Gilas Pilipinas program

Gilas Pilipinas
Founded 2009
Arena Meralco Gym
Location Ortigas Ave, Pasig City, Philippines
Team colors Blue and white
         
President Manny V. Pangilinan
Head coach Rajko Toroman (2009–2012)
Vincent Reyes (2012–2014)
Thomas Anthony Baldwin (2015–2016)
Vincent Reyes (2016–2018)
Yeng Guiao (2018-present) (interim)
Championships 2010 MVP Invitational Champions' Cup
2011 SEABA C'ship
2011 SEA Games
2012 SEABA Cup
2012 William Jones Cup
2013 SEA Games
2015 SEABA C'ship
2015 SEA Games
2015 MVP Cup
2017 SEABA C'ship
Website Smart Gilas Basketball
Uniforms

The Gilas Pilipinas program (originally known as Smart Gilas[1] from 2009 to 2012) is a sporting program for the Philippines men's national basketball team since 2009. The team is under the aegis of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and sponsored by Smart Communications.

Gilas is a Tagalog word that loosely translates as "prowess". The all-amateur men's team is known as the Gilas Cadets (previously known from 2011 to 2014 as Sinag Pilipinas - sinag is the Tagalog word for "ray" (sunlight)), while the women's team is named Perlas Pilipinas (perlas is the Tagalog word for "pearl").

The Gilas Pilipinas program succeeded the Team Pilipinas program (2005-2009) which was an initiative of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation (2005-2007, known as San Miguel-Team Pilipinas) and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (2009, known as Powerade-Team Pilipinas).

Gilas 1.0 (Toroman era, 2009–2012)

Smart Gilas Pilipinas logo (2009-2012)

Following the Northern Cement model of the 1980s, the SBP created the Smart Gilas Pilipinas program which aimed to qualify the Philippine men's basketball team in the 2012 Olympics. The Smart Gilas Pilipinas program first trained in the European style of play under coach Rajko Toroman. Smart Gilas began with a group of rising young players, led by collegiate standouts Chris Tiu, JVee Casio and Greg Slaughter, who held off on joining the PBA draft until their three-year commitments to the program ran its course.[2]

During the 2009 preparation, the team played exhibition games against PBA teams.[3] where game results were invariably close. After sampling local competition, the team flew to the United States and held a training camp in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4] The young team also played scrimmage games and managed to pull off surprise wins against the more favored American Basketball Association’s Las Vegas Aces.

Smart Gilas finished third[5] in the 21st Dubai International Basketball Tournament behind Al-Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon (runner-up), and Mahram Tehran BC of Iran (champion). The tournament was held in Dubai, UAE on January 14–23, 2010. Smart Gilas co-captain JVee Casio was named best guard of the tournament after impressing the organizers with his consistency.

Stunning the World Championship-bound Jordan national basketball team, Smart Gilas emerged as the inaugural champions in the 2010 MVP Invitational Champions' Cup [6] at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium from June 24–27, 2010.

Smart Gilas finished fourth overall in the 32nd edition of the 2010 William Jones Cup, with a 3–3 win-loss card.[7] The tournament took place in Taipei, Chinese Taipei from 14 to 20 July 2010.

Smart Gilas finished fourth overall in the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010,[8] which made them qualified for the 26th FIBA Asia Championship in 2011, which in turn will be the qualifying event for 2012 London Olympics. The 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup 2010 was held in Beirut, Lebanon from 7 to 15 August 2010, in Ghazir Club Court, participated by 10 Asian national teams.

Smart Gilas lost to the KBL's (Korean Basketball League) import-reinforced Seoul Samsung Thunders by a point, 83–82, in the 4th ABA (Asian Basketball Association) Club Championship 2010 in Haining City, China from September 14–19, 2010.[9] In the 2010 Asian Games, Smart Gilas met the Korean team anew in the quarterfinals and was eliminated.

