Saturday, October 29th, 2011 at 6:27 pm  |  61 responses

JaVale McGee To Join 2014 Philippine National Team?


Apparently the Wizards‘ center is eligible to become a naturalized player “for any country.” The Philippine Star reports that JaVale McGee is trying to become a naturalized citizen of the Philippines before the 2014 World Championship: “If everything falls into place, Smart Gilas Pilipinas will have the Washington Wizards’ seven-foot center JaVale McGee as naturalized player for the next FIBA Asia championship. McGee had been in the country twice in the last four months and, in his last visit, expressed willingness to be part of the Philippine team vying for a slot in the 2014 World Championship. The STAR source said McGee and the Smart Gilas people have reached an agreement to pursue the same direction Marcus Douthit had gone through enabling the latter to play for the Phl team in the recent Asian joust in Tianjin, China.”

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  • http://aruysuy.com deezndhaus aka giogolo

    @ Teddy-the-bear
    do u have filipino blood? i actually thought you’re chinese-american.

  • don

    i’m a filipino and i saw what mcGee did here during that game featuring kobe, rose and others. props to mcagee, he’s a good player, but we need someone who’s a back-to-the-basket post up scorer in the national team, i’m not sure mcgee would be that one. with that said, he’s a uber-athletic type , maybe he can teach some of our bigs how to play D.. or at least how to BLOck…

  • http://www.acb.com A l a n

    I just don’t get this. So he can play for any country in the world he chooses?? I always thought you have to at least live there for some time, or marry someone from that country or something than just saying “hey, I’ll play with you” SMH

  • http://dsakflfl.com Jukai

    Maybe in the next dunk contest, McGee can pick up Zog’s racist ass and sledgehammer him through the hoop.

  • J.A.

    McGee has been in the Philippines twice in the last four months.. The first time he went to the Philippines was when he played together with Kobe, Durant, D-Rose and other nba allstars… He saw how the Filipino people loved basketball and how the Filipino people were amazed from the rim rattling dunks he did in the smart ultimate all star weekend… He recently came back to the country a few weeks ago to have a vacation… He actually said that if he would be playing for a country, the Philippines could be one of it… Marcus Douthit has no filipino relatives, he became a naturalized filipino to be able to play for the fiba asia championships in China. McGee is currently doing business with The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and if things fall into place, he could be playin with Smart Gilas and with the nba lockout ongoing, he could even play in the PBA for the talk n text tropang texters because he is a SMART endorser.. I wish that McGee would become a naturalized filipino for our country (Philippines) can match up with the bigs of Asia and could possibly be in the whole world… The Philippines finished 4th at the last FIBA asia championships, and just imagine if JaVale played for the country… The Phil. lost to Korea by just 2 points and the worst part of it, Korea won in a comeback… I really want the Philippines to be known in the sport of basketball and to prove that we are the best in Asia… No question that the Phil, is the best in southeast asia in terms of this sport…

  • Rik Smits Mullet

    Would be a stupid move because in the future mcgee can probably play for the us team. Maybe for the USA “b team” but non the less this guy has a chance. its not looking like he is going to be scrub.
    But for all you pinoys and pinays this must sound like good news!!

  • riggs

    smh @ the dudes replying to ZOGS and giving him exactly what he wanted….attention.

  • jomay

    SLAM IS #1 IN THE PHILIPPINES!!! Proud to be Pinoy! To the topic: If we can get Javale, why cant we get Kobe? Shoot for the moon, that kinda thing. Kobe loves the Philippines. What say you, Kobe?

  • gani

    jomay: we won’t be able to get kobe to play for the philippine team because he’s played for the us team already.

  • Ptolemy

    If (JaVele Mcgee) will become a Naturalized Filipino. He will added to our National team as a backrest like Marcus Douthit. And it is good to us.

  • http://facebook gagz

    lolz

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