What does the Philippine team need to watch out for (vol III)

[mangangalakal]

BTW Spain brings in around 30 African kids every year and develops them with hope some or a few will be beneficial for the national team, my Spain counterpart who helped organised the tune-up games recruited Serge Ibaka when he was 17 yrs old from Africa.

Spain actually has a unique set-up with it's former African colonies, Senegal citizens for example get to play in the ACB under a different favorable eligibility criteria as compared to other foreign nationals.

just to clarify sir analyzed, Senegal is not a former Spanish colony. It was a French colony. The only Spanish colony in Africa is Equatorial Guinea, plus they also took small portions of Morocco. I think the ACB criteria is under the Cotonou agreement where players from former Euro colonies are allocated quotas in European sports teams..

[mangangalakal]

Another thing to watch out for: holding unfamiliar balls in our hands:

http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/...-hoops-tourney

Korea is at it again..

[trig]

next time we host the event, lets require all players to eat balut before the game

[Jay P. Mercado]

Korea is at it again..

Let them be. I don't think it would impact so much on our game. So long as we get a chance to get used to the ball, everything would balance out in the end.

[GoPilipinas]

next time we host the event, lets require all players to eat balut before the game

Wag! lalakas sila secret natin yan eh hehe

[Thegloryball]

Another thing to watch out for: holding unfamiliar balls in our hands:

http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/...-hoops-tourney

Who knows maybe this is the ball gary needs..haha

[athangonzales]

Chot Reyes.

[momax]

What does the Phl team need to watch out for? A motivational speaker disguised as coach who doesn't own the blame if we lose.

[Brown Bones]

What does the Phl team need to watch out for? A motivational speaker disguised as coach who doesn't own the blame if we lose.

Did not even watch the Qatar game after going home late. It's hard to believe that we should also watch out our own players and coaches. I really doubt if Gilas can win big against Korea later today.

[engwan]

Koreans are still denying they are trying to naturalize Haynes or other Americans..

basketballbuddha.com/korean-basketball-chairman-bang-yeol-says-no-to-aaron-haynes

Korean Basketball chairman Bang Yeol says no to Aaron Haynes

If you can’t beat them, join them.

That’s the memo from Asian countries who are falling behind in international basketball competition. The Asian players just can’t keep up with the rest of the world. So they’ve gone out to recruit some foreign talent granting them citizenship to their country in exchange for their basketball services.

Rumours spread prior to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games that Korean Basketball League veteran Aaron Haynes (from Sacramento, California) was to become a Korean citizen and start participating in international event. But prior to South Korea’s semi-final match of the Asian Games against Japan, Korean Basketball Association (KBA) chairman Bang Yeol denied the naturalization story of Haynes.

“Those rumours are not true. The press wants to fabricate stories. We already have a naturalized player. Our naturalized player was born in Korea. He is Korean (Moon Taejong). Aaron Haynes was a story that was fabricated by the media,” says Bang.

When asked about next year’s FIBA Asia championships in China, Bang said Haynes is not in that picture.

Haynes, who is 33 years old, was all for the idea of becoming a naturalized Korean citizen. He is entering his seventh season in the Korean Basketball League and has built a solid foundation with the basketball community in Korea.

“He’s really adapted to our culture. Basketball is basketball but what makes Haynes so special is that he took the time to embrace our culture and in doing so it made playing alongside the Korean players that much easier. This organization loves him like family,” says Haynes’ Korean general manager JiTak Chang.

Recently, the Philippines naturalized NBA veteran Andray Blatche. It was rumoured that Blatche received about $1 million in the deal. This summer the Philippines, with help from Blatche, were able to get their first win at the FIBA World Cup in 40 years.

Sources around the Korean basketball community said the KBA approached NBA talents Mason Plumlee and Anthony Randolph trying to recruit them for a naturalization process but both players denied the offer. Japan, Qatar, Taiwan and the Philippines are just some of the examples of countries that have used naturalized players.

[zuma169]

Koreans are still denying they are trying to naturalize Haynes or other Americans..

basketballbuddha.com/korean-basketball-chairman-bang-yeol-says-no-to-aaron-haynes

well, if this is the case, then goodbye korea next year.. they will not get gold and go on to the olympics.. with blatche and a souped up, and "learned-from-their-mistakes" Gilas 3.0, korea will not beat Pilipinas..

it will now just be a 3 team race between China, Iran and Pilipinas..

[reamily]

They discreetly trying to naturalize John Wall kasi lol..And Ha is returning after years of isolation just to train himself to be the Haddadi Stopper..

[ctongco]

well, if this is the case, then goodbye korea next year.. they will not get gold and go on to the olympics.. with blatche and a souped up, and "learned-from-their-mistakes" Gilas 3.0, korea will not beat Pilipinas..

it will now just be a 3 team race between China, Iran and Pilipinas..

It will make it harder for them to beat us, not impossible. Philippines, Iran & China will be heavy favorites, but any team can beat any team on any day. This is why we must prepare as much as we can.

[manu_bol]

well, if this is the case, then goodbye korea next year.. they will not get gold and go on to the olympics.. with blatche and a souped up, and "learned-from-their-mistakes" Gilas 3.0, korea will not beat Pilipinas..

it will now just be a 3 team race between China, Iran and Pilipinas..

you and your predictions. smh. easy picking, right? lol

[zuma169]

you and your predictions. smh. easy picking, right? lol

at least i have the guts and own up to it if i'm either right or wrong.. i don't know with you...