In 2011, the SBP successfully petitioned the naturalization of Marcus Douthit. In the 2011 championship held in Wuhan, China, the team progressed up to the semifinals for the first time since 1987. In the bronze medal game against Korea, with a berth to an Olympic qualifying tournament at stake, the team raced to an early lead, but the Koreans cut the lead and eventually won the game after the Filipinos missed free-throws at the end game. Despite missing an Olympic berth, this was the best finish of the Philippines in the tournament since 1987 and its best finish in any major Asian competition since 2002.

Gilas 2.0 (Reyes era, 2012–2014)

In February 2012, Vincent "Chot" Reyes was appointed as the new head coach of Smart Gilas. His goal was to gain one of the top three slots in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship which will qualify the team in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[10]

In 2013, the team was renamed Gilas Pilipinas. Smart Communications continued to be the program's main sponsor.

With Reyes as head coach, the Philippines finished silver in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, 21st in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and seventh in the 2014 Asian Games.

Prior to the 2014 FIBA World Cup, Andray Blatche was granted Philippine citizenship on June 2014 in order to play for the team.[11][12][13] Blatche competed in the 2014 FIBA World Cup but was disqualified to play in the 2014 Asian Games due to eligibility issues cited by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). He lacked the required three-year residency in the Philippines.[14][15][16]

On October 30, 2014, the SBP announced the formation of two selection committees to search and appoint the coach and players of future Philippine teams - Gilas Pilipinas (elite) and Gilas Cadet (collegiate/amateur).[17][18][19]

Gilas 3.0 and 4.0 (Baldwin era, 2014–2016)

After the disappointing performance during the 2014 Asian Games, Gilas fans & netizens call for the replacement of Chot Reyes as Gilas head coach because he had benched quality players in important games. On October 30, 2014, the SBP announced that they will continue the Gilas program[20] and had formed the selection committees to search and appoint the new head coach.[17]

In December 2014, the SBP announced the appointment of Thomas Anthony "Tab" Baldwin as the new coach, replacing Reyes.[21] Baldwin was chosen by a committee composed of SBP Vice Chairman Ricky Vargas, SBP Executive Director Sonny Barrios, PBA Commissioner Chito Salud, PBA Chairman Patrick Gregorio, and Governor Robert Non of San Miguel Beer.[22] This decision was finally approved SBP President Manny V. Pangilinan.

June Mar Fajardo, Greg Slaughter, Japeth Aguilar and Andray Blatche are among the players likely to be considered for "Gilas 3.0", as Baldwin draws up the next Gilas Pilipinas pool for the 2015 William Jones Cup in Taiwan and 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Wuhan, China. Unlike Reyes, who purely depends on the quickness and outside shooting of small guards, Baldwin utilizes the quality and importance of big men like Fajardo, Slaughter,[23] Aguilar and Blatche to win games and not falter on end games. Baldwin also observed that Philippines has ‘deeper’ basketball talent pool[24] and plans to maximize it with big and reliable players who can also block shoots, rebound and defend.

On January 23, 2015, in a move aimed at synchronizing the country’s international basketball program, the SBP-PBA search and selection committee expanded the role of Baldwin to include two other national teams to be formed for two more regional tournaments this year.[25]

Gilas 5.0 (second Reyes era, 2017–2018)

Gilas Pilipinas would compete during the 2018 FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament. After suffering some injuries to key players such as Jayson Castro, the team would make surprising additions such as the all-around superstar in Calvin Abueva, who missed some practices and a PBA game due to a family problem. The other surprise addition was the 6'7 college standout Abu Tratter, a member of the personal "23 for 2023" list written by Reyes, which is a list of potential college recruits to join the 2023 Philippine team for the World Cup that year to be hosted by the Philippines. Tratter would be the first amateur standout in Gilas history to join a Gilas team composed exclusively of professionals, which is also a common practice for Team USA.

