New Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool will be announced on January 22, 2017 after the Alaska Aces vs Mahindra Floodbuster game in the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup. Then Barangay Ginebra vs Phoenix Fuel Masters after the announcement.
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The new Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool which is composed of the 12 Gilas PBA Rookies and 1 Player from each PBA team will be announced on January 22 during the PBA game at the PhilSports Arena.
Gilas PBA Rookies
-Mac Belo
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel lost to San Miguel Beermen but Japeth Aguilar made a couple of highlight dunks for Ginebra. Do you think Japeth Aguilar should be included in the next Gilas Pilipinas team?
Watch: Japeth Aguilar Highlight Dunks vs SMB
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) formally signed a Memorandum of Agreement that each PBA team will lend 2 players to the Gilas Pilipinas player pool.
This means that there will be 24 players in the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool, 12 coming from the recent special Gilas PBA rookie draft and 12 will be chosen by Coach Chot Reyes.
Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool
-Mac Belo
-Carl Bryan Cruz
-Ed Daquioag
One of the new players we believe that would make a big impact in the upcoming PBA season and also in future Gilas Pilipinas teams is Matthew Wright. Matthew Andrew Christopher Wright was drafted by Phoenix Fuel Masters in the recent PBA Rookie Draft where he will be reunited with his Malaysia Dragons coach Ariel Vanguardia.
Watch: Matthew Wright Interview
Matthew Wright Profile
Birth Date: February 7, 1991
Birth Place: Canada
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas or SBP is considering 3 more naturalized players as backup in case Andray Batche will not be available in some FIBA Tournaments.
SBP and the PBA revealed the 12 Gilas Cadets who will join the special round of the PBA rookie draft and who will be part of the Gilas Pilipinas Player Pool along with 12 players from the PBA or 1 player from each team.
Gilas Cadets Player Pool
-Mac Belo
-Carl Bryan Cruz
-Ed Daquioag
According to SBP, Chot Reyes is back as Gilas Pilipinas Head Coach while Coach Tab Baldwin will remain as Team Consultant.
The only win of Gilas Pilipinas in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge was against Kazakhstan, 98-86 led by Mac Belo with 30 points.
Watch: Gilas Pilipinas vs Kazakhstan Full Game Video