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FIBA: Chot Reyes bares his ultimate Gilas Pilipinas dream team

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines -  Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach Chot Reyes is obviously ecstatic for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be hosted in our homeland together with co-hosts Japan and Indonesia. Coach Reyes can’t contain his excitement as he revealed his future roster on Friday morning, January 5, 2017.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA5uV0JzsCOeagKCrm3JK6QUSqVfpE9XvPapLzKs5e-X2-j9HZzQiv9j3er1qo_QfaxrOS4OecECmusy_m2SL7ANvaNZEEgfoJe3l8FBpwsIEIBg2vWtOmuG3pS_Ixy2kI_U8so8SR4CN/s1600/gilas-pilipinas-players-2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FIBA: Chot Reyes bares his ultimate Gilas Pilipinas dream team" border="0" class="img" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWA5uV0JzsCOeagKCrm3JK6QUSqVfpE9XvPapLzKs5e-X2-j9HZzQiv9j3er1qo_QfaxrOS4OecECmusy_m2SL7ANvaNZEEgfoJe3l8FBpwsIEIBg2vWtOmuG3pS_Ixy2kI_U8so8SR4CN/s1600/gilas-pilipinas-players-2023.JPG" title="FIBA: Chot Reyes bares his ultimate Gilas Pilipinas dream team" /></a></div><br />In his tweet, the long-time Filipino basketball mentor publicly shared a long list of local and Fil-foreign players bannered by UAAP, NCAA PH and NCAA US young guns. Among the standouts are future twin towers and seven-footers Kai Sotto and Fil-Nigerian AJ Edu.<br /><br />Last year’s collegiate finals protagonists Thirdy Ravena, Matt Nieto, Isaac Go, Abu Tratter, Robert Bolick, CJ Perez, JV Mocon, also made Coach Chot’s wishlist together with other superstars Juan Gomez De Liano, Paul Desiderio, Rodolfo Alejandro III, Kenneth Tuffin, Jeo Ambohot, Josh Sinclair, Arvin Tolentino, Carl Tamayo, Ken Carino, and Will Gozum.<br /><div id="unruly-unit"></div><br />High-leaping wingman Kobe Paras from Cal State Northridge along with Fil-Ams Remy Martin from Arizona State University and Wake Forest University’s Troy Rike complete Coach Reyes’ 23-man roster for the 2023 World Cup.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4rwsIhI9X-b_75tId1Oz7aZKbl8ujD3FWUtohM98k_lxnGiK0uKr_soc4TdcEurCiW1bL7LO7ejT3hIiEEIl3qSvBEOQo2z2XrrN8AjwRm1pqAKDsTt-Z5q2OtR_Nu_1bgy2xXn33mAL/s1600/Gilas+23.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="FIBA 2023 Gilas Pilipinas line up" border="0" class="img" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4rwsIhI9X-b_75tId1Oz7aZKbl8ujD3FWUtohM98k_lxnGiK0uKr_soc4TdcEurCiW1bL7LO7ejT3hIiEEIl3qSvBEOQo2z2XrrN8AjwRm1pqAKDsTt-Z5q2OtR_Nu_1bgy2xXn33mAL/s1600/Gilas+23.jpg" title="FIBA 2023 Gilas Pilipinas line up" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit: Coach Chot Reyes Twitter Account</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Coach Chot expressed his intention to recruit youthful and promising cagers since he took over the helm of the national team program from Coach Tab Baldwin to prepare for the future international tournaments.<br /><br />Reyes is also eyeing for a young reinforcement in preparation for the departure of Andray Blatche whose contract with Gilas Pilipinas is expiring very soon. 7-foot Isaiah Austin who backed-up Chooks To Go Gilas Pilipinas in FIBA Asia Champions Cup last year is being considered by Chot Reyes and SBP to replace NBA veteran and naturalized-Filipino Andray Blatche. But, as per Coach Reyes, nothing is final as of the moment.<br /><br />With this potential line-up, Philippines is having a good chance to regain its basketball supremacy in Asia and hopefully, in global scene.<br /><br />Laban Pilipinas! PUSO!<br /><br /><b>— Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express</b></div>

FIBA: Chot Reyes bares his ultimate Gilas Pilipinas dream team

MANILA, Philippines - Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach Chot Reyes is obviously ecstatic for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be host...

