2008 RP Youth Team

[kerouac822]

Oh!I see .
But why thay did not jion the RP Youth NT more than 1 month ago?
Your list did not have the age and the position of them ,Why?

Who are these players in your Future Prospects?

Niko Monachini- 6-5-F - 17 yrs old
John Lasa- 6-2-SG-17 yrs old
Arnold Van Opstal 6-7-C- 15 yrs old
Ray Parks 6-4-G- 14Yrs old
Will they jion the RP Youth NT in the Future?

Monachini is a half-Filipino, half-Italian forward who will be playing for Yuba College in California next year.

John Lasa is Monachini's teammate at Hugh Boyd Secondary School in Vancouver.

Arnold van Opstal is a half-German, half-Filipino center currently enrolled at De La Salle Zobel, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines.

Ray Parks is a small forward currently playing at St. George's in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the son of former PBA import Bobby Parks and a Filipina.

 

[ballerbasket2]

i think bigote's team is looking. maybe the Filipino's there are shorter? or just have a prior commitment. i believe we'll still get to form a great team once the tournaments starts.

C2Hamm, I like your positive attitude! We shd not judge players from where they come from... we are lucky to have players represent our country. Kyle P or Norbert T. may come from mediocre teams in North America but understand that they are 6'5" and over. As filipinos it is rare to have 12 players in any team of 6'6 and over. For "anyone" that doesn't know it is a 1 % only of players around the US that gets a D1 scholarship.

Our new Youth team will train and do the best they can be........

 

[pegasus2]

Attitudes

Attitudes

You are absolutely right about "POSITIVE ATTITUDES." While I am not a #1 fan of any of the players. I am very impressed with K. Pascual's talent. I'm also very proud to see Filipinos come into their own as b.players. Any intelligent basketball fan knows that the stats are only one component to putting together a strong team. Stats can be very misleading. Some coaches do not post stats, some high school senior players are known to hog the ball. As a center it is all about talent, skill, and the team. One would have to be blind to not see that K. Pascual plays for the game and the team. He does not have an ego. He truly plays because he loves the game and has talent.
I am disappointed in my fellow country men who nit pick our future players rather look at the potential for what these players can do for bring Filipino forward in the game. Michael Jordan, Koby Bryant are not the be all end all basketball. Our young Filipino players need to be recognized too and it needs to start with the Filipino community!!!

 

[ballerbasket2]

You are absolutely right about "POSITIVE ATTITUDES." While I am not a #1 fan of any of the players. I am very impressed with K. Pascual's talent. I'm also very proud to see Filipinos come into their own as b.players. Any intelligent basketball fan knows that the stats are only one component to putting together a strong team. Stats can be very misleading. Some coaches do not post stats, some high school senior players are known to hog the ball. As a center it is all about talent, skill, and the team. One would have to be blind to not see that K. Pascual plays for the game and the team. He does not have an ego. He truly plays because he loves the game and has talent.
I am disappointed in my fellow country men who nit pick our future players rather look at the potential for what these players can do for bring Filipino forward in the game. Michael Jordan, Koby Bryant are not the be all end all basketball. Our young Filipino players need to be recognized too and it needs to start with the Filipino community!!!

Thank You!! I quote you on........"I am disappointed in my fellow country men who nit pick our future players rather look at the potential for what these players can do for bring Filipino forward in the game. " You are right on your quote above, without even seeing how these young men play they CRITICIZE them for not being this, or that!! Just wait and see how they play as a TEAM. We do not have to COMPARE ourselves to any players in the US whether they be a Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley this men are recruited to train and improved, and WIN. These young men should be commended to sacrifice school, family and time speciallly the newly recruited men. My question to people who criticize? ......guys, have you ever played in a NATIONAL team to start with????? or shd I say BBALL at all ??

 

[bball1232]

If we are going to get mediocre players why bother recruit here in US or Canada. We might as well spend the money training our locals. Providing state of the art training and equipment. I am sure we have many talented trainers locally.