Despite some concerning injuries, the team still bode much promise with Reyes's solid, youthful, run-and-gun small ball lineup and their best players in the reigning PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo and former NBA player Andray Blatche still manning the middle for the nation. The team was primed to take on the likes of Japan and Australia in February 2018.

Reinforcements

Candidates for naturalization

The team had tapped the services of former National Basketball Association center-power forward Jamal Sampson to bring much-needed depth in the middle. After the team's stint in the Dubai Club Championship, however, the SBP decided to part ways with Sampson. The team had initially considered naturalizing former Los Angeles Lakers center C. J. Giles.[26] However, Giles was removed from the team due to disciplinary concerns.[27]

On February 5, 2010, Smart Gilas conducted a try-out for a new prospect for naturalization. A prospect, Dwayne Jones out of Saint Joseph's University and at the time playing for Austin Toros, was set to sign a contract with the team, but instead got signed by the Phoenix Suns. Suiting up for Smart Gilas in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2010 was Milan Vučićević from Serbia, who was subsequently dropped from the national team. Other notable prospects were Brian Butch, Greg Stiemsma and Courtney Sims who were all signed by NBA teams. Another prospect was Jared Homan who got naturalized by Bulgarian national team.

Marcus Douthit, who was also a former second- round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004, tried out in June 2010. Douthit impressed Toroman during the four-day MVP Manila Invitational Tournament in Ninoy Aquino Stadium where Gilas won three of their four games. Douthit scored 26 points during the first game against a CBA team, 18 points in their defeat against the Jordan national basketball team, and 10 points in a Smart Gilas win over Jordan. The Smart Gilas management have decided to offer a one-year contract to Douthit and work on his naturalization papers. Douthit officially became a naturalized Filipino citizen on March 16, 2011.

After playing in the Philippines during the 2011 NBA lockout, JaVale McGee learned to love the country and had showed interest in playing for the Philippine Team.[28] A bill for his naturalization was later filed[29] but because he got injured, he failed to play for the Philippines. In 2014, JaVale McGee together with his buddy Andray Blatche was named in the Philippine Pool for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup[30]

Andray Blatche, who played as Center-Forward for the Brooklyn Nets, become Gilas Pilipinas' reinforcement for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. After playing in Spain, he was later declared ineligible for the Asian Games in Korea.

Filipino players abroad

In the summer of 2009, other U.S. and Canada-based players also scrimmaged with the team in Las Vegas. They included 6'11" center Gian Chiu of Oberlin, 6'3" guard Chris Lutz of Marshall, 6'3" guard Marcio Lassiter of Cal State-Fullerton and 6'6" forward Sean Anthony of McGill. Penn State point guard Stanley Pringle was supposed to join the scrimmages, but signed a contract to play in Belgium instead.

To date, only Lassiter, who used up his eligibility in 2009, and Lutz, who graduated from Marshall in 2010, were seeing active duty with the team. After going back to McGill to pursue his studies, Anthony was drafted by the Powerade Tigers as their 6th pick. Chiu was removed from Oberlin's regular-season lineup after incurring a foot injury early last year. He eventually went through rehabilitation for his injury.

Later in 2010, guard Chris Banchero of Seattle Pacific University was added to the pool after the team's training in Las Vegas, but was still unsure of securing a spot in the team for the Asian Games and the 2010 FIBA Asia Champions Cup due to NCAA eligibility issues. Though he never joined the Gilas lineups, he would serve as a temporary practice player for the pool.

Philippine Basketball Association players

The team has tapped the services of Philippine Basketball Association's Fil-Tongan Center Asi Taulava of the Coca-Cola Tigers for their 3rd FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010 stint.

