He scored 18 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists for the gilas pilipinas side against japan. The gilas pilipinas will be heading to beirut, lebanon for the fibaasia cup scheduled august 820 without their naturalized player andray blatche who earlier reported to skip the tournament due security reason. Tab hopes cadets will grow up fast inquirer sports. Andray blatche set to arrive on july 8 for fiba world cup. Blatche gets call to beef up gilas manila bulletin sports.
Marcelito pomoy sings the prayer on pgt 2 grand finals night. Philippines wants to naturalize javale mcgee, andray blatche before world championships. Blatche on instagram that his commitment with the xinjiang flying tigers of the chinese basketball association has. Also making the cut in the list the samahang basketbol ng pilipinas announced late sunday were mark barroca, japeth aguilar, paul lee, gabe norwood, roger pogoy, troy rosario and pba rookies cj perez and robert bolick. The most known are james canlas who played for the red lions last ncaa season and was a part of its current threepeat squad. Gilas pilipinas complete list of player line up for 2017. According to gilas head coach vincent chot reyes official twitter account, sea games roster submitted. Andray blatches decision to seek filipino citizenship was initially met with disbelief but his journey to the philippines is another.
Naturalized center andray blatche is being recalled for another tour of duty with gilas pilipinas for this months qualifying matches for the 2019 fiba basketball world cup. Bagong rendition ng beatbox, plus fireworks, freddie garcia added. Update mac belo hit a corner threepointer right as the buzzer sounded to. Bill clears way for blatche to play for the philippines. Cone recognizes toromans contribution to the gilas program and is not. Philippine national basketball team usapang football. While he can still get better, a frightening prospect. Gilas pilipinas vs australia replay monday july 02, 2018. Philippine olympic committee president ricky vargas said that clarkson is among the mens basketball 18man line of the countrys national basketball team.
To andray, we really appreciate your help to the gilas pilipinas. Marcelito was able to bring the house down when he effortlessly performed his rendition of the prayer during the pilipinas got talent pgt season 2 grand finals night on saturday, june 25, 2011 at the jampacked araneta coliseum. For the filforeign squads, torontos durham crossover took out feudiliman 6966 to. Blatche with the philippine national team at the 2014 fiba world cup. Marcelito pomoy, the pride of cavite, has done it again. Former nba star andray blatche is a key player for the philippines. In his twitter account, national team head coach chot reyes announced the 12man team which will carry the national colors in this. Reyes names starstudded gilas pilipinas lineup for seaba.
Early bird andray blatche, calvin abueva show up as. Reyes said since blatche lives in miami during the offseason, gilas will set up training camp in the florida city after playing at the fiba asia cup in wuhan, china, on july 1119. Grantland what in the world is andray blatche doing. Blatche had been criticized for a relatively bland performance in gilas 6884 loss to australia last february 22. Brooklyn nets andray blatche to play for philippines. Andray blatche still eyeing gilas call as he settles with mighty.
What in the world is andray blatche doing on the philippine national team. The filipino senate is due to meet on monday, may 26th to formally approve blatches citizenship request, with. Andray blatche plays power forward and center for the brooklyn nets. Nonfilipino andray blatche to play for philippines in. That bill explicitly argues that acquiring blatche would allow the team to legitimately compete in the 2014 fiba. So pretty amazed to be on the court with him, said tratter. Alapag, blatche at odds on twitter after gilas brawl fox. Andray blatche returns to beef up fullstrength gilas team. Luring mcgee proved unsuccessful, so house bill 2108 was introduced by senator juan edgardo sonny m. Alab pilipinas initial player roster gilas pilipinas. Andray maurice blatche born august 22, 1986 is an americanfilipino professional basketball player who last played for the tianjin gold lions of the chinese basketball association cba. Andray blatche, who is not filipino, will likely become. Blatche has helped the philippines in international competiotion since the 2014 fiba world cup and has obviously been very close to his teammates in gilas pilipinas. Basketball is lifebasketball playerskyrie irving crossoverirving cavalierslebron james.
