In two weeks, a mix of old and new players will wear the blue and white to represent the Philippines at the FIBA Asia Championship. Here’s a look at the past teams that shed blood, sweat and tears para sa bayan.
Dayories: Aborlan, Palawan
Dayories: Cubao, Quezon City
Dayories: Koror, Palau
Starting 5ive: Taylor Swift songs for Gilas 3.0
As Philippine basketball gears up for international competition, us fans are still facing questions such as: Will Jordan Clarkson play? Is Ping really back? Does Junemar have a Philippine passport? Will Andray Blatche stop eating pizza? No answers yet, but with all the injuries and drama, Gilas 3.0 is already starting to sound like one big heartbreak. Like a Taylor Swift song.
Dayories: Uyugan, Batanes
Starting 5ive: Things we learned from Ricky Rubio’s Manila visit
It was a rainy weekend, but it did not stop Ricky Rubio, the 24-year-old Spanish point guard of the Minnesota Timberwolves, from taking on Manila, seeing the sites, playing streetball, and flirting with Ariana Grande.
Dayories: Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Can’t knock the hustle: Journey of an aspiring PBA player
Nervous energy filled the Robinson’s Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on a regular Sunday afternoon in August 2012. It’s the annual PBA Draft. Each time PBA Commissioner Chito Salud walked up to the podium to call a name, the anxiousness of some of was replaced with elation. For the others, despair subbed in.









