Thursday, January 24, 2013

PBA board OKs lending at least one player per team for Gilas Pilipinas in FIBA Asia

source: www.interaksyon.com

The PBA Board of Governors on Thursday approved the proposal of commissioner Chito Salud to lend at least one player per team for the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national squad that will compete in the FIBA Asia Championship in Manila in August.

“Lending one player per team is in the spirit of broad and equitable representation,” said Salud after the meeting at the league’s office in Quezon City. The commissioner clarified that the final selection of the composition of the team will still depend on SMART-Gilas coach Chot Reyes.

“If there are teams willing to lend more than one player, it’s okay with me. If in the judgment of the coach, he does not need any more players from the teams, then so be it.”

Salud said he will meet Reyes next week to discuss the composition of the squad. SMART-Gilas is currently competing in Hong Kong.

Prior to this new move, Reyes had submitted a list of 20 PBA players to form the national pool.
Teams like Talk ‘N Text and Meralco, which like SMART-Gilas is bankrolled by telecommunications mogul Manuel V. Pangilinan, as well as Rain or Shine, has expressed its willingness to lend more than one player for the national team, if necessary.

(InterAKTV is part of InterAksyon.com, the news website of TV5, which is chaired by Pangilinan.)

Salud said he will also discuss with Reyes details about scheduling practice sessions for the national team.

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