Smart Gilas
| Gilas Pilipinas | |||
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| Leagues |
FIBA World FIBA Asia SEABA Asian Games William Jones Cup FIBA MVP Cup |
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| Founded | 2010 | ||
| Arena | Moro Lorenzo Sports Center | ||
| Location | Philippines | ||
| Team colors | Blue and white |
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| President | Manny V. Pangilinan | ||
| Head coach |
Rajko Toroman (2010–2012) Vincent Reyes (2012–2014) Thomas Anthony Baldwin (2015–2016) Vincent Reyes (2016–present) |
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| Championships |
2010 MVP Invitational Champions' Cup 2011 SEABA C'ship 2011 SEA Games 2012 SEABA Cup 2012 William Jones Cup 2013 SEA Games 2015 SEABA C'ship 2015 SEA Games 2015 MVP Cup |
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| Website | Smart Gilas Basketball | ||
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Gilas Pilipinas (originally known as Smart Gilas from 2010 to 2012) is the team consisting mostly of PBA players that serves as the Philippines men's national basketball team for elite level international tournaments since 2010. The team is under the aegis of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and sponsored by Smart Communications. Gilas is a Tagalog word that loosely translates as "prowess". The all-amateur men's team is known as the Gilas Cadets (previously known from 2011 to 2014 as Sinag Pilipinas - sinag is the Tagalog word for "ray" (sunlight)), while the women's team is named Perlas Pilipinas (perlas is the Tagalog word for "pearl").
The Gilas Pilipinas program succeeded the Team Pilipinas program (2005-2009) which was an initiative of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation (2005-2007, known as San Miguel-Team Pilipinas) and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (2009, known as Powerade-Team Pilipinas).
Following the Northern Cement model of the 1980s, the SBP created the Smart Gilas Pilipinas program which aimed to qualify the Philippine men's basketball team in the 2012 Olympics. The Smart Gilas Pilipinas program first trained in the European style of play under coach Rajko Toroman. Smart Gilas began with a group of rising young players, led by collegiate standouts Chris Tiu, JVee Casio and Greg Slaughter, who held off on joining the PBA draft until their three-year commitments to the program ran its course.
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