THE IMPACT OF THE ORIGINAL GILAS PILIPINAS PLAYERS IN THE PBA TODAY

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The last five PBA Drafts have seen the Smart Gilas Pilipinas alums move up to the pro loop after years of national team duty. The bulk of the Rajko Toroman-coached squad joined the PBA in 2011 and a look at the current Philippine Cup campaign will show the impact of these players in their teams’ respective fortunes.

2009 PBA Draft

Japeth Aguilar #1 overall to Burger King Whoppers

2010 PBA Draft

Rabeh Al-Hussaini #2 overall to Air21

Rey Guevarra #3 overall to Air21

RJ Jazul #15 drafted by Alaska but traded to Air21

2011 PBA Draft

JVee Casio #1 overall to Powerade

Chris Lutz #3 overall drafted by Barako Bull but traded to Petron Blaze

Marcio Lassiter #4 overall drafted by Powerade

Mark Barroca #5 overall to Shopinas

Mac Baracael #6 overall to Alaska

Dylan Ababou #10 overall to Barako Bull

2012 PBA Draft

Aldrech Ramos #5 overall drafted by Barako Bull Energy but traded to B-Meg

Chris Tiu #7 overall to Rain or Shine

2013 PBA Draft

Greg Slaughter #1 overall to Barangay Ginebra

There are other players who were a part of the team before it was joined by the all-pros (Jimmy Alapag, Ranidel De Ocampo, and Kelly Williams) like Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Ryan Buenafe, and Magi Sison (all on current PBA rosters) but I decided to go with their classic line-up for this column. The only player from that Gilas team not included in these stats is Jason Ballesteros who is now in the D-League.

Here are their current stats of the (classic) Smart Gilas Pilipinas players in the PBA:

Player	GP	Mins ave	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO
Ababou	12	10.2	3.4	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3
Aguilar	14	36.7	18.9	8.9	1.6	0.4	3.5	2.3
Baracael	14	20.0	7.9	2.3	1.3	0.2		1.0
Barroca	14	35.9	14.6	5.0	4.5	2.6	0.6	1.9
Casio	15	34.9	14.3	4.0	3.9	0.9	0.1	2.0
Cawaling	11	9.2	2.5	0.8	0.5		0.1	0.7
Guevarra	12	10.1	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4
Jazul	15	21.5	7.8	2.8	2.7	0.8		1.3
Lassiter	13	36.5	14.8	4.4	3.5	0.9	0.1	1.7
Lutz	13	36.4	15.2	4.2	5.2	0.8	0.1	3.5
Ramos	14	16.1	5.3	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6
Slaughter	14	34.1	15.7	10.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	1.6
Tiu	11	13.9	3.5	1.9	1.4	0.2		1.0

Smart Gilas Pilipinas produced three number one overall picks. Two if you exclude Japeth Aguilar since he also played on the Powerade-backed national team under Yeng Guiao.

During the 2010-11 season, Rabeh Al-Hussaini was named Rookie of the Year. The PBA Press Corps likewise selected Al-Hussaini to the All-Rookie Team.

During the 2011-12 season, Ababou, Casio, and Lassiter were named to the All-Rookie Team by the PBA Press Corps.

During the 2012-13 season’s Leo Awards, Lassiter was named to the All-Defensive Team while Casio bagged the Sportsmanship Award. The PBA Press Corps also named Lassiter as the Comeback Player of the Year while Chris Tiu was named to the All-Rookie Team.

Eight of them are logging 20 or more minutes per game.

At least six of them start for their teams.

Six of them are scoring in double digits.

One is averaging a double double.

Of course, they are still early in their PBA careers and their true impact can only be measured when their respective runs are over. Now that would be fun to correlate.

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