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NBA’s McGee may play for PH 5

pinoysport — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:30:22 +0000

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

Barrios meets with Baumann in Geneva

pinoysport — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:07:26 +0000

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 …

SBP, PBA hold talks on national team

pinoysport — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:09:02 +0000

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.

Barako taps NBA veteran

pinoysport — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:40:29 +0000

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.

Energen keen on extending support to cage program

pinoysport — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:59:29 +0000

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.
“Basically the commitment of Energen is for a year and then we’ll assess,” said Lopa, who flew to Singapore from here to attend a business meeting with Jun Sy, who owns Tao Corp., the official distributor of Energen.

“I guess when we get back that’s the first thing in my agenda. We’ll talk and see if the desired exposure and product image that they wanted to develop has been achieved and up to what level,” said Lopa.

“Right now I really don’t know because every time I ask Mr. (Jun) Sy he always says we’ll see what happens after the tournament,” he added.

Lopa, however, stressed Energen is happy with the Nationals stint in the Fiba Asia tilt as well as the product value and exposure.

“I’m very happy with the way the team performed despite the much shorter time because we didn’t like the schedule of FIBA-Asia being too close with the NCAA and UAAP,” said Lopa.

“At least, the branding of the team with Energen is good and we were very happy with that,” he added.

It was the second fourth place finish by the Nationals in the event.

(FIBA Asia U16) Energen-Philippines enters semis with win over Iraq

pinoysport — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:10:49 +0000

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.

SEMIFINALS: (October 27 / Thursday)
Semis#1: Japan vs. China (6:00pm)
Semsi#2: Philippines vs. South Korea (8:00pm)

QUARTERFINALS: (October 26)
QF1 – Japan 71-52 Lebanon [STATS]
QF2 – China 100-19 Saudi [STATS]
QF3 – S.Korea 107-48 Indonesia [STATS]
QF4 – Philippines 82-69 Iraq [STATS]

Philippines 82 – Ramos 15, Javelosa 12, Asilum 10, Lao 10, Cani 9, Diputado 8, Alejandro 8, Heading 6, Caracut 2, Rivero 2, Go 0, Dalafu 0

Iraq 69 – Razzaq 20, Hamzah 19, Sabri 12, Ismael 8, Mahdi 4, Abdulqaer 2, Abdullah 2, Ali 2, Saeed 0, Ahmed 0, Mohammed 0, Abdullhussein 0

Quarters: 30-9, 51-34, 62-52, 82-69 [GAME STATS]

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

JURDEDRINGINK — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:52:23 +0000

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)

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

insestell — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:52:23 +0000

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)

PH climbs to no. 45 in the world

pinoysport — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:37:43 +0000

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

What’s next?

suspensiontraincenter — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:05:41 +0000

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.