LIVE STREAM: Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese Taipei FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The country's national team SMART Gilas Pilipinas will try to defend the home court against Chinese-Taipei in the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers on Monday evening, November 27, at the Araneta Coliseum.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncgmk_1cOR4r7f5fJGIC43iW68N-QpcnD2MMLjKOBqmNO7iAfztTpFddhOoW05mc2_mNByGrsdkTFJuuh6zXiJAiCX1dRLjxSOtfjrZVHM09-aSGnhIAVkUNJ6pa4XqycK2EuGV_pQUvR/s1600/Gilas-Pilipinas.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="LIVE STREAM: Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese Taipei FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers" border="0" class="img" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncgmk_1cOR4r7f5fJGIC43iW68N-QpcnD2MMLjKOBqmNO7iAfztTpFddhOoW05mc2_mNByGrsdkTFJuuh6zXiJAiCX1dRLjxSOtfjrZVHM09-aSGnhIAVkUNJ6pa4XqycK2EuGV_pQUvR/s1600/Gilas-Pilipinas.jpg" title="LIVE STREAM: Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese Taipei FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GILAS PILIPINAS. Photo Credit: Sports5PH</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Philippines being ranked 5th in Asia and 30th in the world faces the ranked 10th in Asia and 57th in the world Chinese Taipei.<br /><br />Even Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes knows his team are the favored ones against Chinese Taipei, which got blown out at home by Australia a few days ago, but he won't be quick to pronounce an easy road ahead for his guys.<br /><div id="unruly-unit"></div><br />"We know them pretty well," Reyes told local media. "A lot of their players are the players that we’ve played with against before. We just have to be prepared, but there’s a chance that they can always spring some surprises against us."<br /><br />Watch Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese Taipei on livestream (video courtesy of sports.tv5.ph/live):<br /><br /><center><div class="video-wrapper"><div style="height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.67%; position: relative;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" gesture="media" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qKrFE8T4TWQ?ecver=2" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; width: 100%;" width="100%"></iframe></div></div></center><br />Here are the live updates courtesy of Sports5PH:<br /><br /><center><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/Sports5PH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweets by Sports5PH</a> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><b>— The Summit Express</b></div>

LIVE STREAM: Gilas Pilipinas vs Chinese Taipei FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers

MANILA, Philippines - The country's national team SMART Gilas Pilipinas will try to defend the home court against Chinese-Taipei in the ...

Philippines, 2 other countries to host 2016 FIBA OQT

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines  - World basketball governing body FIBA named the Philippines as one of the host countries for the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) for men.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgJSBcDorG6HxyKUZjK7byvHCk1lFAGO6VohhhMDj8Q2xdn5xzL-cXcvoIhENDqIpONMp6_c6GVg4891oxYRcXSzWTnX0Ygp3kgrrWccal7QwjlAd9zWLM3SQWLQ2Vx0OqBxqQmh8wiy-/s1600/philippines-fiba.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="FIBA awards Philippines and 2 other countries hosting rights for Olympics Qualifiers. " border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgJSBcDorG6HxyKUZjK7byvHCk1lFAGO6VohhhMDj8Q2xdn5xzL-cXcvoIhENDqIpONMp6_c6GVg4891oxYRcXSzWTnX0Ygp3kgrrWccal7QwjlAd9zWLM3SQWLQ2Vx0OqBxqQmh8wiy-/s640/philippines-fiba.jpg" title="FIBA awards Philippines and 2 other countries hosting rights for Olympics Qualifiers. " width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FIBA awards Philippines and 2 other countries hosting rights for Olympics Qualifiers. <br />Photo Credit: FIBA</td></tr></tbody></table>The annoucement was made through FIBA social media accounts Tuesday night, January 19, 2016.<br /><br />Philippines will join Italy and Serbia for the tournament hosting on July 4-10.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Philippines, Italy & Serbia will host the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (4-10 July)! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIBAOQT?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#FIBAOQT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToRio?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#RoadToRio</a> <a href="https://t.co/pc7dCAH2nR" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/pc7dCAH2nR</a></div>— FIBA (@FIBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/FIBA/status/689457023646208001" rel="nofollow">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The 2016 OQT  will qualify three teams to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The format will consist of 18 national teams divided into three tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.<br /><br />The Philippine basketball team will be trying to earn its first appearance at the Olympic basketball tournament since 1972.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="tl">YES!! PHILIPPINES TO HOST FIBA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING IN JULY. LABAN PILIPINAS! PUSO!</div>— Manny V. Pangilinan (@iamMVP) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamMVP/status/689458273443938304" rel="nofollow">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Our national team Gilas Pilipinas will face five of these teams in Manila: Canada , Mexico , Puerto Rico , France, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Czech Republic, Angola, Tunisia, Senegal, New Zealand, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Croatia and Lebanon.<br /><br />Meanwhile, FIBA also announced that France will host the 2016 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from June 13-19.</div>

Philippines, 2 other countries to host 2016 FIBA OQT

MANILA, Philippines - World basketball governing body FIBA named the Philippines as one of the host countries for the 2016 World Olympic Qu...