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Andray Blatche in Manila

Andray Blatche is on his way to Manila and will arrive on Sunday, June 8, 10am according to Coach Chot Reyes.

Andray Blatche posted this in his twitter account:

Andray Blatche naturalization was recently approved by Congress and the Senate. Read more about it here

Andray Blatche may watch the PBA Game on Monday between Air 21 and San Mig Coffee.

Andray Blatche Contract Signing

Andray Blatche contract signing

If the Naturalization of Andray Blatche pushes through before June 30, 2014 (Deadline of Submission of 24-man Line-up for 2014 FIBA World Cup), Blatche will join Gilas Pilipinas and will play in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain and in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea and Marcus Douthit will be on the reserve list, just in case Andray Blatche gets injured.

Marcio Lassiter San Miguel Beermen

Slaughter and Lassiter withdraws from Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool

Marcio Lassiter San Miguel Beermen Greg Slaughter

In a separate announcement yesterday, Greg Slaughter of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Marcio Lassiter of San Miguel Beermen both announced that they have declined the offer to join the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool.

Both Greg Slaughter and Marcio Lassiter said that they believe that the original 12 members of Gilas Pilipinas should represent Philippines in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and they do not want to take their spots thus their decision to withdraw from the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool. View Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool

What do you think about the withdrawal of Slaughter and Lassiter from the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool?

And here’s the reaction of Coach Chot Reyes on the pull out of Lassiter and Slaughter:

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Coach Chot Reyes vs Justin Bieber

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Last December 10, Justin Bieber visited Tacloban to personally help the Typhoon Yolanda victims. He performed live and played basketball with the kids from Tacloban and also against Coach Chot Reyes.

Justin Bieber has a fundraising campaign #GiveBackPhilippines and has now generated more than $700,000 dollars for Typhoon Haiyan relief. Donate now at prizeo.com/Justin

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Gilas Pilipinas New Zealand Training Camp Recap

Gilas Pilipinas with the Tall Blacks in New Zealand Record: 3 wins, 3 losses Gilas Pilipinas Games in New Zealand Game 1: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Hawkes Bay Hawks, 82-78 Game 2: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Hawkes… 

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Gilas Pilipinas Lithuania Training Camp Recap

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Gilas Pilipinas in Lithuania

Record: 5 wins, 2 losses

Game 1: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Neptunas, 81-76
Game 2: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Jazz-Diremta, 74-63
Game 3: LSU-Baltai defeats Gilas Pilipinas, 89-86
Game 4: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Lithuanian 20-under team, 83-75
Game 5: Gilas Pilipinas defeats Lithuanian 20-under team, 88-84

Gilas Pilipinas defeats Lithuanian 20-under Team

Lithuania Training Camp Updates
Philippines (Gilas Pilipinas) defeats Lithuanian 20-under team, 83-75

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Gilas Pilipinas with the Lithuanian 20-under Team

Scores: Jayson Castro 14pts, Marcus Douthit 12pts, Gabe Norwood 9pts, Gary David 8pts, Jimmy Alapag/Ranidel de Ocampo/June Mar Fajardo/Larry Fonacier 7pts each.
Photo by Coach Chot Reyes