Mindanao allstars take down gilas pilipinas to open the. They knew they didnt have the size, so their game plan against gilas pilipinas was to use their speed and shooting. House approves blatches naturalization for gilas abscbn news more from netsdaily. Philippines roster for the fiba world cup 2019 highlights of all. Filam cleveland star jordan clarkson could possibly join. American nba veteran andray blatche declared himself a proud filipino on monday as he enthused about his imminent naturalisation and once in a lifetime chance to play in the world cup. Headlining the team are naturalized player andray blatche.
Gilas pilipinas will face indonesia in the crossover semifinals that start monday. Philippines andray blatche was the man of the game. Alab pilipinas will represent philippines in the 20162017 asean basketball league. When he combined hesitation, crossover, and behindtheback dribbles in a. Naturalized player andray blatche apologized yesterday for continuing to miss gilas pilipinas preparation for the homeandaway qualifiers for the 2019 fiba world cup but vowed to show up as soon as possible.
Mac cuan was named head coach of alab pilipinas alab pilipinas initial player rosterval acunajr cawaling rob celizlawrence domingojeric fortunaanthony gavierespaolo hubalde. Blatche, fajardo, ravena headline world cup roster. Gilas pilipinas has got an extra month of training period for. The philippine team that will compete in this years asian games will be composed mostly of players from tnt katropa. After his stellar performance during the 2017 seaba championships which was held in manila, coach chot reyes has decided to include him as one of the twelve gilas players that will represent the country this coming 2017 fiba asia cup. Gilas pilipinas stays perfect in group play with rout of myanmar espn.
Pilipinas got talent also fared very well in the ratings game. Andray maurice the total package blatche basketball pictures, athlete. Blatche has a player option for next season that he must exercise by june 30. Its twopart finale topped the list of most watched programs in the country and hit 33. In january 2014, blatche was asked by the gilas pilipinas to take part as a naturalized. In a revision to the schedule released by the philippine southeast asian games organizing committee phisgoc on november 3. You always give your all, truly you have the heart of a filipino puso. It comes down to france vs greece and while i would dearly love to see how jayson castro matches up against tony parker, how. Home games have been all too rare for the boomers in past years but this marks the start of regular appearances. Chot reyes comes to defense of criticized andray blatche. Posted on may 28, 2016 january 25, 2018 author pow salud categories andray blatche, basketball, blatche, fiba, gilas, gilas basketball, jordan clarkson leave a comment to play or not to play in the days that came after gilas brought home the silver medal in the fiba asia championships and a slot in the rio olympic qualifiers, controversy struck. The mindanao pba allstars approached this game as if they were the national team going up against a bigger, stronger international opponent. However, their lack of size average height was 65 and that was with naturalized citizen andray blatche.
Andray blatche on the philippine national team grantland. The pba may be in disarray, but gilas pilipinas, at least, appears to be insulated from the controversy. Reyes names starstudded gilas pilipinas lineup for seaba championship 2017. To say that belo has improved a lot from his early days in feu might be an understatement. Blatche had a forgettable stint the last time he wore gilas pilipinas colors, failing to lead the squad to a victory as the philippines finished dead. According to some reports, the cleveland star has a great chance to join the 18man lineup of gilas pilipinas. Formerly, he was the head of sports5, tv5s sports division until 2015 and digital5 now d5 studio. Matthew wright, andray blatche, jason castro, gilas, gilas pilipinas. Ikaw yung may pinakamalakas na narinig ko sa lahat ng nagbeatbox auditions dito sa pilipinas got talent, angel locsin told ferrer. Andray blatches doubledouble leads the philippines to. Brooklyn nets center andray blatche, who is not of filipino descent, has until may 30th to file his filipino passport for eligibility to play in the asian games in incheon, occurring from september 19th to october 4th. Manila, philippines people can say anything they want about andray blatche but chot reyes made it clear he and all of gilas pilipinas have the formers back. Mac belo has basically won at all levels of his amateursemipro career, and now, the next step is to decide whether to join the pba draft, or represent his country in the gilas pilipinas cadet pool. Gilas take a one day rest before plunging back into action against thailand on may 16 then vietnam on may 17.
Tolomia, amer, ravena, vosotros, parks, pessumal, ferrer, paras, cruz, jose, rosario, standhardinger. Gilas pilipinas road to glory will officially starts with the 2017 seaba championship. Gilas pilipinas is set to face greece on its second match on monday morning, september 1. The schedule is now set but the final list of 12 players who represent the nation still on the way. Gilas set to face singapore first in revised sea games basketb. The list of gilas team members who represent philippines in the upcoming southeast asian games sea games has been release online, june 27, 2017. Robert bolick masama ang loob sa gilas pilipinas sbp on.
