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THE Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has started preliminary talks with the Philippine Basketball Association in forming a national squad for next year’s FIBA Asia men’s championships, but most of the discussions are still in the “conceptual stage,” according to SBP executive director Sonny Barrios.

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SBP, PBA hold talks on national team

AN NBA veteran, who played against the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas men’s basketball team in the FIBA-Asia Champions Cup last year, is set to play for the Barako Bull Energy in the coming Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup.

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Barako taps NBA veteran

source: Joey Villar | philstar.com

HO CHI MINH CITY,Vietnam – Inspired by Energen Pilipinas’ semifinal finish in the FIBA-Asia U-16 Championship, team manager Joel Lopa has signified his intention to extend the four-year cage program. Read the rest of this entry »

FIBA ASIA Under-16 Championship. The Philippines opened up a big early lead before surviving an Iraq comeback to win, 82-69, and advance to the semis to face South Korea. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s so ironic how I wrote about ‘grabbing opportunities that come your way’ in one of my recent posts.

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Chris Tiu : My Reflections on the FIBA Asia (Part 1)

It’s so ironic how I wrote about ‘grabbing opportunities that come your way’ in one of my recent posts.

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Chris Tiu : My Reflections on the FIBA Asia (Part 1)

THE Philippines has moved up eight rungs to no. 45 in the latest FIBA world basketball rankings. From its previous rank of no.

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PH climbs to no. 45 in the world

THIS is becoming really tiresome. After coming tantalizingly close, the Philippine team again fell short, losing back-to-back games, first to Jordan, 61-75, in their semifinal matchup; then bowing to South Korea, 68-70, in the bronze-medal match of the 2011 FIBA-Asia Championship.

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TweetMy Chinese friend and basketball buddy send me an e-mail yesterday, just in time before Smart-GILAS Philippine national basketball team start its game in Wuhan City, China for the FIBA Asia Olympics-qualifying games against China’s national team. He wrote “I will watch the Philippines-China FIBA match in Wuhan.

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Philippine and Chinese Basketball