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FIBA ASIA Cup Qualifiers

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Cone is a good coach but a stooge of the PBA, he is not good when it comes to long term planning. Heaven forbid Gilas gets decimated by injuries again. Even team USA has a team "B."
 
So it looks like Brownlee will still be the naturalized player for the November window
 
r1ck said:
So it looks like Brownlee will still be the naturalized player for the November window
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Bennie is not even a naturalized filipino yet, the naturalization process for Boatwright is ongoing, Brownlee will be the naturalized player i think up until fiba asia 2025
 
JOI2dWorld said:
Bennie is not even a naturalized filipino yet, the naturalization process for Boatwright is ongoing, Brownlee will be the naturalized player i think up until fiba asia 2025
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remember we still have Kouame as one of our options as well
 
Alex07 said:
remember we still have Kouame as one of our options as well
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Clarkson is also still serviceable. The only drawback is his availability and paying for his insurance (unless he chooses to pay it himself).

I don't expect Boatwright to be in the rotation till the 2027 FIBA WCQ.
 
Kouame is more than good enough for asian qualifiers. Why the gagong pbs hasnt obtained exemption for him as a local is outrageous.

If all the key big frontline players are healthy, cone will not even vitally need brownlee in asian qualifiers. An additional "volume shooter" and vicious attacker is all cone needs. Heading and abando is what he needs in the nt, not the too-limited small forwards like amos and malonzo.

Cone will not have the element of surprise anymore in future tournaments. If he thinks his ginebra tactics and formation will be reliable, he will become as disappointing as the pusod seyer. Cone will also need to upgrade his coaching at top-flight fiba battles.
 
I expect Boatwright to be with Gilas post 2025 FIBA Asia Cup. By that time, he's probably healed & recovered from his foot injury.
 
ccharmed said:
Kouame is more than good enough for asian qualifiers. Why the gagong pbs hasnt obtained exemption for him as a local is outrageous.

If all the key big frontline players are healthy, cone will not even vitally need brownlee in asian qualifiers. An additional "volume shooter" and vicious attacker is all cone needs. Heading and abando is what he needs in the nt, not the too-limited small forwards like amos and malonzo.

Cone will not have the element of surprise anymore in future tournaments. If he thinks his ginebra tactics and formation will be reliable, he will become as disappointing as the pusod seyer. Cone will also need to upgrade his coaching at top-flight fiba battles.
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At the 3, we will need good defenders a la Gabe Norwood if Bennie Boatwright, a mainly offensive PF, is going to be the NP. Neither Malonzo nor Oftana have shown capability on defense recently. Maybe team defense, but our main 3 post-Brownlee has to be a capable defender.

Abando will have to play full-time 2, because he's only 6'2", but his length and athleticism might compensate at that spot. Heading's a reliable shooter and defender, so OK naman din.

We will have to adjust our defensive tactics come November. If AJ's not healthy by then, a lot will fall on Kai's shoulders. June Mar-Kai lineup might be attacked, so we need good perimeter defenders. Dwight, CJ, Scottie, Newsome, and JB have to be ready.
 
Giannis34GOD said:
Bennie Boatwright suffers Achilles injury... He will be out for months and possibly he can't participate atleast as practice player for Gilas in upcoming 2nd window of qualifiers in November...


https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba...ahSMPEbshptXh-RHCg_aem__3mHxd-37MbfdU_3Z5ALvQ
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It is unclear if this is a torn achilles. I haven't heard of any other achilles injury requiring surgery though. If this is the common torn achilles it is pretty much a career ending injury unless you were a top 10 NBA player. KD is the only player to play at a very high level after this injury. Klay was still pretty good but much lower than his prime. I am pessimistic on Boatwright's level post achilles injury. I think there is no other choice but to use Kouame or natualize another big SF.
 
New Zealand basketball has replaced Pero Cameron as the Tall Black's head coach & will have a new head coach in the coming 2nd window in Novermber. This only means one thing - New Zealand will be on transition when it faces Gilas in November.
 
JAMSKIE said:
Nice to see AJ Edu back playing for his new B-league team Nagasaki Velca (Jordan Heading's former team) in the Emperor's Cup which serves as the B-league's pre season tournament. Despite those injuries he had suffered in his young career, Edu remains quick, agile, mobile & athletic as ever.
I can't help but be excited on the trio of Kai Sotto, Junmar Fajardo & AJ Edu at the center position with Gilas in the coming 2nd window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifier this November. That would be a formidable frontline.
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Hope Kai and AJ are healthy by the November 21 window. They are crucial pieces for us, especially defensively.
 
