Panama National Team

[mvblair]

I got the impression of the basketball in Panama that you describe. It just led me to wonder a few things is all. Panama has a great reputation for foreign investment, retirement, vacationing, etc and yet the basketball league doesn't seem to reflect that.

That's true. Do you think it's a case of basketball versus soccer?

[rikhardur]

Abdul Herrera expected to join Panama - Jun 4, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)

Abdul Herrera (208-C-85, college: Cincinnati) will join Panama for the 2010 Centrobasket tournament. The 24-year-old centre will definitely strengthen the Panamanian NT who are expected to miss some of their key performers during the tourney. Abdul Herrera was last seen at the Kansas State University. He tallied 1.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game but left the team back in December 2008. Earlier the centre played for Cincinnati and Hutchinson Junior College.
Panama got into Group A at 2010 Centrobasket tournament. They will play together with Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands and Jamaica. The 2010 Centrobasket Championship qualifies the top four teams for the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship (Pre-Olympic), the top eight for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagez, Puerto Rico and the top three for the 2011 Pan-American Games scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico.

http://www.latinbasket.com/Panama/basketball.asp?NewsID=192329

[rikhardur]

PAN - Three veterans and Nugget Forbes ready to help Panama

PANAMA CITY (FIBA Americas Championship) - Panama stunned the Americas six years ago when coach Nolan Richardson steered the tiny country into an unlikely spot at the FIBA World Championship in Japan.

Basketball fans in Panama now have cause to believe their team has a chance of making it to next year's FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Dionisio Gomez Camargo, Gary Forbes, Danilo Pinnock Jr and Jaime Lloreda have confirmed they will represent Panama at the FIBA Americas Championship in Argentina.

Word that Panama City-born Forbes will play came from his mother, Ana.

"He will be in Panama on July to be available for the coach," she said.

Forbes, 26, is currently playing in the NBA post-season with the Denver Nuggets.

Pinnock, Gomez and Lloreda were in the Panama side that finished fifth at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship.

Panama finished ninth at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas and eighth in 2009 in San Juan.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/46501/arti.html

[CKR13]

Chris Warren has announced that he will not play for Panama this summer, citing fatigue.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/47021/arti.html

[Ciscorlie Horford]

Chris Warren has announced that he will not play for Panama this summer, citing fatigue.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/new...7021/arti.html

I don't see that as much of a blow really, Panama's biggest problem is that all there best players all play the same position (Michael Hick, Douglas, Cota, Garce, Forbes, Pinnock) wings and some times they are force to play shooting guards as point guards and even small forwards as power forwards. So Losing some of those players might turn out to be a good thing for Panama more than bad thing at the end. As Long as they don't Lose Gary Forbes (NBA player for Denver) Pinnock and Hick, they really would have much of a problem at the 2-3 positions. But, I really doubt Hick plays anyway. But still without Hick they would do just fine with the wings they have. What they Really need is a really Big physical Center and a Point Guard, A center more than anything because they can't keep playing Lloreda at the 5 at this level, in a Perfect World Lloreda would play the 3 but he is too fat. and They aready have Munos at the point so if they can get him back that position would NOT be a problem, but Munos has refused to play with Panama a couple of times already, even though he was at the last FIBA Americas in Puerto Rico, but they need to hire a Coach that can control him and make him pass more and shoot less. That Puerto Rican Coach they had at the FIBA Americas 2009 was a disaster not sure how someone so incompetent got that job. Other than that, They are a very very very scary team if they can get all their player together (they have never being able to do that not even for the World Championships in 2006) so they don't really need Warren

[Mindozas]

Is Cota still playin' somewhere? He was decent PG during his first years in Zalgiris back in 2002/04.

Btw, how would look Panama's roster if all the best possible players would join? Kinda hard to find stuff like that with so mixed bball nationalities nowadays...

[tres equis]

Panamanian National Team Pre-Selection

1 Joel Munoz (179-G-80),
2 Nicanor Alvarez (192-G/F-91)
3 Danilo Pinnock (196-G-83, agency: SportsTalent, college: George Washington)
4 Ariel Robinson (195-G/F)
5 Jamahr Warren (194-G/F-79, agency: ProSportsCareers, college: Missouri So.)
6 Josimar Ayarza (205-F-87)
7 Dionisio Gomez Camargo (203-F-80, college: Arkansas)
8 Jonathan King (193-G-90)
9 Desmond Alexis Smith (199-F-86, college: William & Mary)
10 Ryan Abrahams (191-G-81, college: Hawaii-Hilo)
11 Joel Tesis (204-F/C-85, college: John Brown)
12 Ernesto Oglivie (199-F-89)
13 Gary Forbes (201-G/F-85, college: Virginia)
14 Jair Peralta (178-G-76, college: Tennessee-Martin)
15 Ruben Douglas (193-G-79, agency: Lanshire Group, college: N.Mexico)
16 Benito Sykes (205-C/C-85)
17 Ruben Garces (206-C/F-73, agency: Priority Sports, college: Providence)
18 Antonio Garcia (203-F/C-76, college: Ky Wesleyan)
19 Michael Hicks (193-G-76, college: Texas A&M - C.C.)
20 Jamaal Levy (206-C/F-83, agency: Priority Sports, college: Wake Forest)
21 Jaime Lloreda (201-F/C-80, agency: Paris Global Sports, college: LSU)
22 Israel Munoz (195-F-91)
23 Daniel King (203-F-87, college: N.Mexico JC)
24 Leonardo Pomare (203-F-86, college: San Diego)

http://www.latinbasket.com/Panama/basketball.asp?NewsID=234151

[CKR13]

Gary Forbes finally arrived to join the team.

[CKR13]

Found some news about Panama.

http://www.telemetro.com/deportes/baloncesto/Blackman-practicas-preseleccion-Panama-Centrobasket_0_710629836.html#.U6-DGpSSwfU

A total of 38 players will be called up and after a selection process, first camp will be in the US.

[CKR13]

FEPABA: Panama will be there in 2015 FIBA Americas

[CKR13]

Panama to host Centrobasket this year. http://www.diaadia.com.pa/afici%C3%B...m%C3%A1-285891