25th FIBA Asia Championship for Women
October 27 to November 3, 2013
Bangkok Youth Center, Vest 1 DinDaeng, Bangkok, Thailand
Philippines will be represented by Discovery Perlas Pilipinas National Basketball Team.
Top 3 teams from the 25th FIBA Asia Championship for Women will earn the right to represent FIBA Asia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey from Sept 27-Oct 5, 2014.
Participating teams
Latest PBA Trades: Barangay Ginebra San Miguel gets Jay-R Reyes while Meralco Bolts gets Kerby Raymundo
Kerby Raymundo will be reunited with Coach Ryan Gregorio in Meralco
Did you know that Greg Slaughter already played in the PBA? Slaughter was part of the Smart Gilas Team who participated in the 2011 PBA Commissioners Cup as a guest team where they finished 3rd place.
Will Greg Slaughter be the No. 1 Pick in the PBA Draft?
Gilas Pilipinas Cadet RR Garcia also joined the PBA Draft
2013 PBA Rookie Draft will take place on November 3, 2013 at Robinson’s Place, Ermita, Manila.
Arwind Santos is the Most Valuable Player for the 38th Season of the PBA while Calvin Abueva was named Rookie of the Year! Former Smart Gilas players, JV Casio won the Sportsmanship Award and Marcio Lassiter was included in the Best Defensive Team.
Most Valuable Player: Arwind Santos
Rookie of the Year: Calvin Abueva
Other Individual Awards:
7.2 Earthquake in Central Visayas on October 15, 2013, epicenter was on Carmen, Bohol #PrayForVisayas
Jean Marc Pingris born on October 16, 1981 in Pangasinan! Happy Birthday Pingris!
There were a couple of foreign players included in the line-up of Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers when they played the 1st NBA Preseason Game in the Philippines last October 10, 2013 at Mall of Asia Arena.
Luis Scola from Argentina
Omri Casspi from Israel
Donatas Motiejunas from Lithuania
Air 21 Express acquired Mac Cardona in a three-team trade between Talk N Text Tropang Texters and Meralco Bolts.
Norman Black got former Ateneo players Noy Baclao and Eric Salamat and also Rob Reyes and a 2015 second round draft pick. Air 21 receives Mac Cardona, Pamboy Raymundo and Bam Gamalinda while Meralco gets Rabeh Al-Hussaini and former Bolts Nelbert Omolon.
Congratulations Arwind Santos! Best Player of the Conference for the 2013 PBA Governors Cup. Marqus Blakely of San Mig Coffee Mixers was named Best Import of the Conference.
This was the second Best Player of the Conference Award for Arwind Santos of Petron Blaze Boosters, he also won the BPC in 2011.