Philippines Cadet/Developmental Team

[analyzed]

http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/terrence-romeo-sees-himself-in-mac-belo-but-believes-blackwater-rookie

When you consider their experience and age ( around 25) the cadets Belo, Parks, Wright among others can't really be described as young inexperienced national team prospects. For all intent of purposes these guys are actually in the prime of their careers and arguably top 5 wings in the country already. There really is no , mga bata pa yun. Now if you add Romeo and Rosario , then hell that's essentially the best of Filipino basketball at the wings already.
I admit the best big and PG are Junmar and Castro. but other than the 2 , the guys I mentioned above is whose who in Filipino basketball.

[PaVi]

Hopefully, 5 yrs from now, we can have this lineup in our cadets --

6'11 - Kai Sotto (main stretch 4 but I consider this kid a PF/C)
6'10 - Ethan Kirkness (main C but can be considered a traditional international stretch 4 so he is also a PF/C)
6'11 - Aj Edu (main SF, but I consider this kid as the athletic type PF so he is a SF/PF/C player)
6'5 - Kobe Paras (main SG but I consider this kid an SF type player so he basically is an SG/SF player)
6'4 - William Navarro* (main PG but I consider this kid an SG so he is a PG/SG/SF player)

*Yup, I am still hopeful that the kid will flourish. otherwise, he wasted his time coming back to the Philippines (as far as playing basketball is concerned, as I believe his reason for returning back is mainly for education). He had some promise over there in Greece, and he will surely be trained more and be expose to more competition there, which would have forced him to evolve faster and better.


this lineup is freaking great for a cadet team

[Wannabe]

Hopefully, 5 yrs from now, we can have this lineup in our cadets --

6'11 - Kai Sotto (main stretch 4 but I consider this kid a PF/C)
6'10 - Ethan Kirkness (main C but can be considered a traditional international stretch 4 so he is also a PF/C)
6'11 - Aj Edu (main SF, but I consider this kid as the athletic type PF so he is a SF/PF/C player)
6'5 - Kobe Paras (main SG but I consider this kid an SF type player so he basically is an SG/SF player)
6'4 - William Navarro* (main PG but I consider this kid an SG so he is a PG/SG/SF player)

*Yup, I am still hopeful that the kid will flourish. otherwise, he wasted his time coming back to the Philippines (as far as playing basketball is concerned, as I believe his reason for returning back is mainly for education). He had some promise over there in Greece, and he will surely be trained more and be expose to more competition there, which would have forced him to evolve faster and better.


this lineup is freaking great for a cadet team

for me,
after 5 years these 2 plus ramos should be in the elite seniors already not in the cadet.
Kobe Paras
Edu

my core cadet team 2022 plus their ages and max projected heights:
Sotto - 20 yo - 7'4"
Kirkness - 20 yo - 7'2"
Carl Tamayo - 21 yo - 6'9"
Rhayyan Amsali - 21 yo - 6'6"
Belangel - 23 yo - 6'0

Navarro should belong to this batch in 3 years
Baltazar
Aquino
Clemente
Sinclair
Pangalangan
I.Go
Carino
Tibayan
Gozum
Melecio
R.Rivero
E. Serrano
and Some others from 2016 U18 batch

[k3ttch]

Hopefully, 5 yrs from now, we can have this lineup in our cadets --

6'11 - Kai Sotto (main stretch 4 but I consider this kid a PF/C)
6'10 - Ethan Kirkness (main C but can be considered a traditional international stretch 4 so he is also a PF/C)
6'11 - Aj Edu (main SF, but I consider this kid as the athletic type PF so he is a SF/PF/C player)
6'5 - Kobe Paras (main SG but I consider this kid an SF type player so he basically is an SG/SF player)
6'4 - William Navarro* (main PG but I consider this kid an SG so he is a PG/SG/SF player)

*Yup, I am still hopeful that the kid will flourish. otherwise, he wasted his time coming back to the Philippines (as far as playing basketball is concerned, as I believe his reason for returning back is mainly for education). He had some promise over there in Greece, and he will surely be trained more and be expose to more competition there, which would have forced him to evolve faster and better.


this lineup is freaking great for a cadet team

Well, he's leaving SBC for Ateneo. Hopefully a coach like Tab can maximize his talents like he did with Isaac Go.

[paulrenzo]

Well, he's leaving SBC for Ateneo. Hopefully a coach like Tab can maximize his talents like he did with Isaac Go.

Forget Isaac Go, he made Vince Tolentino and Mike Nieto serviceable. But that happened due to a combination of Coach Tab's coaching ability and the kids' willingness to learn/work hard. Notice that the guys he gave a lot of playing time to seem to be the ones who have most embraced his system.

[digitalsuperman]

Forget Isaac Go, he made Vince Tolentino and Mike Nieto serviceable. But that happened due to a combination of Coach Tab's coaching ability and the kids' willingness to learn/work hard. Notice that the guys he gave a lot of playing time to seem to be the ones who have most embraced his system.

isaac go during batang gilas days was kinda soft but coach tab transformed him and toughen him up. that was awesome. same with tolentino and nieto. Mike neito was also transformed by tab. that admu team is very tough. i'm excited how tab will transform sotto and chiu into what isaac go and mike nieto is now.

