{"id":197256,"date":"2019-01-11T01:46:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T06:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197256"},"modified":"2019-01-11T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T06:46:30","slug":"gilas-pilipinas-regroups-for-fiba-in-february-blatche-included-in-upcoming-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/11\/gilas-pilipinas-regroups-for-fiba-in-february-blatche-included-in-upcoming-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilas Pilipinas regroups for FIBA in February, Blatche included in upcoming lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_197257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197257\" style=\"width: 794px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-10.38.04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-197257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-10.38.04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-10.38.04.png 794w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-10.38.04-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-11-at-10.38.04-768x754.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: &#8220;After being sick and dehydrated, I never made it an excuse. I\u2019m just trying to do the only thing I know.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BfoVvw1g7-h\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/draylive\/\">@draylive<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach Yeng Guiao has submitted a lineup to the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) in anticipation for Gilas Pilipinas\u2019 participation in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup Asian qualifiers next month, with naturalized player Andray Blatche finally making it to be part of the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When talking about the decision, Guiao revealed during the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Media Day, \u201cWe met last Tuesday with the SBP and the coaching staff. We are going to start practicing on January 21st.\u201d He added, \u201cWe already submitted the lineup to SBP and it\u2019s up to the SBP to make it public.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of his statement, he confirmed, \u201cAndray Blatche is in the lineup.\u201d Guiao clarified that because Blatche is based in the United States, he would prefer to arrive in the Philippines in January, but \u201cif not possible, maybe first week of February\u2026 as long as he is in shape.\u201d According to Coach Yeng, \u201cThat\u2019s what we won\u2019t know until we see him.\u201d Blatche was not part of the team\u2019s last FIBA run due to his completion of his three-game suspension from the infamous Philippine-Australian brawl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to prepare for their next matches, Coach Yeng also requested for the permission of the PBA to allow twice-a-week practices, stating in a mix of English and Filipino, \u201cWe will talk to the PBA to request that instead of once a week, our practice is now twice a week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers starts on February 21 where the team will face Qatar, followed by a game on February 24 against Kazakhstan. The Filipino representatives currently are in a 5-5 standing within their Group F, so they must win both games in order to make it to the top three that goes through to the next round.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Yeng Guiao has submitted a lineup to the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) in anticipation for Gilas Pilipinas\u2019 participation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":197257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}