source: Julius Manacad | tribuneonline.org
Smart Gilas Team manager Frankie Lim yesterday confirmed his squad is among the official entries in the 2011 season of the American Basketball Association (ABA) — the second biggest professional league in North America next to the NBA with 50 teams.
And to get a good feel of the game, the Nationals will be leaving today for the United States to test three ABA squads — the San Diego Surf tomorrow, Los Angeles Slam on Monday and Riverside Rainmakers on Tuesday.
Gilas will be the second foreign team to play in the ABA next to Beijing Aoshen of China led by former Los Angeles Laker Sun Yue.
The squad will be adopted by Daly City, a bustling city in San Francisco with a good-size Filipino community.
Gilas mentor Rajko Toroman will pin his hopes on skipper Chris Tiu, Mark Barocca, JR Cawaling, Aldrech Ramos, JV Casio, Dylan Ababou, RJ Jazul, Rey Guevarra, Marcio Lassiter, Mac Baracael together with the vastly-improved big men led by Greg Slaughter, Jason Ballesteros, Rabeh Al-Hussaini and Japeth Aguilar.
“We are delighted to have Smart Gilas in the ABA,” ABA chairman Joe Newman said. “It’s an initiative of our ABA Global platform where teams from all over the world will now get a chance to compete pro basketball in the United States every year.”
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Very nice!!!!!
Goodluck Gilas!!!
Goodluck JAPETH!!!
wow ayus to ah.. pero prang wla c lutz s line-up?
Nice move
wow! this is great news! keep it up SG!
russ
@ all....
Mark my words, this ABA stint by Gilas is hitting three birds with one stone...
1st bird....Will help strengthen and prepare Gilas for international games
2nd bird....Will help in the possible recruitment of a big man for Gilas international tourneys
3rd bird....very good exposure for Filipino bball players. This could translate to a Filipino being able to play professional in America...NBA is a long long stretch...but maybe ABA and even NBDL can see some potential in Filipinos....I guess some PBA players that is in Gilas' wish list and has dreams to play pro in the US will hope and pray that their mother clubs will lend them to Gilas...
Joining ABA farm league will only push Gilas' bball program forward....
Go gilas!!!!!!!!!
Ingatz sa Injury!!
wow..that's the way to go. GO GO GO smart gilas.
sa sunod euro league naman. hehe
A GREAT PARTICIPATION OF SMART GILAS TEAM!
WOW!!!!!!
kaya ganun ka disiplinado ang mga athletes sa yugoslavia(now serbia) and former soviet union..because of their anti-american sentiments marami sa kanila naiinis at naangasan sa mga kano.Dapat wag matakot ang pba teams na ma-scout ng foreign leagues ang players nila pagpinahiram sa gilas.
go gilas kaya natin yan.
It's about time to expose the pinoy potentials in this kind of farm league.magka-alaman na european style vs american style of basketball..hoping gilas will beat sun yue's team,aoshen beijing.
POTAH! AZTIG TOH!! TV COVERAGE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! VERY BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SMART GILAS.
now thats a good news.. imagine gilas will be up against 50 quality bball clubs in the ABA.. hope and pray no injuries...
good luck gilas! more power!
Huh?? C JV Casio ksama sa line-up.....D b injured sya?
FIRST ABA,NEXT EUROLEAGUE AT THIRD DAPAT SA SOUTH AMERICA NAMAN SA ARGENTINA O SA BRAZIL PRA SA EXPOSURE NG TEAM AT GOOD TRAINING YAN PRA MAKA ADOPT NG IBANG BRAND NG BASKETBALL ......
YES,,,YES,,,GOOD LUCK...!!!!!
WOW! go gilas! d man tayo magchampion, atleast makapasok man lng sa playoffs! nakanamfutch! astig to! nice move gilas management! local TV coverage! GMA chance nyo na to! tataas ratings nyo for sure!
OFFICIAL LINK.. http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=ABALIVE&t=c&s=basketball&p=NewsStory&newsID=9967
go go gilas! go go gilas! go go gilas!
magandang i-air ito cguradong kakainin ng buhay ang PBA ng sino mang local tv station ang makakuha nito. go SG!!! mabuhay ka MVP! MVP fo President!
I wonder how ABA teams and players will react to see our excellent team!! Goodluck guyz!
Woow... it great ..good news and good signs to Philippine basketball in general especially SBP program have good lift result showing to world basketball body(FIBA) how serious the program. Gilas team good luck dahan-dahan sa injury. Yan may result na recognized as an offoicial entry by ABA expect marami na sasakay dyan hahaha.. So PBA player with ambition to play at NBA tara na sali na..sakay na... sakay na sa lipad ng Gilas. Good Luck Gilas GO! GO! Mabuhay kayo... Special mentioned to Mr. MVP, Mr. Noli, Mr. T and the rest of SBP organization ito na ang bunga sana dadami pa ang bunga... Good Luck sa inyo!!!
ganda ng timing nag pag sali nila sa ABA..... sa palagay ko pde din na d2 tayo makakuha ng import na mag fifit sa system ni coach T... at agree din ako na siguro kulang nga sa pakikipag usap dun sa school ni fajardo.... alam din cguro ni fajardo na makakabuti din sa basketball career nya ang pag sali sa SMART-GILAS s GREG nga gumanda ang laro sya pa kaya..... kelangan lang makumbinsi ang school nya na palaruin na sya sa SMART-GILAS kung makukuha si fajardo at k.williams from pba cguro kaya natin na mag all-filipino.... pero mas maganda kun fajardo, k williams and naturalized player.....
"KuyaKhoi"
Goodluck Gilas guys!
yan ang tinatawag na good karma...doon po sa mga handler ng mga players na nasa wish list ni coach..sayang, kayo ang mga naging hadlang sa magagandang oportyunidad na manyayari sa philippine basketball...
wow gudluck sa ABA
Great news for rp bsketbl aficionados n d rest of phils at most, i just had d thot dis mornin rgardin how generous d objctiv of sbp n sg mangement to b involv n dis evnt how i wish our felow countrmn wil do its share n sacrifices n evntualy d honor 4 our country's sake. id lyk to luk into greg s. n junmar f. case bein ask to decide wat skul/team dey r goin 2 b w/ al due respct n freedom 2 dem n d skul org. involv...think of this japet a. n gian c. wer ol from ateneo durin der youngr yrs but evntualy went to us schools n wer dey r ryt now..f we hav dis kind of sympathy n skuls i wud b hapy to bring my kid to ateneo somday lyk wat we hav n iloilo for dey r 4 d gud of der student's future.
- TM
go gilas!!!
tv coverage lng sana sa btv...
"lbj"
magandang program ito madedevelope ang mga players natin into world class basketball players ayos! yan ang nanawala sa PBA because of lack of vision ayaw mag-adopt ng open basketball nakakasawa na.
http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=ABALIVE&t=c&s=basketball&p=newsstory&newsID=9967 here is the ABA link
SMART GILAS had just won against SAN DIEGO
94-93
Barroca hit the winning shot.
After the ABA tournament just believe me, lot of offers for filipino basketball players will come to play in an NBA team/s. Just imagine just one filipino player will play in an NBA team, just the support of filipino fans will fill an entire stadium.