A tim cone team losing to new zealand scrubs.. yes i say it..
Yeah. We better watch out for those Taiwanese-American Hinton brothers. They are 6-foot-4/6-foot-5 natural wings who are playing high school basketball in the US. I also saw two 6-foot-7 young Taiwanese players being trained as wings.
In 3 to 5 years time, these players are expected to be vital components of their national senior team.
But they need a legit big man for truly become a true contender… they are like China minus bigs in terms of playstyle…
Well, if Taiwan can consistently be among the top 6 teams in Asia-Oceania 3 to 5 years from now, then I think that is already a significant achievement for Taiwanese basketball.
I agree with you, their inability to develop competent local big men would be their biggest hurdle to become among the top 6 teams in asia-oceania.
It’s unlikely Taiwan is in the top 6… top 6 for me are Australia, Japan, Lebanon, NZL, Philippines and Jordan… then China, Iran and Korea… that is in order in terms of strength, current achievements and potential.. Taiwan maybe no.10.. but teams like Bahrain, KSA, Guam and Indonesia is in the reach on being a top 10 contender… they have a hard time beating Guam last play in match for last spot for fiba asia cup.. They just won vs Guam by quotient points (both split their two game series)… Guam didn’t have Cruz, Ross and Washington in that match (although no Artino and Abbasi for Taiwan)..
IMO Australia is the clear cut no 1 team. Probably unbeatable when against Asian teams. Japan , Lebanon,New Zealand, Philippines, Jordan, SK , China and Iran are at the same level and could beat each other depending on the team composition and preparation. The other teams would have a hard time beating them
are they waiting for the the pba finals to finish before training? bleague already started their break last sunday
Gilas can hold practice now as only CJ Perez & Junmar Fajardo being the members of the team not available as their SMB team is locked in the best of 7 Championship series with Magnolia.
If SMB wins tonight, then Perez & Junmar would be available by Feb. 15, but if Magnolia extends the series to game 7, then Perez & Junmar wont be available until Feb. 17.
But why wait for the SMB-Magnolia championship series to end when Gilas can already hold practices now minus Perez & Junmar?
Reminds of the ridiculous statement issued by Al "Panlinlang" Panlilio last year in which he said that compared to the PBA national team prospects, B-league national team prospects are not as available for national team duties which of course is a stark opposite of the reality. This 1st window of the FIBA Asia Cup is a good example of the real situation. B-league takes 3 week break to give way to the 1st window while our beloved PBA is still ongoing at this point. Buti nalang at only 2 Gilas PBA players are playing in finals. What if its a SMB-Ginebra finals? Eh di as many as 4 Gilas players won't be available until possibly Feb. 17.
Panlinlang talaga itong si Panlilio.
Gilas can hold practice now as only CJ Perez & Junmar Fajardo being the members of the team not available as their SMB team is locked in the best of 7 Championship series with Magnolia.
If SMB wins tonight, then Perez & Junmar would be available by Feb. 15, but if Magnolia extends the series to game 7, then Perez & Junmar wont be available until Feb. 17.
But why wait for the SMB-Magnolia championship series to end when Gilas can already hold practices now minus Perez & Junmar?
Reminds of the ridiculous statement issued by Al "Panlinlang" Panlilio last year in which he said that compared to the PBA national team prospects, B-league national team prospects are not as available for national team duties which of course is a stark opposite of the reality. This 1st window of the FIBA Asia Cup is a good example of the real situation. B-league takes 3 week break to give way to the 1st window while our beloved PBA is still ongoing at this point. Buti nalang at only 2 Gilas PBA players are playing in finals. What if its a SMB-Ginebra finals? Eh di as many as 4 Gilas players won't be available until possibly Feb. 17.
Panlinlang talaga itong si Panlilio.
That's why you cannot have officers in the SBP that has conflict of interest. We all know that Al and Ricky Vargas are both from the MVP group. Of course, they will protect the interest of the PBA, even if they lie.
One vlogger said (Models of Manila) that they are now already in Inspire sports academy in Laguna yesterday.. so CTC and the rest of Gilas minus SMB boys are start their training for this window… even he has clips that JB is already in Inspire gym for conditioning…
That's good.
Sayang naman kasi yung few days of practice in which they could start the training despite missing the 2 players of SMB. We'll never know what will happen in tonight's game 6 between SMB & Magnolia. If Mag wins tonight then Perez & Junmar would be able to join the Gilas practice on Sat. Feb. 17.
They are now in Laguna.. check JB’s account.. he’s already there alongside Newsome…
And when will be Gilas's first game? February 22 - exactly one week from now. We have less than 10 days. Oh well, that's great because it is Tim Cone. Whatever Tim Cone does is good.
Japeth just joined Gilas practice.
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/...ce-for-fiba-asia-cup-qualifiers-a795-20240215
No answers yet on if he will take AJ's spot this window. He's already retired, though.