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2025 Fiba u16 Asian Championship

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Goodluck Chigoze Lavente-Okebata was born in Malaysia to a 5'11 Nigerian father and 5'6 Fil-Chi(?) Visayan mother

I think the younger bro was born here..I stand to be corrected

previously played for St. Peter Apostle School a Filipino-Chinese Catholic School somewhere in the Panay Island(?) where his mom originated.

many thanks to their strong African genes in a year they had the growth spurts of 4 and 3 inches respectively.

so most probably the bros. will be on the 6'4 to 6'6 level but with that insane growth it will be more than that according to some expert.

I really do hope they could hook up with a trainer likes of coach Jeff Codera and others

but with the recent news that the Afrcian-Visayan bros. was already in the UE U16 squad

I do hope they could maximize the potentials, I forgot the UE coach and trainer.
 
BJ_Reloaded said:
Goodluck Chigoze Lavente-Okebata was born in Malaysia to a 5'11 Nigerian father and 5'6 Fil-Chi(?) Visayan mother

I think the younger bro was born here..I stand to be corrected

previously played for St. Peter Apostle School a Filipino-Chinese Catholic School somewhere in the Panay Island(?) where his mom originated.

many thanks to their strong African genes in a year they had the growth spurts of 4 and 3 inches respectively.

so most probably the bros. will be on the 6'4 to 6'6 level but with that insane growth it will be more than that according to some expert.

I really do hope they could hook up with a trainer likes of coach Jeff Codera and others

but with the recent news that the Afrcian-Visayan bros. was already in the UE U16 squad

I do hope they could maximize the potentials, I forgot the UE coach and trainer.
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I hope he has a Phil passport already.
 
Sir Al,

I think even though that hafu kid was born in Malaysia

FIBA will still tag those bros. as locals same case scenario with CJ Perez whom I think was born in HK(?)

but grow and studied in her mother's province in Pangasinan and eventually at LPU.

now to make a very strong presentation to FIBA granting a PH Pass is the best thing to do

to avoid so many questions and further scrutinization.
 
ok here we go..

so this is the first tryout

I'm expecting that on the second one they could invite some hafus as well

considering in few weeks time the 2025 NBTC Manila Live games will commence.

as per news link this is in preparation for the SEABA U-16 this coming May.

“Mahirap pala,” said Tenorio, when asked months into his role.

“It’s because of the talent na meron tayo especially ‘yung young age na 16-under. Nakakagulat. Actually, marami pang hindi nakapunta na hindi pa naimbita. Mahirap at the same time, very excited kasi mga bata ito, alam ko na gusto nilang matuto. Alam ko na mas gusto nila na maging part of the national team," he added.

"Nakita mo naman, in your own eyes, kung paano sila magpagbakbakan dito sa dalawang oras na ginawa namin.”
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https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba...r-u-16-team-a795-20250306?ref=home_featured_1
 
There are a couple of promising 2009-born players in the U.S. Kai Patton has been making a name for himself and was recently trending. There has been interest in him, and SBP should secure him as soon as possible. He turns 16 in June, so assisting his family with passport processing would be ideal.

Meanwhile, Tyler Reyes and Andwil Yap don’t seem to be part of the pool, despite both being 6’9”. The talent in this batch must be deep if those two are being overlooked. Andwil’s father even mentioned that his son wasn’t invited on their youtube channel. They may still be raw, but this is SEABA. Considering Al Chua himself stated he would prioritize finding the tallest players, it’s surprising that they weren’t included.
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Anyone seen freedom okafor play? he is shorter than esomchi or okebata but he moves a whole lot more fluid
 
lem0nadi said:
All of the standouts are guards, if not undersized forwards. Looks like we will lean on tall fil-ams again for our bigs. I hope there will be a surprise prospects around 6'8 - 6'10 that was discovered by Erika Dy's team when they went to states to scout.

Considering Tyler Reyes and Andwil Yap are not ready yet.
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But what about Prince Carino ive heard he stands at 6ft7 (please correct e if I am wrong). What is the news regrding the other 6ft 10 kid owen Calinasan? Is he gonna make it to the line up this time?
Are there no 7 footers in the U16 radar for this year?
 
JAMSKIE said:
Both Pasinos & Moral are promising. It seems Pasinos is more of a facing-the-basket type of a big man with good mobility & athleticism. On the other hand Moral is the type of a player we should seriously be developing. Imagine 6-foot-2/6-foot-3 natural point guard & he's only 16 yrs of age. If he grows up to 6-foot-4 & continues to play as a point guard, then I think he will have a good future.
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Is he a better ball handler than Kiefer alas and Andy Gemao?
 
lem0nadi said:
He is class of 2027, i think that class born for 2008. He is for the the U18 batch.