The Sta. Lucia Realtors traded the rights of Kelly Williams and Ryan Reyes to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. Williams and Reyes are both to be assigned to Smart Gilas on loan for the Asian Games on November 2010.[31]

Gilas 2.0 coach Chot Reyes and team manager Butch Antonio revealed the composition of the team for the 2012 William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan would include PBA stars Ranidel De Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, Sonny Thoss, LA Tenorio, Mac Baracael, Jeff Chan, Gabe Norwood, Enrico Villanueva, Gary David, Sol Mercado, Jay-R Reyes alongside naturalized center Marcus Douthit and former San Beda sharpshooter Garvo Lanete.

Because of the one-player per team policy of some PBA teams, the original 24-man Gilas 3.0 team was reduced to 16-man team.

National Basketball Association players

After playing in the Philippines in 2011, JaVale McGee, who currently plays Center for Golden State Warriors, loved the Philippine brand of basketball and had showed interest in playing for Gilas 1.0. A bill for his naturalization was filed in 2012 but because he got injured, he failed to play for the Philippines. In 2014, the recovering JaVale McGee together with his buddy and former Washington Wizards teammate Andray Blatche was named in the Gilas 2.0 for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Andray Blatche, who also played as Center-Forward for the Brooklyn Nets, become Gilas 2.0 National Team's reinforcement for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and he will be playing again for Gilas 3.0 National Team in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.

Filipino-American Jordan Clarkson, point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers, arrived in Manila on August 24, 2015 to clear his papers to be an eligible player for Gilas 3.0 National Team in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, he had been holding a Philippine Passport since he was 12 years old.[32] His name was officially submitted to FIBA Asia last August 20, 2015. Clarkson, whose mother Annette, is a Filipina born in Angeles, Pampanga, joined Gilas Pilipinas in their practices as an "observer"[33] in Manila, and thereafter in Taipei later on the same month for the William Jones Cup Invitational.

Tournament results

  • Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) denotes that the team competed/will compete as the Philippine national team.

FIBA tournaments

TournamentVenueFinishRecord
2009 FIBA Asia Champions CupIndonesia Jakarta5th5–2
2010 FIBA Asia Champions CupQatar Doha7th2–5
2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup*Lebanon Beirut4th3–4
2010 Asian Games*China Guangzhou6th6–5
2011 FIBA Asia Champions CupPhilippines Pasig4th5–2
2011 SEABA ChampionshipIndonesia Jakarta1st3–0
2011 FIBA Asia Championship*China Wuhan4th6–3
2011 SEA GamesIndonesia Jakarta1st5–0
2012 SEABA ChampionshipThailand Chiang Mai1st4–0
2012 FIBA Asia CupJapan Tokyo4th4–3
2013 FIBA Asia Championship*Philippines Manila2nd7–2
2013 SEA GamesMyanmar Naypyidaw1st6–0
2014 FIBA Asia CupChina Wuhan3rd5–1
2014 FIBA World Cup*Spain Sevilla21st1–4
2014 Asian Games*South Korea Incheon7th3–4
2015 SEABA ChampionshipSingapore Singapore1st5–0
2015 SEA GamesSingapore Singapore1st5–0
2015 FIBA Asia Championship*China Hunan2nd7–2
2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament*Philippines Manila[34]6th0-2
2016 FIBA Asia ChallengeIran Tehran9th1–4
2017 SEABA ChampionshipPhilippines Quezon City1st6-0
2017 FIBA Asia Cup*Lebanon Beirut7th3–3
2017 SEA Games*Malaysia Kuala Lumpur1st6-0
2017 FIBA Asia Champions CupChina Chenzhou5th4-3
2023 FIBA World Cup*Philippines ManilaTBANA

