That was a good result already against a talented, athletic brazilian team. It is good enough for asian contests, but not the world stage. . The cone nt was not an eyesore, unlike the seyer-coached teams. Seyer, like the empty shell he is, is too noisy and imbecilic.
The defensive focus was lost when the brazilians poured the offensive pressure on. The brazilians knew that the philippine bench has no particularly good shooters and defenders, so aggresively attacking and deflating the first five worked.
Now, the results should convince the pba sponsors not to politicize the player selection. The international game is too different from the pba style. They should accept that the quality of "bestness" depends on how many top twenty nts you intend to waylay.
You want to bring down the top ten teams, surprise tactics wont get you very far, particularly when the lineup is too imbalanced.
Anyway, most of the posters here already know which players to bring next time for a big-time fiba battle. A complete set of powerful centers and power forwards is a must, as well as steady, not sporadic, snipers. If you want to compete well with the top ten, you will need clarkson and green at 2 and 3 at the same time.
Even without the nba players, fortunately for our team, just adding edu, kouame, qmb, abando and heading will be good for a top 15-20 result. Just stick to first principles of a good team: the next five should be as good as the first five. The usa team despite being typically a hodge-podge screwed up selection works simply because it is 12-deep in abilities.
A prime boatwright will not perform much better than a prime brownlee. This expectation about boatwright will disappoint many people later
Congrats to the brazilians too.