EDIT: My bad, he is for this batch.
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Yeah born 2009. Hope Tenorio and crew are focused on foreign prospects. Mostly for eligibility purposes over results honestly.
 
what I like about that kid Brian is his defensive mindset at his age he is chiseled and already developing those cuts that shows that he is determine to be in game shape always.

reminds me of younger and taller version of Rudy Hatfield but with better skillsets and handles.

I think the kid and his Filipina mother will be part of that big entourage
 
lem0nadi said:
There are a couple of promising 2009-born players in the U.S. Kai Patton has been making a name for himself and was recently trending. There has been interest in him, and SBP should secure him as soon as possible. He turns 16 in June, so assisting his family with passport processing would be ideal.

Meanwhile, Tyler Reyes and Andwil Yap don’t seem to be part of the pool, despite both being 6’9”. The talent in this batch must be deep if those two are being overlooked. Andwil’s father even mentioned that his son wasn’t invited on their youtube channel. They may still be raw, but this is SEABA. Considering Al Chua himself stated he would prioritize finding the tallest players, it’s surprising that they weren’t included.
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The problem with Andwil is his motor, he seems too slow and he couldn't jump ( This will be a big liability on defense). If they could only address this through a developmental coach I think there will be no doubt he will make it. The Kid can shoot and he is bully strong I can also see his determination. I hope he improves more.
 
raileebeast2 said:
The problem with Andwil is his motor, he seems too slow and he couldn't jump ( This will be a big liability on defense). If they could only address this through a developmental coach I think there will be no doubt he will make it. The Kid can shoot and he is bully strong I can also see his determination. I hope he improves more.
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Exactly. His big body is literally his only problem that I see. Sure, he’s raw, but watching his latest videos, he has that dog in him. There was a play where he tried to dribble the ball full court and managed to finish strong at the opposite end. You just can't see that confidence in many young, tall (tall as in those 6'8 above and at 15 years old) players like him. He also knows his role by always trying to seal his defender. He has a good shooting stroke as well, not an awful, forced release form.

Tried to ask his dad and he said he was not invited to the U16 tryout by CLA. He also did not manage to show off on that MILCU talent identification which cost him the invitation, his fellow bigs on his team (Toring and Maranan) got invited to the U16 tryout.
 
Goodluck Okebata 6'3 (2010 born) made it to the final U16 lineup of this batch as posted by his Mother.

So 1 down for the 12-man lineup.

Just curious if there is a 12-man lineup alreay because that would mean no more additional fil-ams for this batch.
 
lem0nadi said:
Goodluck Okebata 6'3 (2010 born) made it to the final U16 lineup of this batch as posted by his Mother.

So 1 down for the 12-man lineup.

Just curious if there is a 12-man lineup alreay because that would mean no more additional fil-ams for this batch.
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Maybe just for SEABA u16..
 
Silent Killer said:
Maybe just for SEABA u16..
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Ah right, just realize again we already have a different coach now.

The former coach was known for keeping the core intact and replacing the replaceable players with another replaceable players. I hope this won't be the same scenario this time with CLA.​​​
 
lem0nadi said:
Ah right, just realize again we already have a different coach now.

The former coach was known for keeping the core intact and replacing the replaceable players with another replaceable players. I hope this won't be the same scenario this time with CLA.​​​
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It’ll probably have to do with whatever is available. Last batch didn’t have any standouts, and the star player got injured. If there are no standouts this batch, won’t really matter who gets replaced.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2quE8gdfk

The blogger described Goodluck Okebata as a 6-foot-3 guard. I'll take that words with a grain of salt & would believe that Okebata is a wingman perhaps a small forward. Mga basketball bloggers kasi dito sa Pinas, if they would say a young player is a point guard, usually that player is actually a natural 2-guard. If they say a player is a shooting guard, that player would turnout to be a small forward.
 
JAMSKIE said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2quE8gdfk

The blogger described Goodluck Okebata as a 6-foot-3 guard. I'll take that words with a grain of salt & would believe that Okebata is a wingman perhaps a small forward. Mga basketball bloggers kasi dito sa Pinas, if they would say a young player is a point guard, usually that player is actually a natural 2-guard. If they say a player is a shooting guard, that player would turnout to be a small forward.
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It means they didnt watch his gsmes in u16

Played as 4 and sometimes 5 because lack of bigs
 
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