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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
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
remember we still have Kouame as one of our options as well
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.
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
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.
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.
Newsome now available for Gilas practice.
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?
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.
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.
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.
I will take the 11 days before the NZ game. Ample opportunity to rest and prepare.
Is Malonzo still injured?
This means only JB, Oftana, Scottie, and Japeth will still be playing.
Nice.
Is Malonzo still injured?
This means only JB, Oftana, Scottie, and Japeth will still be playing.
Nice.