Gabriel Daniel Norwood or Gabe Norwood was born on February 9, 1985 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Happy Birthday Gabe Norwood!
Awards
PBA Rookie of the Year (2008-09)
PBA Mythical Second Team (2008-09)
PBA All-Rookie Team (2008-09)
PBA Slam Dunk Champion (2009)
Watch the replay of the historic game between Gilas Pilipinas vs South Korea in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship on December 31, 2013, 8pm on TV5!
Heroes for Hope: A Charity Sports Auction for the Benefit of Yolanda Survivors on November 30, 2013, 4-6pm at Heroes, Bonifacio High Street, The Fort, Taguig City.
Up for Auction: Signed Jerseys, Shoes and other Memorabilia Donated by your Pinoy Sports Heroes!
Sample Items for Auction
Another Gilas exclusive. GARY DAVID is pledging his Nike Zoom Kobe 8s, worn during FIBA Asia 2013!… http://t.co/PNCxpRq7ai
— Heroes for Hope (@heroesforhope_) November 21, 2013
As posted by Coach Chot Reyes in his Twitter Account, Gilas Pilipinas with the 1985 Philippine National Team A shot for the ages: 2013 Gilas Pilipinas with our inspiration:1985 Philippine National Team – Our last…
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:
Gilas Pilipinas players: Gabe Norwood, LA Tenorio, Jimmy Alapag and Larry Fonacier dance the Shukka Roll!
This is for a promo by Uniqlo Philippines. Do your own version of the Shukka Roll in a pair of Uniqlo Leggings and get a chance to win P25,000 worth of Uniqlo GCs!
8 – Battling Mighty Iran
Even though we know that Iran is a very tall and strong team, Gilas Pilipinas never backed down. Philippines lost the Gold but fought valiantly against the Champions.
With the absence of Marcus Douthit, Marc Pingris, Japeth Aguilar and Jayson William took turns attacking Hamed Haddadi in the paint.
7 – Gilas Pilipinas defeating Kazakhstan by 30
It was a perfect game by Gilas Pilipinas both in offense and defense and a very big win against Kazakhstan to enter the final four. Gary David had his best game of the tournament with 22 points.
Gabe Norwood congratulating Gary David for a job well done.
6 – Crowd Support
From President Noynoy Aquino, VP Jejomar Binay to Manny Pacquiao, the crowd support at the Mall of Asia Arena was spectacular.
Crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena
5 – Japeth Aguilar Dunks
There were a lot of dunks by Japeth Aguilar in this tournament and we cannot choose which one was the best, but we all know on each of Japeth Aguilar’s dunks, the crowd goes wild!
Japeth Aguilar vs Hamed Haddadi
Jayson William led Gilas Pilipinas with 18 points including a couple of drives against taller players from Iran
Jimmy Alapag was 3/6 from the three point line
2013 FIBA Asia Championship Finals
Iran defeats Philippines, 85-71
August 11, 2013 – Mall of Asia Arena
Game Highlights:
-Hamed Hadadi with 29 points and 16 rebounds and also MVP of the tournament
-Jayson William led Gilas Pilipinas with 18 points and was included in the Top 5 players of the tournament
-Jimmy Alapag with 13 points (3/6 from the three point line)
-Ranidel de Ocampo with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals
-Marcus Douthit did not play due to an injury