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As we welcome the New Year, I’m sure basketball junkies all over the country are already thinking about our chances in this year’s FIBA Asia Championships that would serve as the qualifier for the London Olympics. This is the tournament that the SMART Gilas program (that started 3 years ago) was preparing for all this time and depending on whom you ask; expectations vary from winning it all to not even cracking the top 6.

The Gilas program is the first real national team program since the NCC days in the early 80’s, and while we had a lot of success then it was evident that this program will not share the same level of success early on. We can talk about all the drama that engulfed SMART Gilas program another day. In the meantime, I’d like to discuss all the adjustments (from reasonable to improbable) the Gilas program should make in my own humble opinion. Continue reading →