Would guys still consider Japeth to be part of Gilas if he continues his stellar offensive plays this year? I don't know what happened to him, maybe fatherhood, but his offensive game has been phenomenal this comm cup. Unfortunately, it took him almost 15 years to have this kind of a season. Could have been the face of Ph basketball and our version of KG/TD/CB.
 
bluenote49 said:
Would guys still consider Japeth to be part of Gilas if he continues his stellar offensive plays this year? I don't know what happened to him, maybe fatherhood, but his offensive game has been phenomenal this comm cup. Unfortunately, it took him almost 15 years to have this kind of a season. Could have been the face of Ph basketball and our version of KG/TD/CB.
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Gray area. He still plays in the PBA where, even at 37, there's not a lot of 6'9 players at all so his production will always be inflated. It's not a knock on him personally, but being a unicorn at the PBA doesn't mean he'll do anything special against the top Asian teams... buti nalang it's just New Zealand that Gilas has to contend with until the actual FIBA Asia Cup. I'd still take a healthy AJ Edu in 2025 and beyond than a soon-to-be 38 Japeth.
 
I think we should stay away to the mindset of "andian naman si Japeth eh" just in case Kai, AJ and JMF suddenly becomes sick

yes we do recognize his talent and contribution to the program no argument there

but the program must focus towards young blood and grassroot development

Argentina's Luis Scola(now retired) is a different animal and we cannot compared the dude to ours

as for CTC's strong stand that he wll stick to his original 12 as part of his 4 year program up to 2028 LA Olympics

and will only allows Japs and Mason from time to time, well let's respect that and just enjoy the ride

but from 2028 and beyond, we do hope our frontline may be improve and deeper height-wise,

also age-wise.
 
JAMSKIE said:
Guys, if this semis would go to game 7 either the Ginebra-SMB or the ROS-TnT series, & the finals would also go to game 7, tama ba that the game 7 of the finals would be Nov. 15?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpWSNgBP4KE&pp=ygUYR2lsYXMgbWFncGEgcHJhY3R pY2UgbmEg
No coach Tim, its your PBA that will cause the delay of Gilas training for the 2nd window. If you check the B-league schedule, you'll see that it will take a brief break about 10 days prior to the start of the 2nd window qualifier of the Asia Cup. By Nov. 12, available na po for Gilas training sina Kai Sotto, Dwight Ramos & AJ Edu.

Si Carl Tamayo lang among the Gilas player playing overseas that will be late in joining Gilas dahil may game pa yung KBL team nya on Nov. 14.

I'm just praying that the PBA Commisioner's Cup finals won't reach to a game 7 so that PBA Gilas players would be available earlier than expected. Since Ginebra has a very good chance of making it to the finals, if the finals would go to a winner-take-all game 7 then Gibebra's Justin Brownlee, Iskati Thompson & coach Tim himself would only be available for Gilas training by Nov. 16. That's 5 days prior to our game versus tormentor New Zealand.

Kung bakit pa kasi ginawang best of 7 series ang semis? The semis should have been a best of 5 series na lang.
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JAMSKIE said:
I like this finals between TnT & the winner of SMB-Ginebra semis end in 4 to 5 games para naman maka practice agad ang Gilas. I don't care which team wins the Commissioner's Cup title. All I care of is Gilas getting at least 10 days of practice before going to war with New Zealand on Nov. 21.
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IPC said:
Game 7, if ever, will be on 10 November: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Zk6xbxgeUBjruKyh/

But I agree, the series should have been best-of-5 to better accommodate Gilas. At least nga, the 6 games a week up to the quarters helped lengthen the break before the window.
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​I will take the 11 days before the NZ game. Ample opportunity to rest and prepare.
 
IPC said:
​I will take the 11 days before the NZ game. Ample opportunity to rest and prepare.
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Is Malonzo still injured?

This means only JB, Oftana, Scottie, and Japeth will still be playing.

Nice.
 
sroth3839 said:
Is Malonzo still injured?

This means only JB, Oftana, Scottie, and Japeth will still be playing.

Nice.
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still injured but there were reports that he will be ready for the november window, but i doubt if he is in game shape dude is out for almost 7 months now
 
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