It is true only 1% of high school kids go to D1 school to play basketball or any sports for that matter but these are the Filipinos we want to tap to represent our country.

Michael Palarca and Ryan Wetherell ( USC) , Darringer are the kind of kids we want to recruit- all are in the D1 schools. They might not be good for the 18 and under team. These kids are used to strong competition - they are able to survive strong competetion here in the US then for sure they will be able to represent RP.

There are still other Palarca's and Wetherell out there. BTW both of them are short.


Good Luck to RPYT. I watch them train once at the Home depot center and all I heard was Coach threathening the kids to be sent home to RP.

 

[C2Hamm2]

we are not trying to get mediocre players, we are looking. im not so sure if ryan's name was in the internet before we saw him in USC. ditto for Jared. we want to get them as early as possible but like i said, it's hard to look for all of them. my point is, maybe players are better in the US but thats not the only place with Filipino's. We need to know and identify who can play and let the coaching staff pick from all "available".
i remember you say that Jeremy King, or someone like that, is good. that's great, if you have a contact number, PM dinamita and give him the number. Dinamita has a contact of one of the national coaches.
if he is willing to study here in the Philippines then i bet the coaching staff will be more that welcome to let him strut his stuff in the court.

 

[bball1232]

[i remember you say that Jeremy King, or someone like that, is good. that's great, if you have a contact number, PM dinamita and give him the number. Dinamita has a contact of one of the national coaches.
if he is willing to study here in the Philippines then i bet the coaching staff will be more that welcome to let him strut his stuff in the court.[/QUOTE]

I do not know their contact number but recruiters can Contact the school.

I also heard there is a tall kid half black half filipino at Taft High School in Winnetka, CA. He is a Junior here in the US. Junior here are usually 16 or 17 years old. He is good being courted--by D1 schools already.
D1 quality Filipino kids will not be willing to exchange playing and going to school in the Philippines but I am sure will be more than willing to don the Filipino Uniform in National Competition

There are many HS kids here in California who plays for the National team of their respective heritage country and still go to school here or attend D1 school.

Hooptown is a travel team in LA with no good players. Coaches cannot coach either. I do not think this team has produce anybody that has gone to D1 schools.-- mostly JC.

GOOD LUCK in Recruiting and hopefully finding the right fit .

 

[C2Hamm2]

D1 quality Filipino kids will not be willing to exchange playing and going to school in the Philippines but I am sure will be more than willing to don the Filipino Uniform in National Competition

Bingo! that puts us in the same page. why did we get norbert and kyle? because they are willing to go back here. i dont know how long but they are if they said yes to the national coaches.
for the players are better? we can ask them now but they'll most probably play after college.

 

[Coke_Hero2]

Bingo! that puts us in the same page. why did we get norbert and kyle? because they are willing to go back here. i dont know how long but they are if they said yes to the national coaches.
for the players are better? we can ask them now but they'll most probably play after college.

But then again, the idea of getting that Div1 stint would be a farcry, not only these Fil-Am kids but as well as the Afro-American players.

 

[bolabasket2]

Nokia-Pilipinas R.P. Youth Basketball National Team Wins by 1-point After a Thrilling Comeback!
Written by RP Youth Website Admin
Saturday, 05 April 2008

As Reported by: Isagani C.Garcia II

Los Angeles, CA – The Salesian High School basketball gymnasium was filled with anticipation and excitement. The evening felt like a mid-summer’s night match up against two rivals where heat and humidity where major factors. The Exhibition Game lived up to expectation as the RP Youth Team came back from a 22-point deficit in the 3rd quarter to beat the Hooptown All-Stars 62-61. The first half was a feeling out period where the RP Youth Team attempted various defensive strategies to keep Hooptown off balance. The RP Youth Team deployed man-to-man full court pressure and half court traps to obtain easy steals, but Hooptown was steady sharing the basketball and hitting open shots. Towards the end of the 1st half, Hooptown began to exercise its strength extending its lead to end the half with a 39-24 score.

