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MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Basketball Association, which has been heavily involved in the formation of the national five over the last few years, is expected to announce the name of the RP coach on Monday, among other things.
Commissioner Sonny Barrios will make the announcement Monday morning at the league offices.
Barrios, though, turned off his mobile phones and refused to answer text messages.
The PBA, or its commissioner for that matter, has always had the privilege of naming the national coach.
Chot Reyes, now coach of Talk ‘N Text, handled the last Philippine team that participated in the Olympic qualifiers, getting a leave of absence from his former team, San Miguel Beer, which also helped bankroll the program.
Sources say Reyes, Red Bull’s Yeng Guiao and former RP team head coaches Tim Cone of Alaska and Jong Uichico of Barangay Ginebra head the list of candidates.
Like in the previous PBA-backed teams, the coach also comes up with the program on how to run the team, which now aims to make it to the London 2012 Olympics.
In a related development, a hearing on the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Inc.’s petition against the expelled Basketball Association of the Philippines will take place at a Manila Regional Trial Court today.
The hearing seeks the intervention of the courts to quash an earlier restraining order obtained by the BAP prohibiting the SBP from functioning as the rightful basketball body in the country.
