Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
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| Abbreviation | SBP |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | National Sport Association |
| Headquarters | PhilSports Complex |
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President
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Al Panlilio |
| Affiliations | FIBA, FIBA Asia, POC |
| Website | http://www.sbp.ph |
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines) or the SBP is the national sport association for basketball in the Philippines, formed from the merging of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and Pilipinas Basketball (PB).
It was formed in order to fix a long running feud in Philippine basketball that resulted in FIBA suspending the country from participating in FIBA-sanctioned events. Both groups signed a joint communique during the FIBA Congress in Saitama, Japan in September 2006.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, and owner of the PBA's Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, Meralco Bolts and NLEX Road Warriors was named as the first president of the organization on February 5, 2007 up until August 8, 2016. He was succeeded by Al Panlilio, who served as the team governor of the Meralco Bolts.
In 2005, the BAP-formed Cebuana-Lhuillier Philippine National Team, made up of little-known amateur players, lost to the Parañaque Jets, owned by city Vice Mayor and comedian Anjo Yllana in the 2005 National Basketball Conference preseason tournament. The Jets were bannered by actors and showbiz personalities, while the BAP team was supposed to have been sent to represent the country in an international tournament. This led to calls from Philippine Olympic Committee President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco to reform the BAP's programs and send a national team made up of professional players from the Philippine Basketball Association.
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