Gabe Norwood

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On Gabe Norwood

Reyes said he's in contact with Norwood's father Brian and there's a possiblity the 6'5" guard may join the national team in Belgrade for a series of games against Serbian professional clubs starting June 12.

Source: The Philippine Star
May 31, 2007

[Project888]

huh?

if gabe norwood is coming to town on june 15 and the serbia matchups starts at june 12?!@#$

[swaggerbox]

Gabe will be gud addition if he'll play for RP team. Can play 3 positions on the floor. He cant play sa PBA coz as the rule says, he must play in the PBL or other leagues at least 25 games. so it means to say hindi pa siya maglalaro sa PBA. He might suit sa RP team and after the stint sa RP team he might play sa PBL for 1 full season at next year pa siya pa draft

Actually, if Gabe makes it to the RP team, there's no need to adhere to a 25-game requirement and he could apply directly for the PBA draft this year. The rule only applies if the Fil-foreign player has not seen action for the RP team.

[SkyWalker]

Norwood suiting up for Nationals
By Nelson Beltran
Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Fil-Am player Gabe Norwood has confirmed his participation with the SMC-RP team starting with its forth-coming training stint in Belgrade, Serbia and all the way to the FIBA-Asia Olympic qualifying tourney in Tokushima, Japan in July.

RP team assistant coach Aboy Castro said Norwood will first attend the Utah Jazz tryout this week then either joins the RP team in a few practice sessions here or flies straight to Belgrade.

“The team is leaving for Belgrade Sunday or Monday. Norwood, meanwhile, is committed to join us on or before June 15,” said Castro, the one in constant communication with the former George Mason U Patriot.

“Even if he makes the grade at Utah, he’s committed to play for us. Even the NBA stars are playing in the FIBA-America Olympic qualifier since the next NBA season won’t open until November,” said Castro.

Norwood, at 6-foot-5, is said to be a versatile player able to play either guard position and at small forward.

He started in three contests and led the Patriots in bench scoring as they made the 2006 NCAA Final Four, losing to eventual champion the Florida Gators.

Norwood, 22, who’s maternal grandfather is a Filipino, suited up with the RP team in a game in their recent US training. The RP team is now working on Norwood’s Filipino passport which is the requirement for the FIBA-Asia championship.

The 22-year-old mascom graduate is keen on joining the Belgrade trip where the Nationals are set to play five Serbian league division I teams. They may encounter some members of the Serbian & Montenegro team which ruled the 2002 world championships.

The George Mason Patriots website says Norwood “is an intelligent athlete with an excellent feel for the game, distributes the ball well and has good court vision.”

He had an outstanding two-year varsity career at State College Area High School for coach Drew Franks. He received Class AAAA 2003 most outstanding player and top offensive player honors in the Mountain League, named first-team All-League as a senior and second-team All-League as a junior.

His father Brian played four years of collegiate football for the University of Hawaii.


hehehehe... galing ni coach!

[watiwawa]

confirmed....!!!

[05coach]

Norwood to play for RP in FIBA Asia Championship

US college star may play for RP five
By: Rey Joble
HIS name does ring a bell as he has made quite an impact in the US NCAA while playing for George Mason.

But who is Gabe Norwood?

Norwood, an American collegiate standout, has a quarter of Filipino blood and is excited to learn about the possibility of representing the Philippines in the Olympic qualifying FIBA-Asia Championship.

He played for the national team handled by coach Chot Reyes during the Filipinos’ several tune-up matches in Carlson, California and quickly impressed everyone with his flexibility and athleticism.

And he is seriously being considered to join the SMC-RP squad along with Fil-Am rookie Kelly Williams and former PBA MVP Willie Miller.

But there’s a hitch.

Norwood has yet to avail of a Philippine passport and has to fix this problem the soonest possible time to join the squad in Belgrade.

The Nationals will stay in the camp in Belgrade from June 12-20 in between tune-up matches with the bigger and stronger European players.

“We are still fixing the exact date of his arrival. Malamang, he will meet us in Belgrade,” said SMC-RP assistant coach Aboy Castro.

Once a visitor in the country with Athletes in Action, a sports ministry that allows athletes to communicate their faith to those in other parts of the world, Norwood and his squad played six different teams sent around the world.

Norwood made the obvious choice of traveling to the South Pacific to go back to his roots in the Philippines.

“I was blessed with the opportunity to travel with Athletes in Action to the Philippines. We played against numerous college teams and the Filipino National Team. Being one-quarter Filipino, it might give me the opportunity to be part of their Olympic Team in 2008,” said Norwood in one of his interviews.

An intelligent athlete, he played in all 35 games in the 2005-06 season and was sixth on the team in minutes played.

While Norwood is so excited to suit up for the Philippines, Kelly Williams appears to be less interested.

Buddy Encarnado, Sta. Lucia’s representative to the PBA board, has reportedly allowed Williams to join the RP squad, but the Fil-Am rookie swingman, top overall pick in the last PBA draft, is still thinking whether or not to join the team.

[jason_28c]

di pwede maging fil-am si norwood... quarter pinoy lang pala sya.. dapat half pinoy...........

[kerouac82]

di pwede maging fil-am si norwood... quarter pinoy lang pala sya.. dapat half pinoy...........

Actually, mali ang report sa Star. Both of Norwood's maternal grandparents were Pinoy.

[jason_28c]

saan mo nakuha yang both maternal grandparents nya ay pinoy?

[05coach]

About Norwood

Actually, a portion of him lang talaga ang Pinoy.

[kerouac82]

saan mo nakuha yang both maternal grandparents nya ay pinoy?

I think most of the April 17 newspapers carried this story:

US-based cager being eyed for RP five



By WAYLON GALVEZ

ASIDE FROM meeting its objectives in a two-week training camp in the US, coach Chot Reyes may have found his 12th man for the national team.



Reyes, who arrived Sunday night with members of the RP five, said yesterday that he will meet with his coaching staff to assess the performance of Fil-American guard Gabe Norwood.

The 6-foot-5 Norwood, who played point guard for George Mason University, a US NCAA Division 1 school which entered the Final Four two years ago, suited up for several games for the nationals.

"Yes he (Norwood) could be the 12th man but that’s got to be decided by the coaching staff," Reyes told the Bulletin.

"We’ve been keeping in touch with him since last year. We already know that he’s a Filipino-American. We met his family in Los Angeles, and there’s no doubt, dugong Pinoy."

Reyes said that the 22-year-old Norwoods’ grandparents hail from Pangasinan and Tarlac.

"The player we need (from the PBA) won’t be released by his mother team, that’s why we have to find elsewhere. Gabe is an excellent player, and he proved he can fit with other players," added Reyes.

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/04/17/SPRT2007041791947.html

[Dinamita]

Hey guys how about Gregory Fuentes-Slaughter?
He's a 6'11 Fil-Am from Virginia USA...
He will be playing at Univ of Visayas this season...
He'll be a good help if he aint a BUST...
hehehehehe.. I hope he aint a bust...

[jason_28c]

thanks... jonar.........

[watiwawa]

if we have norwood on the team.. then, we will solve some problems...

1>guard match up problems
2>speed
3>rasheim wright who is the main weapon of jordan...

[saints13]

Gabe Norwood
#5 GMU 6th Man

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