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Ravena, Gilas 5.0 eyed to be part of PBA 'special draft'

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Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/08/09/ravena-kiefer.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Kiefer Ravena (15) will likely be part of the &quot;Special Draft&quot; for members of the Gilas Pilipinas 5.0. Photo by Arvin Lim, ABS-CBN Sports.</div></figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- A new Philippine national basketball team is set to rise and introduce itself in a month’s time in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge Cup.There, Gilas Pilipinas, set to be comprised of amateur stars, will compete with 10 other teams to determine the qualifiers for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.Among the names who have been confirmed for the newest national team are Far Eastern University’s Mac Belo, Arellano University’s Jiovani Jalalon, and Ateneo de Manila University’s Kiefer Ravena.With the top talent in this year’s graduating class set to be tied up with Gilas, this year’s PBA Draft is also set to have a problem. The 2016 PBA Draft is scheduled for October 30.According to newly-elected Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio, however, the two sides are already working on the solution. “We’ve basically agreed with the PBA to have a special draft,” he said.He then continued, &quot;The agreement lang is for them to be drafted – a special draft for the Gilas players.”Gilas is set to bare its final 14-man lineup in the first week of September. That means that those 14 names will be the subject of the possible “special draft.”Panlilio then went on to say that in the possible “special draft,” the PBA’s dozen teams will have the chance to select from the 14-man Gilas lineup. The rights of the particular Gilas player will then belong to the PBA “mother team” who selected him.As he put it, “All teams (will own) the rights to the players. Those players will be committed to the national team until such time the SBP releases them to the PBA.”As per Panlilio, the possible “special draft” is scheduled to happen right before the regular PBA Draft. Its draft order will also follow the same one as the regular PBA Draft.Asked who have already confirmed for Gilas 5.0, the new SBP president did not give any specifics. All he said was, “We’re still working on that. Most of the names who will be part e mag kanya-kanyang commitment.”He also added, &quot;I guess it’s a work in progress as we speak.”In the possible “special draft,” Panlilio believes both the national team and the PBA come out as winners. “We wanna make sure that the PBA survives and, in fact, can become a bigger league than it is today,” he said.He then continued, “At the same time, looking at how to improve the national team.”This article originally appeared on the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2016/08/08/ravena-gilas-5-0-eyed-part-pba-special-draft-14162">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

MANILA, Philippines -- A new Philippine national basketball team is set to rise and introduce itself in a month’s time in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge Cup.

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Ravena, Gilas 5.0 eyed to be part of PBA 'special draft'

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego,

ABS-CBN Sports

Published August 09, 2016 09:42 AM PHT

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