Recent file photo of Nokia Pilipinas in action at the ongiong PBL.

The 2nd half started with Hooptown expanding its lead to 22 points and looked as if the game was going to be a blowout. After a timeout, RP Youth clamped down defensively and kept Hooptown scoreless for almost 10 minutes. RP Youth erased their deficit little by little where every basket scored provided the team with confidence. To start the 4th quarter, RP Youth Team was still down 14 points but had momentum on their side. The game went down the wire when the RP Youth took the lead with less than a minute left in the contest. Hooptown advanced the ball upcourt where Nate Bichara (Los Angeles Valley College) hit a 3 pointer to put Hooptown up by 2. With less than 30 seconds left, Ryan Garcia (Far Eastern University) drove to the basket and got fouled making the continuation shot. Garcia completed the 3-point play by making the free throw and putting the RP Youth up by 1. Hooptown took the ball out of bounds in attempt for last seconds heroics, but RP Youth defenders batted the ball away as time expired. RP Youth limited Hooptown to 9 points, outscoring them by 15 in the final quarter. The teams will play another highly anticipated rematch at Salesian High School on March 29, 2008 at 6pm.

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
RP Youth 12 12 14 24 62
Hooptown 18 21 13 9 61

Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 )

 

[pegasus2]

Hooptown is a travel team in LA with no good players. Coaches cannot coach either. I do not think this team has produce anybody that has gone to D1 schools.-- mostly JC.

GOOD LUCK in Recruiting and hopefully finding the right fit .[/QUOTE]



reading some of your statement make me wonder whether you've missed your xanax, your too harsh on hooptown players and coaches. what exactly is your contribution to the sport anyway? cause i'm confuse.all you do is bagged on your own fellow filipino they don't need negative criticism, dude you need to chill out. if your going to bring up names of players who's supposed to be d1 material you need to step up to the plate not just a bunch of lip service. you should give hooptown and its organizer credit for being able to host the exhibition game with nokia rp team. oh if you dont have xanax i can prescribe you some...but you have to go to therapy and i can give you dr. phil. version or oprah winfrey version. your choice.

p.s. hooptown won the second game, too bad that you're not there cause the game was so intense it look like a d1 event....get it "D1"

 

[bball1232]

reading some of your statement make me wonder whether you've missed your xanax, your too harsh on hooptown players and coaches. what exactly is your contribution to the sport anyway? cause i'm confuse.all you do is bagged on your own fellow filipino they don't need negative criticism, dude you need to chill out. if your going to bring up names of players who's supposed to be d1 material you need to step up to the plate not just a bunch of lip service. you should give hooptown and its organizer credit for being able to host the exhibition game with nokia rp team. oh if you dont have xanax i can prescribe you some...but you have to go to therapy and i can give you dr. phil. version or oprah winfrey version. your choice.

p.s. hooptown won the second game, too bad that you're not there cause the game was so intense it look like a d1 event....get it "D1"



I can write my own script for either Xanax or any other meds for that matter.

I am only trying to give you some info. I have been following basketball (High School )games in the US mostly in San Fernando Valley ( Los Angeles)
I can give you info on kids I see play, the schools they go to and it is up to coaches or recruiters to track them down and to see if these kids are a perfect fit to the team.

D1 is a far cry for any kids but if we can tap this kids , they will be a great asset to the team.

Hooptown is doing the best they can with the talent they have ---but if they are going to help in recruiting talents to represent RP --a better pool of talents will be needed.
Hats Off too HOOPTown for organizing the scrimmage game. The scrimmage game might have been great but I do not think it would be comparable to Kansas vs Memphis game. Peace

 

[bball1232]

D1 kids

D1 kids

So has Hooptown Produce D1 kids?

 

[C2Hamm2]

But then again, the idea of getting that Div1 stint would be a farcry, not only these Fil-Am kids but as well as the Afro-American players.

true true, but im running along the lines that there are D1 Filipino players in the states and that we should get them instead of the Pascual's and Torres'. i'm all for that IF they also want to go back here. oh well, i hope our current team learns how to play well with each other for a strong finish in all the tournaments that we will join in.

