MANILA – Extensive talent identification camps were conducted by the organizers to help participating teams determine the players who will join their rosters in the ongoing Nokia National Basketball Training Center D-League.

League director Eric Altamirano said they were impressed by the player turnout that the 18-and-under league, under the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, had to increase its roster to 108 teams this year.

Altamirano said the league is blessed to have so many players willing to try out for spots, that the competition becomes very intense.

Talent identification camps were already held in La Union, Cavite (Dasmarinas, General Trias and Bacoor), Laguna (Calamba), Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Leyte (Ormoc and Tacloban), Davao, Cebu, General Santos, Iloilo, Bacolod, Bohol, Zamboanga, Dumaguete and Butuan.

Altamirano said they expect the total participants in these campts in 32 areas to reach 5,760. He said that 180 players from each area broken down into those born in 1992 (60), 1993 (60) and 1994 (60) have joined the camps.

“Although we increased the number of teams, we might not have enough slots for everybody in the Nokia D-League,”Altamirano told Manila-based sportswriters.

“But this is always in keeping up with our aim to be the feeder program for higher leagues in the future,” he added.

Altamirano is referring to leagues like the NCAA, UAAP, Philippine Basketball League, Philippine Basketball Association, Liga Pilipinas and future national teams.*

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