FIBA ASIA Cup Qualifiers

[Giannis34GOD2]

Kai's management stop asking for a price? I don't know about that. I don't really begrudge the kid and his management the income but it doesn't really reflect well when Euro league and NBA players just receive the regular per diem.

As per some IBNers here pointing that Kai was asking a price last WC cup stint.... I don't know if that was true.....

 

[tootch2]

Removing ineligible Philipps, those other guys at C do not inspire confidence in the future. I hope Edu's knees and Kai's back holds up.

Geo Chiu is okay with me at least in the pool.

 

[r1ck2]

Outside of Kouame, Sotto, Edu and Baltazar our center position is looking rather thin. Junemar and Japeth are old now and I doubt SMC will release Fajardo for fiba qualifying windows.

 

[JAMSKIE2]

Geo Chiu is okay with me at least in the pool.

I think Geo Chiu isn't a bad role playing center for Gilas. Its not like U would give him 20+ mins. burn every game.

Just give him around 8 to 14 mins a game, & he'll be fine.

 

[Enforcer2]

Outside of Kouame, Sotto, Edu and Baltazar our center position is looking rather thin. Junemar and Japeth are old now and I doubt SMC will release Fajardo for fiba qualifying windows.

junemar had success stints in world cup and asian games. i think those success will fuel him more to play for flag and country for another 2 years. there is still ange kouame.

but in tournaments where they are not available gilas may need to naturalize another fsa like malick diouf. imo the easiest and cheapest to get a naturalized player than getting an ex-nba player who commands a huge salary.

 

[C2Hamm2]

this is sad. we are talking about who are the big guys after Junemar and Japeth (aside from Kai and AJ) and most of the names are from outside the PBA except Laput and BGR, both of which are ineliglbe. so we would rather experiement with Lepalam than arana or or use a healthy erram?

 

[Giannis34GOD2]

this is sad. we are talking about who are the big guys after Junemar and Japeth (aside from Kai and AJ) and most of the names are from outside the PBA except Laput and BGR, both of which are ineliglbe. so we would rather experiement with Lepalam than arana or or use a healthy erram?

Give Geo Chiu much needed exposure and experience to play and develop for Gilas purposes... He is the most international experienced player among young bigs outside Kai and Edu as locals...

 

[zairex2]

How about Arana, Go?

 

[r1ck2]

How about Arana, Go?

I dont know about Go he made Chanatip Jakrawan look like a NBA talent.

 

[Rds2]

We got lucky the rules allowed us to use our 2 NPs. Back in Fiba we will likely play JB or Kouame.

The first tourney is Nov 2023 right? Our group has CT, HK and NZ.

Probably JF and Japs will be off this one. If B league sched permits, I dont see Edu skipping this one. While Kai s unknown. So who will be our bigs? Carl is one. Arana is the best the PBA has but he’s only 6’6. If there is no politics, Schonny and Tuffin should be there. There already a lot of ineligible Filfors so I hope they let the few who are eligible play.

 

[C2Hamm2]

We got lucky the rules allowed us to use our 2 NPs. Back in Fiba we will likely play JB or Kouame.

The first tourney is Nov 2023 right? Our group has CT, HK and NZ.

Probably JF and Japs will be off this one. If B league sched permits, I dont see Edu skipping this one. While Kai s unknown. So who will be our bigs? Carl is one. Arana is the best the PBA has but he’s only 6’6. If there is no politics, Schonny and Tuffin should be there. There already a lot of ineligible Filfors so I hope they let the few who are eligible play.

Its FIBA sanctioned, b league and kbl boys all good to go unless hurt i guess

 

[IPC2]

We got lucky the rules allowed us to use our 2 NPs. Back in Fiba we will likely play JB or Kouame.

The first tourney is Nov 2023 right? Our group has CT, HK and NZ.

Probably JF and Japs will be off this one. If B league sched permits, I dont see Edu skipping this one. While Kai s unknown. So who will be our bigs? Carl is one. Arana is the best the PBA has but he’s only 6’6. If there is no politics, Schonny and Tuffin should be there. There already a lot of ineligible Filfors so I hope they let the few who are eligible play.

It's in Feb 2024.

 

[Rds2]

It's in Feb 2024.

Yeah. Wikipedia got it wrong.

 

[ja.he2]

We got lucky the rules allowed us to use our 2 NPs. Back in Fiba we will likely play JB or Kouame.

The first tourney is Nov 2023 right? Our group has CT, HK and NZ.

Probably JF and Japs will be off this one. If B league sched permits, I dont see Edu skipping this one. While Kai s unknown. So who will be our bigs? Carl is one. Arana is the best the PBA has but he’s only 6’6. If there is no politics, Schonny and Tuffin should be there. There already a lot of ineligible Filfors so I hope they let the few who are eligible play.

