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We have/had bunch of D1 players in Gilas. Lassiter, Lutz, Pringle, Kelly, Ahanmisi, Gabe, Dillinger, Standhardinger, Japeth, Asi, Ross, Dwight, AJ, Kobe, Jamie, Rike... D1 doesn't matter that much in FIBA, it's your professional pedigree. How does the market appraise a player's value in the pro ranks? Pang PBA lang ba or pwede sa mas competitive na league? Sadly a lot of our D1s are international league/NBA rejects..
but out of all those you mentioned, its only Japeth and Kobe who were products of PH basketball. everyone else learned basketball in another country before going here. what some posters here are hoping, is we(and SBP and all other stakeholders) find a way so we can develop D1 talent in country. will they dominate FIBA or even D1 games? we dont know, but having that confidence we can develop to this level gives both our youth and senior teams a steady stream of potential talent that is above what we have now.