Agree with U bro, hands down.
It's not really wise to have a naturalized player prospect who is already 30 yrs old. As you pointed out, not everyone is like a Justin Brownlee who even in his mid-30's can still play at a high level. Let's remember that when Marcus Douthit was in his mid-30's, he was just a hollow shell of his old self. Laos na sya.
If we get a NP prospect who is already 30 yrs old, he will only be good for 1 World Cup stint & 1 Asia Cup stint. SBP won't be getting its money worth.
On the other hand if our NP prospect is only 25 or 26 yrs old, he will be serviceable for Gilas for at least 2 World Cup stints & at least 2 Asia Cup stints (it could even be 3 stints on both World Cup ,& Asia Cup).
Sir Jams,
honestly, if SBP could only afford to naturalize players below the 26 yr. old window
to fill-up our holes in the U16, U18 and U20 Batang Gilas program
that I think is an ideal battle plan for our Gilas grassroot development and overall basketball program moving forward
and realistically "money talks" is the name of the game
we've already mentioned this since the time of Adam
players such as QMB, AK34, CJ Lane, Lucero, Laput, Villegas, Barefield, BGR, may eventually get their exemption
just in time for 2031 and 2035 cycle or maybe much earlier
aside from them much younger guys like JJ kid, Hepa, RM who are allegedly obtain there respective ph docs before and after their 16th birthday
the buzz about the Harper bros. are now in the final(?) process of obtaining their respective docs as well is a big welcome development as well
many thanks to those Filipino Sports Org who had the same passion and aspiration as we had
those above players are a perfect compliment for Kai, AJ, Carl, KQ, Dwight, Mason and even Balti
now as for our next naturalize guy(s), height and length must be the main prerequisite alongside age and attitude
I keep on mentioning this before and I won't hesitate this until kingdom come
given the budgetary limitation of SBP "sabihin na natin on the same compen and ben level as JC during his 2-weeks vacation workout(?) este 2 weeks rendezvous(?)
no! no! no! I'm biting my tongue 2 weeks Gilas stint pala as the correct word
if they could discover a legit 6'8 to 6'9 23 to 26 yr. old Sonny Alvarado type of a player to compliment with the Eric Menk and Rudy Hatfield ver. 1999 to 2000
those 3 are human dynamos both offensively and defensively and we've all witness to that
that I would say a perfect lineup alongside those I mentioned above against those in the current FIBA top 10 teams
someone keeps on mentioning the NBA's journeyman and 6th Man Nazir Reid but we all know his TF and his already in his 30's
that's not cool for our long term program
overall the main bottomline here is "How our NF for Sports will play his cards to make sure we could assemble a formidable team to mix it up against those in the upper part of the food chain".
with the recent OQT performance, all of us wants another sets of "Eat Bulaga" storyline moving forward