Other tournaments

TournamentVenueFinishRecord
2009–10 PBA Philippine CupPhilippines PhilippinesNA3–6
2010 MVP CupPhilippines Manila1st3–0
2010 Asian Basketball Association Club ChampionshipPhilippines Philippines2ndNA
21st Dubai Invitational Tournament 2010United Arab Emirates Dubai3rdNA
2010 William Jones CupTaiwan New Taipei4th3–3
22nd Dubai Invitational TournamentUnited Arab Emirates Dubai2ndNA
2011 William Jones CupTaiwan New Taipei3rd6–3
2012 William Jones CupTaiwan Taipei1st7–1
2013 Super Keung Sheung CupHong Kong Hong Kong1st5–0
2014 Antibes International Basketball TournamentFrance Antibes4th0–3
2015 Toyota Four Nations CupEstonia Tallinn4th0–3
2015 William Jones CupTaiwan New Taipei2nd6–2
2015 MVP CupPhilippines Quezon City1st3–0
2016 Imperial Basketball City TournamentItaly Bologna3rd1–1
2017 William Jones CupTaiwan Taipei4th6-3

Current roster

Opposition: Australia (July 2 2018)
Venues: Philippine Arena, Bocaue Bulacan

Philippines men's national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 2 Romeo, Terrence Bill 26 – (1992-03-16)March 16, 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) TNT KaTropa Philippines
F 4 Cruz, Carl Bryan 26 – (1991-08-21)August 21, 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Alaska Aces Philippines
G/F 5 Norwood, Gabriel Daniel (C) 33 – (1985-02-09)February 9, 1985 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Philippines
G 7 William, Jayson 32 – (1986-06-30)June 30, 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) TNT KaTropa Philippines
F 8 Abueva, Calvin 30 – (1988-02-04)February 4, 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Phoenix Fuel Masters Philippines
G 9 Amer, Baser 25 – (1992-09-29)September 29, 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Meralco Bolts Philippines
C 11 Blatche, Andray (NP) 31 – (1986-08-22)August 22, 1986 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Free agent United States
C 15 Fajardo, June Mar 28 – (1989-11-17)November 17, 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) San Miguel Beermen Philippines
G 16 Pogoy, Roger Ray 26 – (1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) TNT KaTropa Philippines
F 18 Rosario, Jeth Troy 26 – (1992-06-20)June 20, 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) TNT KaTropa Philippines
F/C 25 Aguilar, Japeth Paul 31 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Philippines
G/F 35 Wright, Matthew Andrew Cristopher 27 – (1991-02-07)February 7, 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Phoenix Fuel Masters Philippines
Head coach
  • Philippines Vincent "Chot" Reyes
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Butch Antonio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on July 2, 2018

Coaches

(present)

List of players

Legend
  • (NP) – Naturalized Player
  • (PP) – Practice Player
  •  – Injured
Gilas 1.0 Gilas 2.0
2010 Asian Games / 2011 FIBA Asia

Reserved/pool

 2013 FIBA Asia, 2014 World Cup, 2014 Asian Games

Reserved/pool

Gilas 3.0 Gilas 4.0
2015 FIBA Asia

Reserved/pool

 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Reserved/pool

NOTE: A reserved/pool player may have played in tournaments such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Stanković Cup, the W. Jones Cup, the SEABA Championship, MVP Cup and other small/pocket tournaments, but not in the FIBA Asia Championship (AC), the Asian Games (AG), the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), the FIBA World Cup (WC) or the Olympics (O).

Because of the one-player per team policy of some PBA ball clubs, the 24-men called for Gilas 3.0 was reduced to 16 players. On August 20, 2015, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) submitted the 24-men line-up to FIBA, wherein the final 12 players will be selected for 2015 FIBA Asia Championship[37] The Final 12 were forwarded to FIBA Asia on September 8, wherein SBP was forced to cut Jordan Clarkson from the team due to conflict in schedule with NBA.[38][39]

On October 15, 2015, The PBA announced the 17-player pool of the Philippine national men’s basketball team for its campaign in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament next year as the league reiterated its “full support” to Gilas Pilipinas.[40]

After a heart breaking losses both to France and New Zealand in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Ranidel de Ocampo officially retired from National team.[41][42]