Blatche, paras, rivero, tratter reinforce 8man tnt lineup. Gilas pilipinas coach chot reyes said the composition of his 12man roster for next weeks opener of the 2019 fiba world cup qualifiers against japan will be determined based on whether naturalized player andray blatche could be available for the remaining days of preparation. Andray blatche, fiba, fiba world qualifiers, gilas pilipinas, green archer abu tratter, japan, japan national team. Brooklyn nets andray blatche 20122014 highlights almost a tripledouble by andray blatche. I think that douthit, should be the one playing this world cup because it is his, after all, his world cup. What made gilas pilipinas so eager to bring him into the fold. Gilas naturalized import andray blatche is unsure about his health condition and may sit out the second homeandaway window of the fiba asiapacific qualifiers for the 2019 fiba world cup. Bryant curativo balanay bolason mo mga gilas bolason jd. Gilas practices have perked up since the arrival of andray blatche, the naturalized big man who may end up leading a team of young hotshots in the future.
All 25 members of the gilas pilipinas pool, including those recovering from injuries, have confirmed attendance in the threeday training camp set by. He played high school basketball at henninger high school and south kent school before he was drafted in the second round of the 2005 nba draft by the washington wizards. Also other filcanadians in san bedas pool are alvin florido and andre cruz. By jerome lagunzad naturalized center andray blatche is being recalled for another tour of duty with gilas pilipinas for this months qualifying matches for the 2019 fiba basketball world cup. Brooklyn nets player andray blatche was granted filipino citizenship on wednesday so he can play for the national team at the fiba world cup this year, philippine officials said. Andray blatche showed up for the first time, and so did controversial calvin abueva as gilas pilipinas resumed its training at the meralco gym for. We just hope that a private dialogue between alapag and blatche would. The fiba latest schedule today gilas pilipinas, and the australia will match on monday july 02, 2018 for the first round groupb stage newest fiba world cup asian qualifiers 2019 starting monday night 07. Head coach chot reyes told espn5 earlier today that naturalized big man andray blatche and gilas cadets kobe paras, ricci rivero and abu tratter will boost the lineup.
I just hope this will not raise some eyebrows especially the football purists. Blatche, on the other hand, is undoubtedly better than douthit. I created this thread for us to have a place to discuss everything about our national basketball team. He helped the ros franchise to win the 2016 pba commissioners cup and was a ncaa most valuable player in 20. Gilas pilipinas mentor chot reyes hopes to open another round of discussion with naturalized player andray blatche, this time for the fiba asia cup and world cup qualifying tournament. Andray blatche finally speaks out about not joining gilas in fiba asia cup. I will always be very thankful for the opportunity, the love and support i have received from my filipino family but its a lot of reason why i cant join and i dont expect many people to understand but i. Gilas pilipinas andray blatche suffers from knee injury. Philippines gilas pilipinas roster for the 2019 fiba world cup. Team management confirmed that blatche will arrive next month, but gilas pilipinas is already set to hold practices twice weekly starting next. Crossover canada has seen seven of its previous standouts recruited by local squads. Although he is suffering from pain, andray blatche noted that he is willing to do anything just to help his team. I am filipino now so i will do my best to help my team american nba veteran andray blatche declared himself a proud filipino on monday as he enthused about his. Blatche is key to gilas pilipinas roster manila bulletin.
Ferrer earned a slot in the next round, after receiving the approval of all four. Get the freshest updates about the philippines mens national basketball team known as gilas pilipinas right here. Andray blatche, june mar fajardo and kiefer ravena lead a list of players who made gilas pilipinas 12man roster for the fiba world cup in foshan, china. Angara in an attempt to naturalize mcgees former teammate, brooklyn nets center andray blatche. Message of andray blatche on not joining gilas pilipinas. With gilas pilipinas lacking height, naturalized nba veteran andray blatche was a welcome addition to the team when he assumed filipino citizenship earlier this year in time for the fiba world cup. Andray blatches journey from new york to gilas pilipinas.
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