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PBA
All-Star starters named | | Four
former stalwarts of the RP men's team to the FIBA-Asia Olympic quaflying tournament
will suit up as starters in the coming PBA All-Star weekend when they get to size
up members of the Powerade Team Pilipinas in an exciting three-game series 10
days from now.
Danny
Seigle, Eric Menk, Dondon Hontiveros and Jimmy Alapag comprise |
the
starting unit for the South team as voted by fans during the month-long balloting
conducted by the league on game days and out-of-town matches.
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four star players suited up for the RP men's team of coach Chot Reyes when it
finished a fighting ninth during the 2007 FIBA-Asia Men's basketball championship
in Tokushima, Japan, the tournament that served as qualifying meet for the Beijing
Olympics.
Jay
Washington completes the first five of the South team to be handled by coach Tim
Cone.
The
North squad, meanwhile, will have the quintet of Marc Pingris, Lordy Tugade, Enrico
Villanueva, Paul Artadi and MacMac Cardona playing for coach Chot Reyes. |
Both teams
are set to play the RP men's squad under coach Yeng Guiao from April 22 to 26
in a three-game exhibition matches that serves as part of the nationals' training
and preparation for the 2009 FIBA-Asia meet in China, the tournament being the
qualifier for next year's World Basketball Championship in Istanbul, Turkey.
Hontiveros
got the most number of fan votes with 38,044 followed by Washington (32,372),
Seigle (32,048), Alapag (31,482) and Pingris (30,086).
Reserve
players of both North and South will be selected by the rest of the PBA coaches.
Commissioner Sonny Barrios will also handpick four imports to reinforce the two
All-Star units.
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