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unusual facts about Smart Gilas



Japeth Aguilar

As expected, the Burger King Whoppers nabbed Aguilar as its overall No.1 draft pick in the 2009 PBA Draft; however days after the draft, he boldly declared that he would join the Smart Gilas Pilipinas developmental basketball program coached by Serbian Rajko Toroman, a move which caused controversy within the PBA and angst especially by the team that drafted him.

Mark Barroca

When Smart Gilas participated in the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup where the team finished in second place after the elimination round, Barroca averaged 8.23 points and 2.69 assists in 17.23 minutes of play.


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Dylan Ababou

Also, the arrival of Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz to Smart Gilas did not bode well with Ababou as his playing time grew even more limited.

James Yap

Yap declined the invitation to join the Smart Gilas 2.0 National Team Program including other SMC players like Arwind Santos, Marc Pingris and Alex Cabagnot because of personal reasons.