Gilas Pilipinas Coach Chot Reyes announced the 14 Gilas players that will fly to Australia tonight, February 19 for the match-up against Australia in Melbourne on February 22 for the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool vs Australia
-Jason Castro
-Kiefer Ravena
As posted by Gilas Pilipinas Coach Chot Reyes in his twitter account, he mentioned 16 players so far in the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool for the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
Only 40 basketball minutes separate Gilas Pilipinas from getting into the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification process which begins in November this year.
Gilas defeated Vietnam, 107-52 in the 2017 SEABA Championships in Manila last Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the tournament and set up a virtual title match against Indonesia on Thursday, May 18.
Gilas Pilipinas wasted no time in sending a statement to the rest of the competition after annihilating the world no. 92 Myanmar by a whopping 107 points, 147-40 on Friday, May 12 in the 2017 SEABA Championships at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.
Allein Maliksi won the 2017 PBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout Competition held in Lucena City. Maliksi beat defending champion Terrence Romeo and LA Tenorio in the Final Round.
Watch PBA All-Star 3-Point Shootout Full Video
Allein Maliksi will replace Paul Lee, who currently has a knee injury in the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool as representative of Star Hotshots as announced by Coach Chot Reyes in the 1st day of the 3-day training camp of Gilas for the 2017 SEABA Championship this May.
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel defeated Star Hotshots in Game 3 of their best-of-seven-semifinals series in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup. Top 5 Plays of Game 3 featuring Justin Melton, Jio Jalalon 2x, Allein Maliksi, Japeth Aguilar/Sol Mercado.
Watch Ginebra vs Star Hotshots Game 3 Top 5 Plays Video
Allein Maliksi of Star Hotshots was named PBA Player of the Week with an average of 25.5 points and 5.0 rebounds for the period of January 22-28 in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup.
Watch Allein Maliksi PBA Player of the Week Highlights Video