat for the continuation of the cage program even if the team fails in its Olympic qualifying bid in the FIBA-Asia Championship in China in September.