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GILAS 3.0 POOL IS FINALLY REVEALED AS COACH TAB BALDWIN AND SAMAHANG BASKETBALL NG PILIPINAS (SBP) WENT THROUGH A MAD SCRAMBLE TO GET PLAYERS TO FORM A FORMIDABLE TEAM TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN THE COMING 2015 FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CHINA THIS COMING SEPTEMBER.
BUT, BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SBP ABOUT THE POOL OF PLAYERS TO FORM GILAS 3.0, THEIR WAS A LEAKED "WISH LIST" THAT CAME OUT THAT REVEALED 26 NAMES OF PBA PLAYERS. THIS SO CALLED "WISH LIST" MADE FILIPINO BASKETBALL FANS EXCITED AS NEW AND EXCITING PLAYERS MADE THE LIST TOGETHER WITH PLAYERS FROM THE ORIGINAL GILAS AND HOLDOVERS FROM GILAS 2.0 WHO PLAYED LAST YEAR IN THE FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
GOOD NEWS IS OUT, NOW THE BAD NEWS.
THEIR WERE A LOT OF SPECULATIONS THAT CAME OUT THAT PLAYERS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION (SMC GROUP) WILL NOT BE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO PLAY FOR GILAS. FANS ERRUPTED IN DISMAY AS BIG NAME PLAYERS UNDER THE SMC GROUP WERE SILENT AND NOT SHOWING INTEREST TO PLAY FOR GILAS AND THE COUNTRY. BUT, JUST DAYS AGO SMC GROUP REVEALED 3 NAMES WHO THEY HAD GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GILAS 3.0 PROGRAM.
THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED. HERE IS YOUR GILAS 3.0 POOL NAMED BY COACH TAB BALDWIN.
GILAS 3.0 POOL OF PLAYERS:
1. JAYSON CASTRO - TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS
2. TERRENCE ROMEO - GLOBAL PORT BATANG PIER
3. L.A TENORIO - BRGY. GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL (HEALTH REASONS)
4. GARY DAVID - MERALCO BOLTS
5. DONDON HONTIVEROS - ALASKA ACES
6. GABE NORWOOD - RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS
7. MATT GANUELAS-ROSSER - TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS
8. CALVIN ABUEVA - ALASKA ACES
9. JC INTAL - BARAKO BULL ENERGY
10. ALDRECH RAMOS - NLEX ROAD WARRIORS
11. KELLY WILLIAMS - TALK N TEXT (INJURED)
12. MARC PINGRIS - PUREFOODS STAR HOTSHOTS (OUT OF THE COUNTRY)
13. RANIDEL DE OCAMPO - TALK N TEXT TROPANG TEXTERS
14. ASI TAULAVA - NLEX ROAD WARRIORS
15. SONNY THOSS - ALASKA ACES
16. JUNEMAR FAJARDO - SAN MIGUEL BEERMEN (INJURED)
17. ANDRAY BLATCHE - NATURALIZED FILIPINO
18. JIMMY ALAPAG - (RETIRED ALAPAG MULLING COMEBACK TO HELP GILAS)
19. TROY ROSARIO - GILAS CADET (NU BULLDOGS)
NOTABLE NAMES WHO ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE POOL OF PLAYERS ARE GREG SLAUGHTER FROM GINEBRA, MARCIO LASSITER FROM SMB, GILAS 2.0 MEMBERS PAUL LEE, JEFF CHAN AND BEAU BELGA FROM RAIN OR SHINE ELASTO PAINTERS, AND LARRY FONACIER OF TALK N TEXT.
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