References

  1. ↑ "RP launches Olympic quest". Philippine Star. March 8, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/despite-pba-help-smart-gilas-still-committed-to-building-up-younger-players
  3. ↑ "BURGER KING, SMART GILAS-RP TEAM IN 95-ALL STANDOFF". Philippine Basketball Assn. Portal. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  4. ↑ "RP Smart Gilas team shines in Las Vegas". abs-cbnNEWS.com. April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Smart Gilas salvages 3rd in Dubai tilt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Smart Gilas halts Jordan". abs-cbnnews.com. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "2010 Jones Cup: Iran wins back-to-back men's title". asia-basketball.com. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "Smart Gilas Pilipinas bows to Qatar, RP finishes 4th in Stankovic Cup". teampilipinas.info. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Seoul Beats Smart Gilas By One To Win The Title". 2010 ABA Championship. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "New Smart Gilas Coach Chot Reyes". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Bacani, Louis. "Senate grants Filipino citizenship to NBA center Andray Blatche". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Bonesteel, Matt (11 June 2014). "Andray Blatche officially a Filipino citizen despite being American". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Nets' Blatche granted citizenship in Philippines". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Why Andray Blatche might not play in the 2014 Asian Games". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  15. ↑ Navarro, June. "It's final: Blatche out of Asian Games". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Andray Blatche officially disqualified from Asian Games – Basketball Buddha". basketballbuddha.com. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Chot Reyes is out as national team coach as Gilas is reevaluated by SBP". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  18. ↑ Almo, Alder. "SBP not closing door on Chot, Gilas core to return". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/is-there-a-chance-chot-reyes-will-be-reappointed-gilas-coach-sbp-sonny-barrios-responds
  20. ↑ http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gilas-program-not-discontinued-has-full-support-of-pba-says-commissioner-chito-salud
  21. ↑ http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/tab-baldwin-agrees-to-four-year-deal-to-coach-gilas-pilipinas-says-sbp-exec-ricky-vargasl
  22. ↑ News, ABS-CBN. "Baldwin honored to succeed Reyes as Gilas coach". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Sports". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "Baldwin observes PH has 'deeper' basketball talent pool". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "Yahoo". Yahoo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "Former L.A. Laker eyed as naturalized player for RP 5". GMA News. April 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  27. ↑ "Giles out of Smart Gilas". November 17, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  28. ↑ Petchesky, Barry. "JaVale McGee To Become The Latest Non-Filipino On The Philippines National Basketball Team (UPDATE)". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  29. ↑ "Bill seeking to grant JaVale McGee Filipino citizenship filed". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  30. ↑ "Report: Philippines wants to naturalize JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche before World Championships". 30 January 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  31. ↑ "Kelly Williams, Ryan Reyes part of blockbuster trade involving three teams". May 14, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  32. ↑ Clarkson wants to join Gilas manilatimes.net
  33. ↑ Clarkson familiarize self on Gilas system abs-cbnnews.com
  34. ↑ "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers - SLAMonline Philippines". 19 January 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  35. ↑ http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/toroman-out-as-smart-gilas-coach-in-talks-with-san-miguel
  36. ↑ Dy, Richard (30 October 2014). "Chot Reyes out, Gilas disbanded as MVP tasks committee to begin search, appointment of coach, pool - SPIN.PH". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  37. ↑ Clarkson in line-up for FIBA Asia Championship abs-cbnnews.com, August 25, 2015
  38. ↑ Gilas Pilipinas final 12 man line-up teampilipinas.info
  39. ↑ Jordan Clarkson won't play for Philippines in FIBA Asia Championship latimes.com, September 8, 2015
  40. ↑ Gilas Pilipinas 17-man line-up for Olympic Qualifying Tournament Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. interaksyon.com
  41. ↑ Ranidel de Ocampo officially retires from Gilas Pilipinas smartgilasbasketball.com, July 7, 2016
  42. ↑ Ranidel De Ocampo retires from Gilas duties, Jayson Castro could follow slamonlineph.com, July 7, 2016
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