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judasmartel2
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David vs Goliath match-up, except that Goliath will probably demolish David this time.
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bballcrazy2
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To be fair to Singapore, many of their main players are not playing due to other commitments (Russel Low and Larry Liew). This team is in fact a downgrade from the previous SEA games team. Also, the average age of this team is only 23 (same age as the cadets that gilas sent to the SEABA and SEA games), so you can only imagine how raw their game would be vs the veterans of Asia. It will be a good learning experience for them.
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kaiziken_pinas2
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I think Singapore will win via a .4 second tip-in dunk by Delvin Goh over Yi Jianlian.
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regierr2
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Even if you send your best players the outcome would be the same. No point in making excuses.
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bballcrazy2
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I'm not making excuses, did I say we will win if we send our best players? You put that in my mouth. Realistically we would lose all games, only possible teams we COULD beat are malaysia maybe HK or Kuwait...(But then again those teams are still favourites against singapore with the depleted roster)
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regierr2
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What? Where the heck did I say that you will win? I know you will lose regardless even if you send your best players so there's no need to mention Singapore having a depleted lineup, or it's made up of under 23 players, or it's a downgrade from its SEA team. Your words not mine!
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bballcrazy2
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Even if you send your best players the outcome would be the same. No point in making excuses. - regierr
Then what the hell does the sentence above means? Did I say this is our excuse, if not we will win? This is a bloody forum, I can post whatever I want anyway. Who are you to say I can't mention some things? If you don't want to know then just read something else, I am just informing others.
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judasmartel2
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Now, now, guys.
Honestly, it doesn't even matter whether SIN can beat CHN or not, what matters is the development it gives to this young Singapore team. Give them a legit bigman (naturalized or otherwise) and maintain their core, and they're good to go.
Look at the Chinese Taipei model. When they had the core of their current team in 2001, many criticized it for being too young. Now fast forward 14 years, these players who were young back then are now reaping the fruits of their labor as veterans, and they are now mentoring a new generation of players for their team using all the experience they gathered all those years.
If SIN could at least get some examples from the TPE model, I think they can help popularize basketball in Singapore.
Honestly, it doesn't even matter whether SIN can beat CHN or not, what matters is the development it gives to this young Singapore team. Give them a legit bigman (naturalized or otherwise) and maintain their core, and they're good to go.
Look at the Chinese Taipei model. When they had the core of their current team in 2001, many criticized it for being too young. Now fast forward 14 years, these players who were young back then are now reaping the fruits of their labor as veterans, and they are now mentoring a new generation of players for their team using all the experience they gathered all those years.
If SIN could at least get some examples from the TPE model, I think they can help popularize basketball in Singapore.
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regierr2
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Yes. You are making excuses. "To be fair" to you.
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bballcrazy2
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Okay, since mentioning my country's depleted roster is considered an excuse to you. Then why are you posters always mentioning that Gilas 3.0 is not the best team you can put up? Why keep mentioning that you do not have Fajardo, Paul Lee, Lassiter etc and that SMC won't lend you players? Isn't that excuse too? I can even memorize all the things that you would say when you lose since its always rehashed in the phillipine thread till the cows come home:
1) We always have bad habit of playing to our opponents standard
2) We are just having first game jitters
3) Our coach fault for playing the same rotation till exhaustion
4) We do not have best lineup, SMC won't lend us players.
Also, when you guys lose by a "single digit" you will treat it like a win. Like how you all lose to Argentina and Croatia but you all are so proud of it like as if you have beaten them LOL. Who cares if you are close for 3 quarters? A loss is a loss.
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judasmartel2
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26-5 China after 1.
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eshmawi2
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South korea, China & Iran most impressive teams on day 1 till now.
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judasmartel2
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48-19 China come halftime.
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judasmartel2
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80-35 China with 5:40 remaining in the game. GG.
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balbi2
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Kokey Fanatic2
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Please calm down, no other country comes close to the philippines when it comes to excuses
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kaiziken_pinas2
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Regierr, that's what you get for being a condescending dumbass.
@bballcrazy - pardon the dude. He must be looking for a way to vent his frustrations or something
@bballcrazy - pardon the dude. He must be looking for a way to vent his frustrations or something
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regierr2
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You know, those excuses are valid. Why? Because it improves our chances of winning greatly but it doesn't guarantee a win. For your team, it doesn't matter. You play with a depleted lineup or not, you still will lose. Big difference.
And why shouldn't we be happy with our close losses to the Euro teams? We had a chance. We showed that with the right preparation, we could possibly snatch a win against the top Euro teams. And that's something that we hope might happen again. So is there anything wrong with that?
@kaiziken_pinas Don't resort to calling people names here. It doesn't make you sound better than the other individual. And there's nothing condescending with what I said. It's the truth about Singapore's national team.
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bballcrazy2
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That is the most hilarious thing I've ever read. If that is your mentality then we might as well do away with all basketball tournaments and just hand team USA the gold medal every time since 99% of the time no one can beat them. Why host the world championships and continental championships for? Philippines, China, Korea will also have nil chances against a full USA squad. Why even have this forum discussing about Rio 2016 or that gilas might have a chance to play against USA? Just give USA the gold.
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bballcrazy2
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I'm actually not aiming at any other Philippine posters, just him in particular. This is a basketball forum yet i'm not allowed to mention my country's roster, what a joke!
Was he frustrated at the Palestine win? Well, I can understand that because you guys had the game for almost all 4 quarters.