That's why we need to fight for Kouame's exemption.

 

[yogaflame2]

That's why we need to fight for Kouame's exemption.

I hope he will have an exemptions because he lived here in the Philippines for many years, and learned basketball in the Philippines and already has many national team caps. Kouame, Balunggay, Philips and Clarkson deserve to be considered local. Let us hope and pray that SBP will reason properly with Fiba. By the way the Asiad gold is a great moral booster for our team and this is just for me a team B that is why its a great win, not to mention winning in China's home soil. Our Team A with Edu and Kai, Dwight, Abando, Tamayo, RJ, Heading, Wright, Parks Jr, etc, will be even stronger. Since this is a fiba tournament , they will be all be available. Hopefully we will have good full time foreign coach if its not Tim Cone. Dream tandem of coaching for me is CTC and Coach Tab.

 

[JAMSKIE2]

Its FIBA sanctioned, b league and kbl boys all good to go unless hurt i guess

Yeah, we've seen how the B-league took a 2-week break to give way to the window qualifiers of the Asia Cup & World Cup. I have a feeling PBA will also do the same now that its the SMC empire that is in charge of Gilas.

These could be our players for Gilas in the February 1st window Asia Cup qualifiers:

From B-league:
Kai Sotto
AJ Edu,
Carl Tamayo
Dwight Ramos
Jordan Heading
Kiefer Ravena

From the PBA:
Junmar Fajardo
Jamie Malonzo
Justin Brownlee
Calvin Oftana
CJ Perez
Chris Newsome (with the way he played in the gold medal game vs. Jordan, I think Newsome is a good prospect)
Iskati Thompson
Schonny Winston (I want to test the mettle of this 6-foot-1 good scoring point guard)
Aaron Black

From KBL:
Rhenz Abando

 

[IPC2]

Yeah, we've seen how the B-league took a 2-week break to give way to the window qualifiers of the Asia Cup & World Cup. I have a feeling PBA will also do the same now that its the SMC empire that is in charge of Gilas.

These could be our players for Gilas in the February 1st window Asia Cup qualifiers:

From B-league:
Kai Sotto
AJ Edu,
Carl Tamayo
Dwight Ramos
Jordan Heading
Kiefer Ravena

From the PBA:
Junmar Fajardo
Jamie Malonzo
Justin Brownlee
Calvin Oftana
CJ Perez
Chris Newsome (with the way he played in the gold medal game vs. Jordan, I think Newsome is a good prospect)
Iskati Thompson
Schonny Winston (I want to test the mettle of this 6-foot-1 good scoring point guard)
Aaron Black

From KBL:
Rhenz Abando

Don't forget Will Navarro. He'll have recovered from his ACL tear by February.

RJ Abarrientos too. He's now in Japan.

 

[JAMSKIE2]

Don't forget Will Navarro. He'll have recovered from his ACL tear by February.

RJ Abarrientos too. He's now in Japan.

Now we got an abundance of talent at the small forward position. And those are good size small forwards by Asian basketball standards.

 

[IPC2]

For the 2025 FIBA Asia window qualifiers & tournament proper, this would be my hypothetical pool:

Bigs:
Kai Sotto, AJ Edu, Junmar, Carl Tamayo, Mason Amos, Jamie Malonzo ( I believe Malonzo is more of a 4 than a small forward).

Small Forwards:
Dwight Ramos, Calvin Oftana, Will Navarro,

Shooting Guards/2-Guards:
CJ Perez, Chris Newsome, Rhenz Abando, Jordan Heading

Point Guards:
Iskati Thompson, Kiefer Ravena, Schonny Winston

Naturalized player: Justin Brownlee

Also worth consideration in the pool would be Justin Baltazar (if only there's no politics), Francis Lopez, RJ Abbarientos, Ken Tuffin, Aaron Black.

I think we should call up the entire pool for the WC and Asian Games (except for Ross, Mo, and Perkins, who are ineligible, Japeth, who's retired, and Pogoy, who's under medical observation). Recalling Schonny (who was part of a window pool) Lopez, Carl, RJ, Juan GDL, Bolick, Mason, and Navarro too would be nice, as they have been part of window pools in the past.

 

[IPC2]

Our fisrt match is against freaking hong kong, we should send and play young guys and think long term here and for tawian we can send the other deserving elite guys. Thanks for hagop rule we cannot easily just send the vacant pba team to play for this pre asia cup qualifiers

​Agreed. We can afford to send a majority-amateur team this window, if indeed if it is Hong Kong and Taipei, backstopped by a few FIBA veterans (at least 10 FIBA games) for the Taipei game.