Showing posts with label Chot Reyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chot Reyes. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Gilas PH players hope they will be grouped with USA in World Cup
Head coach Chot Reyes is one with his Gilas Pilipinas team in hoping that the Philippines will be bracketed with defending champion Team USA in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.
“Yun sana. Maka-bracket sana natin ang team USA,” said the only five-time PBA Coach of the Year as he looks forward to the Philippines' first appearance in the world championships since 1978.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Chot Reyes want 3-month Gilas PH preparation for World Cup
National coach Chot Reyes wants Gilas Pilipinas to have at least a three-month preparation as it gears up for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.
“At least, three months (ang ideal) syempre. Dati ganun rin hiningi ko (for the Fiba-Asia Championship), pero nabigyan lang tayo ng two months,” Reyes told Spin.ph.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Chot Reyes to invite Ravena, Romeo, Parks to Gilas PH cadet team
Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes said they would invite collegiate stars Terrence Romeo, Kiefer Ravena, Bobby Ray Parks, Raymond Almazan, Kevin Ferrer, Chris Newsome and Arnold Van Opstal to join the Gilas Pilipinas cadet team.
“They will surely be invited. Gusto kaya nila o papayagan ba sila,” said Reyes on his Twitter account.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Chot Reyes on Gilas PH chances vs Africans: "Very slim"
National coach Chot Reyes considers Gilas Pilipinas the underdog while ranged against all four teams that made the semifinal round of the 2013 FIBA AfroBasket in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
The host team, Angola, Egypt and Senegal won their respective quarterfinals matches to advance to the Final Four.
It’s Cote d’Ivoire versus Angola and Egypt against Senegal in the semifinals Friday with the winners automatically clinching spots in the 2014 FIBA World Cup. The losers dispute the third and last slot “WC” allotted for the African region
Friday, August 30, 2013
Philippines labeled 'legend' by FIBA Africa officials says coach Reyes
Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes was back in the country on Thursday morning after a scouting trip to the FIBA Africa Championship in the Ivory Coast.
And even though he went into the trip thinking he would have a low profile, the brains behind Gilas Pilipinas was surprised to find out that he was well-known among officials in the tournament because of the Philippines’ hosting of the FIBA Asia Championship earlier this month.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Gilas coach Chot Reyes wants tune-up matches with African teams
Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes is now looking at tune-up matches with African teams in preparation for their stint in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain.
If the goal is to beat the African teams in the world joust, the Nationals, of course, must learn how to handle the tall, athletic African players.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Gilas PH coach Chot Reyes will go to Africa to scout opponents
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup is more than a year away, but Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes has already begun doing his homework.
The brains behind Gilas Pilipinas will embark on a trip to the FIBA AfroBasket 2013 tournament currently ongoing in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan after receiving his travel documents on Thursday.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
The Future of Gilas Pilipinas Five ?
The past week, the coaching staff and players of Gilas Pilipinas has been showered with well-deserved accolades for its historic accomplishment in the FIBA-Asia tournament.
Against all odds, the team finished second and booked a much-appreciated ticket to the World Cup of Basketball in Spain next year. So far, Iran, the Philippines, Korea, the USA and host Spain have qualified. We’ll have to wait for the rest of the 24 slots to be filled.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Gilas Pilipinas players would get P1.5 Million bonus each
coach Chot Reyes laughed when asked if if was true each Gilas Pilipinas player plus himself would get a P1 million bonus each from Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan.
“That’s not true,” he said.
It may turn out that the amount will be more than P1 million.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Chot Reyes to change Gilas Pilipinas line-up to form 'best team'
National coach Chot Reyes said he will be using the same line-up of the Gilas Pilipinas for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but he may consider some changes if necessary.
"Of course, I'm going to war with these guys who brought me here," Reyes said in an interview on ANC on Thursday morning.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Chot Reyes: Gilas Pilipinas can make it to FIBA Asia semis
Gilas Pilipinas National team head coach Chot Reyes believes Gilas Pilipinas has a strong chance to make it to the semi-finals of the FIBA Asia Championship 2013, which kicks off on August 1 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
“I think we have a very good chance of to make it to the semi-finals,” Reyes said in a press conference Tuesday. “Beyond that… the beauty and the unpredictability of the FIBA format is that any team can beat any team in a one-game situation.”
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Chot Reyes sees better finish for Gilas PH in FIBA Asia Championship
When the FIBA Asia Championship tips off on Thursday, Chot Reyes will become the first coach to lead a PBA-backed national team in a major tournament for a second time since the pro league started lending its players in 1990.
Former coaches Robert Jaworski, Norman Black, Tim Cone, Jong Uichico, and Yeng Guiao called the shots for the national team in one tournament apiece.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Gilas coach Chot Reyes worried about poor play of Marcus Douthit
Smart Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes is happy about the progress of the squad as it completed the first half of its training tour in New Zealand just 18 days from the opening of the FIBA Asia Championship.
After three games in Napier, the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team has a 2-1 record. It won back-to-back matches against club team Hawkes Bay Hawks before dropping a close result to an all-star selection from the National Basketball League on Sunday.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Chot Reyes to announce Gilas Pilipinas 12-man lineup on Thursday
Chot Reyes hasn’t made up his mind on the final composition of the Gilas Pilipinas 12-man lineup.
With only 13 of them leaving with him for the 10-day training camp in New Zealand, Reyes is having a hard time choosing who to drop from the lineup to the reserved list.
It’s practically the same players, who went in Lithuania for a two-week training camp last month.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Gilas coach Chot Reyes submit a 24-man roster for FIBA Asia Championships
Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes has until July 12 to decide whom to name in the national team’s 12-man lineup for the FIBA-Asia Championships here on Aug. 1-11.
The deadline to submit a 24-man roster fell yesterday with Reyes listing Marcus Douthit, Jimmy Alapag, Jayson Castro, L. A. Tenorio, Ranidel de Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, Gabe Norwood, Gary David, Marc Pingris, JuneMar Fajardo, Jeff Chan, Japeth Aguilar, Beau Belga, Sonny Thoss, Greg Slaughter, Garvo Lanete, Jake Pascual, Ronald Pascual, R. R. Garcia, Matt Ganuelas, Kevin Alas, Ryan Reyes, Kelly Williams and Jared Dillinger.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Calvin Abueva to replace Ryan Reyes on Gilas Pilipinas line-up
GILAS Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes has confirmed that Talk ‘N Text guard Ryan Reyes won’t be able to join the team in its two-week training camp in Lithuania, deepening the injury woes of a team even before it could begin the final phase of its preparation for the Fiba-Asia Men's Championship.
Reyes, the Texters' top lock-down defender, has been nursing a hamstring injury that is slow to heal as he joins Sonny Thoss, Kelly Williams and Jared Dillinger on the list of players who won’t make it to the Lithuania camp set on June 2-16 in the Baltic resort town of Palanga.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Denzel Bowles or Michael Dunigan as Gilas' Next Naturalized Player ?
NO less than the leadership of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and a prominent lawmaker who’s been an ardent supporter of the sport are backing national coach Chot Reyes if he decides to have either Michael Dunigan or Denzel Bowles as Gilas' next naturalized player.
SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan said he’s leaving it all up to Reyes on who he has in mind as candidate for naturalization, a move Antipolo congressman Robbie Puno said he’ll definitely push again at the House of Representative.
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