[analyzed]

Just looking at the pool players - who are cadets , i think we've discoved some servicable players

PG- Jio, Talomia (Keifer when available)
SG- Pogoy , Wright
SF Belo , (Parks when available)
PF: Bryan Cruz , Troy (TNT) ( Hermoso when available)
C Almazan, Tuatuaa ( back-up naturalize)

This way the reliance on PBA vet call-ups ( Japeth , Junmar, Romeo , Castro, Abueva) & Blatche is not heavily dependent

[PaVi]

I hope it will be the National Teams practice next time, to form a team for the SEAG where the age of players is between 18-20, and they will be allowed to play the SEAG up to 22 only.
We started the practice of playing all amateurs in 89 ba? with the age of players between 20-24, and it helped elevate our players' game for years to come.
I think, it is high time to start the playing age requirement for seag to 18-20 for next SEAG's batch, and availability to play until 22 only.
With this in mind, I think, 7 years from now, the national team will be a lot stronger.

I also believe that it is high time that we bring in the cadets for the Jones cup during non-qualifying years, and the age of players should be 20-23 years old only.

So we will have 18 years old boys trained to play against older competition in SEAG, and by the time he is 20, an opportunity to play much stronger competition in the Jones Cup until he is 23, while playing in the SEAG until he is 22. Imagine how strong that kid can be!

[analyzed]

With the addition of new cadets:

Paras
Jose
Ravena
Christian Stan..

to reinforce
Jio
Wright
Pogoy
Belo

I've got to admit that's a very talent respectable "batch" of cadets , it's definitly better than Gilas 1 to me.

[analyzed]

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If you consider Troy, Almazan , `and Amer as cadets- that's indeed a good 10 man group

[paulrenzo]

SBP should form a pool for gilas cadets for SEABA and SEAG.

Here's mine

Matt Aquino (NU)**
Kmark Carino (SBC) included gilas 5.0??
Ken Holmqvist (FEU) included gilas 5.0?
Justine Baltazar (DLSU) *
Wilson Baltazar (UE)
Ben Adamos (SBC)
Leonard Santillan (DLSU) *
Jon Jon Gabriel (CDSL)
Christian Fajarito (CSB)
Raymar Jose (FEU) included gilas 5.0?
Arvin Tolentino (FEU)
Jayvee Mocon (SBC)
Sidney Onwubere (EAC)
Jerwin Flores (AU)
Michael Calisaan (SSC-R)
Jett Manuel (UP)
Rey Nambatac (letran)
Kent Salado (AU)
Robert Bolick (SBC)
Ricci Rivero (DLSU)
Thirdy Ravena (ADMU)
Jolo Mendoza (ADMU)
Paul Varilla (UE)
Aaron Black (ADMU)
Mac Tallo (SWU)
Paul Desiderio (UP)
Wendell Comboy (FEU)


are these players eligible?
Manganti (AdU)
Ahaminsi (AdU)
Tuffin (FEU)

*under Danding
**Sy

(If they allowed.lolz)

I'm only speaking for the ADMU players,but given the players you listed, I would also consider Mike Nieto. Guy is hardworking, and knows how to adapt physically and mentally to any role given to him.

[analyzed]

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UAAP won't be conflict with SEA games right? but NCAA will?

[sajubeads]

With the addition of new cadets:

Paras
Jose
Ravena
Christian Stan..

to reinforce
Jio
Wright
Pogoy
Belo

I've got to admit that's a very talent respectable "batch" of cadets , it's definitly better than Gilas 1 to me.

Solid as it may seem, the pool lacks height with only Chris Stan around 6-8 and with the injury of Belo and Escoto, frontline is definitely decimated. What more with the release / or continued absence of AVO. It would be definitely prudent to add to the lineup for Jones Cup , Mo Tautuaa and either the Smiths, Greg or Joshua. Jones Cup will serve as try out for the Smiths as our naturalized player and between Mo and Stan as our backup ineligible player. Besides we need both Stan and Mo, with Stan as our reinforcement for Gilas Seniors in Lebanon and Mo.as our naturalized player for SEAG. Di kakayanin ni Stan.to play for both Asia Cup and SEAG.

[Silent Killer]

^
UAAP won't be conflict with SEA games right? but NCAA will?

yes..

[analyzed]

Solid as it may seem, the pool lacks height with only Chris Stan around 6-8 and with the injury of Belo and Escoto, frontline is definitely decimated. What more with the release / or continued absence of AVO. It would be definitely prudent to add to the lineup for Jones Cup , Mo Tautuaa and either the Smiths, Greg or Joshua. Jones Cup will serve as try out for the Smiths as our naturalized player and between Mo and Stan as our backup ineligible player. Besides we need both Stan and Mo, with Stan as our reinforcement for Gilas Seniors in Lebanon and Mo.as our naturalized player for SEAG. Di kakayanin ni Stan.to play for both Asia Cup and SEAG.

As the Jones cup is held in mid July, I know this might sound so premature, but one potential big to give exposure to however young is AJ Edu, mid July is still feasible for his schedule (summer holiday), mid August the SEA games is medyo Malabo with his school schedule