KKS Gilas 26 man pool

The Face of the PBA but not of Gilas? Why?
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Word is out that Gilas head coach Tab Baldwin has already listed 26 PBA superstars and will start courting their respective mother teams in an effort to do an anti-Chot and establish good will.

We love this low-key approach, since it doesn't put any pressure on the already strained relationship between Team MVP and Team SMC (and even the other "independent" teams). It should be remembered that Coach Chot went to the media to air his side: on how hard it was for him to attain the services of some Team SMC players which put those under that umbrella in a bad light. Sometimes airing your dirty laundry out works, sometimes it doesn't.

It is what it is.

Here, we try to name the 26 active PBA players who we feel are being eyed by the well-traveled head coach.
And to make it interesting, we'll put an * next to the 12 guys who we think will form the final line-up.


Point guard
Jayson Castro *
Paul Lee *
L.A. Tenorio
Mark Barroca
Terrence Romeo

Alex Cabagnot

Shooting guard
Chris Lutz (some eligibility concerns) *
Marcio Lassiter (some eligibility concerns) *
James Yap
PJ Simon
Jeffrei Chan *

Small forward
Gabe Norwood *
Matt Ganuelas Rosser *
Jarred Dillinger
Calvin Abueva *

Power forward
Ranidel de Ocampo *
Marc Pingris
Arwind Santos *
Joe DeVance (some eligibility concerns)
Kelly Williams
Jay Washington (some eligibility concerns)

Center
Junemar Fajardo *
Greg Slaughter *
Beau Belga
Sonny Thoss
Japeth Aguilar

Which players do you think will make the Final 12 man roster? Who did we leave out? Which position is the deepest/ hardest to trim down?

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