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PBA names 17 players to join Gilas Pilipinas pool for Olympic bid


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The Olympic dream remains alive for Gilas Pilipinas.
 
The PBA on Wednesday announced that it would release 17 of its players to the Philippine national pool to compete in a qualifying tournament to gain entry to the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro next year.
 
Named to the pool are:
 
  1. Calvin Abueva
  2. Gabe Norwood
  3. Jayson Castro
  4. Ranidel de Ocampo
  5. Matt Ganuelas-Rosser
  6. Marc Pingris
  7. Terrence Romeo 
  8. June Mar Fajardo
  9. Marcio Lassiter
  10. Japeth Aguilar
  11. LA Tenorio
  12. Greg Slaughter
  13. Jeff Chan
  14. Paul Lee
  15. Ryan Reyes
  16. Troy Rosario
  17. Ian Sanggalang
 
The league's Board of Governors approved the resolution after a meeting on Tuesday.
 
“The PBA commits to fully support the formation of the Philippine national team that will participate in the wildcard Olympic qualifying tournament on July 5-10,” said PBA chairman Robert Non.
 
“The PBA shall allow the PBA players so selected to attend practice sessions once a week, specifically every Monday for 28 weeks starting November, 2015,” he added.
 
The PBA also adjusted its calendar to start the third conference after the qualifying tournament next July. —JST, GMA News
 
Tags: gilaspilipinas, pba
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