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Stop El-Khatib? Wright? Iranian's wings?
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Author's note: Before anything and everything else, let us all take the time to thank Manny V. Pangilinan for all he has done for Philippine basketball. To put and push everything aside, and concede his own SMART brand (despite him having all the rights to put it there since it's his money that's the lifeblood of the team in the first place) if it meant that the other PBA owners would allow their employees to join the national cause-- that's just inspiring and something we should appreciate and laud. This isn't politics wherein you're not supposed to be branding this and that, he's the chief financial sponsor of a team that he put together with his money. He dresses them, feeds them and puts them in fancy hotels. He could have chosen not to, and he doesn't really need all the Silent War drama between Team SMC and his own Team MVP-- but he has done so (patiently at that) all for the glory of the sport that we have adopted as our own.
Mabuhay ka MVP! Wag ka lang tatakbong presidente, para hindi ka abusuhin ng iba.
Now that we can move on from the whole branding issue and have gotten the commitment of the other PBA owners in terms of assembling the best men's basketball team to represent the country in the coming FIBA-Asia qualifiers, here's a complete 15-man roster of who we believe should be part of the new and improved Gilas Pilipinas.
