for me the most disappointing part of the gilas' wc performance was not having any other offense aside from letting JC cook. they had weeks of training without clarkson but when the world cup started it's like they only started training when clarkson arrived 2 weeks before
I don't think we'll overtake China this year. As lackluster their NT may have been the past 7 years, Gilas just didn't do enough in the same time period iirc:
Disappointing 2017 and 2022 Asia Cups
So-so performance in the 2019 and 2023 WC qualifiers
Abysmal 2019 WC proper
Satisfying ('cause no heavy blow-out losses) yet still lacking 2023 WC finish
Results from the above key FIBA events just won't be enough to help our case.
for me the most disappointing part of the gilas' wc performance was not having any other offense aside from letting JC cook. they had weeks of training without clarkson but when the world cup started it's like they only started training when clarkson arrived 2 weeks before
for me the most disappointing part of the gilas' wc performance was not having any other offense aside from letting JC cook. they had weeks of training without clarkson but when the world cup started it's like they only started training when clarkson arrived 2 weeks before
Man, I don't know about you guys but the WC was pretty disheartening for me as a pinoy bball fan, especially that loss vs South Sudan. How tf are you losing to a country that's only like 11 years old??!? and was coming off a civil war. All this talk about changing our grassroots structure and improving our pro league in hopes of developing better players are just a tiny factor in developing players having the height is really the most important thing in producing NBA player. Example is a nation like South Sudan whom I heard doesn't even have an indoor facilities and probably doesn't have a pro league still.could produce NBA players because they are some really tall people in their country. Rant over. pinoys loving basketball is really unrequited love HAHAHAHA
Well to be fair their players are also fairly skilled and coordinated not just tall. Not Kai Sotto great though lol . Heck we have the tallest player in the tournament which didn't help us squat.
Well to be fair their players are also fairly skilled and coordinated not just tall. Not Kai Sotto great though lol . Heck we have the tallest player in the tournament which didn't help us squat.
Man, I don't know about you guys but the WC was pretty disheartening for me as a pinoy bball fan, especially that loss vs South Sudan. How tf are you losing to a country that's only like 11 years old??!? and was coming off a civil war. All this talk about changing our grassroots structure and improving our pro league in hopes of developing better players are just a tiny factor in developing players having the height is really the most important thing in producing NBA player. Example is a nation like South Sudan whom I heard doesn't even have an indoor facilities and probably doesn't have a pro league still.could produce NBA players because they are some really tall people in their country. Rant over. pinoys loving basketball is really unrequited love HAHAHAHA
Here's a compilation of the stats for this WC: https://hackastat.eu/en/fiba-world-cup-2023/
Interesting statlines for us:
We were 10th in DRTG at 106.3.
We allowed a true shooting percentage of 53%, good for 6th in the WC.
We allowed opponents to shoot only 32% from 3, good for 9th.
We allowed opponents to shoot 41% from the field, good for 4th.
We had the lowest AST% at 43%.
We had the 10th highest TO% at 16%.
We were 26th in 3PT% at 30%.
We were below average at offensive rebounding, grabbing only 28% of all available offensive rebounds. (ranked 21st, average 29%)
We were average at defensive rebounding, grabbing 73.7% of all available defensive rebounds. (ranked 15, average 72.9%)
We force turnovers only 12% of the time, good for 31st.
Defensive stats might have been padded by the Angola and China games, but I'll take it.
It's not fair to compare to South Sudan because they are an "outlier" when it comes to prospects. Like what I mentioned before, they are home to the Dinka tribe which is arguably one of the best on earth when it comes to height-athleticism combination. They have an enormous pool with elite size and other better developed countries have been scouting/recruiting their best basketball players since the 90s.
On the other hand, their program is also an example of how a "targeted" development can be effective. Their program leaders (former nba players) are not trying to uplift the whole country's basketball program. With their limited resources, they are using their limited funds on their "elite of the elite." They also have a long-term outlook when it comes to development (they included 16 year old Malwach in the World Cup team).
This isn't only on Sudan tho, it could apply to other countries in Africa in which basketball isn't popular and doesn't even have half the facilities that we Filipinos have and also the pro league us Filipinos have. (Senegal, Cameroon, Nigeria, Congo, Ghana, etc.) Point is having a so called basketball culture is nothing if you don't have the pool of players with size.
Oh so you're in the "we should play other sports" camp. Yes, our fascination with basketball is illogical, but it is what it is. And if you compare it to other comparable asian countries who concentrate on futbol, we've been relatively successful in basketball compared to their success in futbol (where the whole world and most of the population is your competition).
I for one think our best chances when it comes to success is in individual sports. Team sports require a lot of organizational expertise (and funding) which we're not known for.
On the topic of African basketball, top world coaches know that if African teams get the right amount of funding and top-notch European coaching, it's game over for most other countries.
Some countries indeed have an advantage in terms of size/talent. Just look at the Bahamas, a tiny island with less than Pasig's population but they can parade a team of entirely nba players (a lot of duals though).
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Nah dude, far from it actually. It was just a bitter pill for me to swallow after the disappointing WC results of Gilas and the failure of Kai not making the NBA. It just hit me where a nation like the PH who is madly in love with basketball, complete with the facilities and all that can't even produce an NBA player with the population of 100m compare that to South Sudan with only a population of 10m produce NBA talents almost yearly.