Singapore— The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that three-time NBA All-Star Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings; Lithuania) and two-time WNBA champion Lauren Jackson (Australia) will headline the inaugural NBA Rising Stars Invitational, the league’s first regional high-school basketball tournament that will feature boys’ and girls’ teams from 11 countries across Asia-Pacific competing at the Kallang Tennis Hub in Singapore from Wednesday, June 25 – Sunday, June 29 as part of a multiday immersive basketball and entertainment festival.

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Members of the Gilas Pilipinas U16 team had their first title. LA Tenorio had his first championship as national youth coach. And the home crowd, thousands who braved an hours-long afternoon thunderstorm, had a delirious moment to remember.

Being part of Batang Gilas and being successful in their basketball careers.

A simple dream, but the determination and motivation of young players Andril Gabriel Yap and Jacob Maycong are the backbone of their efforts to be part of the ranks of the country's promising amateur basketball players.

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