Not really 2nd rate. We have three mobile and active ineligible bigs. This team is actually probably stronger than our FIba team because of these 3 bigs.
I don't know, I think I take the good with the bad with CJ. Sometimes a team becomes very passive without an initiator of sorts. Jerome Lastimosa will not drive headfirst into a sea of trees, that's what we have CJ for.
Im Chot system, drives to basket is a key element. We need a JC, Romeo kind of players.
Its a shame we were robbed of Marcio's prime years in Gilas, hes what Pogoy should have been
i really want to have what this RDS is smoking, calling this team better than last 4 qualifying lineups, those gilas versions with Brownlee and a healthy Kouame will smoke every team in this sea games, Philips only edge over malonzo are his motor and rebounding but offensively malonzo is way better than Philipps plus he is also a good help defender, though i agree CStand fits better than Junemar in fiba games,
Andy motherfucking Jao. Congratulate the SBP? Please.
we will need a team b for the program..
I think Malonzo works best as a 3 especially against taller opponents, he was only used as a 4 because of the lack of bigs.
I'd rather have Philips over Malonzo as a 4 because of Malonzo's size and Philips being more rebound and defense oriented. We have too many offensive options on the floor, we need some bangers. Kai will not be doing the dirty work inside. We need more of the Philips, Abueva mentality.
if only Kouame gets an exception, i'd love a big rotation of Kai, Edu, Kouame and whoever else
Yeah, come on. We won the gold, but that was about our only objective. The gold takes away from the fact that they didn't have secondary objectives other than making the PBA look good. Not many youth players on the lineup, and only a few members of the WC pool were there.
Reality check, we lost the gold and need to redeem it. If college players compose hlaf of this team we will not even medal in this Games. People again will be mad as hell. If other SEA nation will use pros, Halfs and naturalized players, college player will b a huge disadvantage. Other Nation are taking this tournaments more seriously.
Yeah, come on. We won the gold, but that was about our only objective. The gold takes away from the fact that they didn't have secondary objectives other than making the PBA look good. Not many youth players on the lineup, and only a few members of the WC pool were there.
Reclaiming the gold wouldn't have been an issue if we had reacted properly against Indonesia in the first place. Thank God we learned our lesson this time.
And besides, Brownlee would still have been there. You sure we won't medal against Indonesia and Thailand if college players will compose half the squad, and half of vets? That's exactly what vets are for. You fucking balance winning and development.
Wasn't Amos, Phillips, and Lastimosa enough? We've been sending pros to the SEA Games since 2017 just because we already had Douthit play with the old Sinag team in 2015 and almost lost even with Tab as the coach. This is the compromise. Either they're slowly introduced to a team with pros in a tournament setting or even FIBA window or they become the next Thirdy, Abando, or RJ and make themselves available to the pool.