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MANILA, Philippines Denver Nuggets JaVale McGee might suit up for the Philippine basketball team when it campaigns for the FIBA-Asia Championships next year.

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NBA’s McGee may play for PH 5

SAMAHANG BASKETBOL ng Pilipinas executive director Renauld “Sonny” Barrios recently flew for Geneva, Switzerland to attend a meeting set by FIBA secretary-general Patrick Baumann regarding the next phase of discussions about the new system that will preside over world basketball tournaments. Barrios, former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association, and SBP consultant Mauricio …

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Barrios meets with Baumann in Geneva

THE Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has started preliminary talks with the Philippine Basketball Association in forming a national squad for next year’s FIBA Asia men’s championships, but most of the discussions are still in the “conceptual stage,” according to SBP executive director Sonny Barrios.

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SBP, PBA hold talks on national team

AN NBA veteran, who played against the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas men’s basketball team in the FIBA-Asia Champions Cup last year, is set to play for the Barako Bull Energy in the coming Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup.

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Barako taps NBA veteran

source: Joey Villar | philstar.com

HO CHI MINH CITY,Vietnam – Inspired by Energen Pilipinas’ semifinal finish in the FIBA-Asia U-16 Championship, team manager Joel Lopa has signified his intention to extend the four-year cage program. Read the rest of this entry »

FIBA ASIA Under-16 Championship. The Philippines opened up a big early lead before surviving an Iraq comeback to win, 82-69, and advance to the semis to face South Korea. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s so ironic how I wrote about ‘grabbing opportunities that come your way’ in one of my recent posts.

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Chris Tiu : My Reflections on the FIBA Asia (Part 1)

It’s so ironic how I wrote about ‘grabbing opportunities that come your way’ in one of my recent posts.

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Chris Tiu : My Reflections on the FIBA Asia (Part 1)

THE Philippines has moved up eight rungs to no. 45 in the latest FIBA world basketball rankings. From its previous rank of no.

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PH climbs to no. 45 in the world

THIS is becoming really tiresome. After coming tantalizingly close, the Philippine team again fell short, losing back-to-back games, first to Jordan, 61-75, in their semifinal matchup; then bowing to South Korea, 68-70, in the bronze-medal match of the 2011 FIBA-Asia Championship.

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