 

[Coke_Hero2]

true true, but im running along the lines that there are D1 Filipino players in the states and that we should get them instead of the Pascual's and Torres'. i'm all for that IF they also want to go back here. oh well, i hope our current team learns how to play well with each other for a strong finish in all the tournaments that we will join in.

yes. we should all believe and aspire for that one great goal

 

[bball1232]

yes. we should all believe and aspire for that one great goal

I guess for now since we are not able to get D1 quality kids from the US or Canada, I am hoping the Coaches will be able to train them enough to represent RP. if I remember correctly, a few years back a team loaded with guards won the NCAA title here in the US. I hope the coaches will be able to train the guards to be quick, fast and smart about the game of basketball.
Few recommendation to the RPYT
a. they need to eat a nutritious diet ( the kids are too skinny when i saw them trainign at the Home depot Center). Does the team have enough funds for nutritious food?
b. hit the weight room- we should have enough talented Physical Therapist left in the country especializing in Sports to observe and help this kids.

Since the Olympic is not until 2010, we still have some time to tweek the team roster. I hope and pray Coach Pumaren can find his players otherwise we will be a non qualifier again.

GOOD LUCK RPYT

 

[Coke_Hero2]

I think a lot of these players tend to be the lanky, Arwind Santos, Rico Maierhofer-type of player. If they get a lot of heft, they won't flex those arms, which is scary. It's either be thin, tall, and athletic OR be big and buff. That's their option...

 

[melmanalo2]

I guess for now since we are not able to get D1 quality kids from the US or Canada, I am hoping the Coaches will be able to train them enough to represent RP. if I remember correctly, a few years back a team loaded with guards won the NCAA title here in the US. I hope the coaches will be able to train the guards to be quick, fast and smart about the game of basketball.
Few recommendation to the RPYT
a. they need to eat a nutritious diet ( the kids are too skinny when i saw them trainign at the Home depot Center). Does the team have enough funds for nutritious food?
b. hit the weight room- we should have enough talented Physical Therapist left in the country especializing in Sports to observe and help this kids.

Since the Olympic is not until 2010, we still have some time to tweek the team roster. I hope and pray Coach Pumaren can find his players otherwise we will be a non qualifier again.

GOOD LUCK RPYT

it may be too soon to rely on this team for 2010 world basketball tournament qualifier (thats already next year). still need help from veterans pba etc., outstanding pbl, college, and maybe a few players from this team.
maybe in 2012 (olympics) most of them will come into their own.

 

[Alex072]

about Van Opstal

about Van Opstal

I think coach Pumaren would include him right away if he was that good.I think we could also include the young Webb from DLSU.Hope they could include Niko and Ray Parks

 

[kerouac822]

[i remember you say that Jeremy King, or someone like that, is good. that's great, if you have a contact number, PM dinamita and give him the number. Dinamita has a contact of one of the national coaches.
if he is willing to study here in the Philippines then i bet the coaching staff will be more that welcome to let him strut his stuff in the court.

I do not know their contact number but recruiters can Contact the school.

I also heard there is a tall kid half black half filipino at Taft High School in Winnetka, CA. He is a Junior here in the US. Junior here are usually 16 or 17 years old. He is good being courted--by D1 schools already.
D1 quality Filipino kids will not be willing to exchange playing and going to school in the Philippines but I am sure will be more than willing to don the Filipino Uniform in National Competition
[/QUOTE]

Could be one of these:

Terran Carter
Justin Hawkins
Desean Johnson

There's also a 5'7" senior named "Madrigal" in the roster.

Over at the middle of the Pacific, there's a guy named Trevyn Tulonghari playing at Iolani HS in Honolulu. You might be disappointed at his height -- 5'11", but the good thing is he's just a freshman. He will grow.

Other players in Hawaii with Filipino names include:

Joash Pangilinan

Royden Masulit

Paul Battad