Just watched the last minutes but still wondering why it took 4 games for NP to bench their PGs. Nelle and and the other PG are simply a notch below their starting 5. Apparently they had Taha to matchup against Scottie. Why play him only now?
Dave's playstyle suits Converge more than ROS, though.
ROS has a limited budget. It develops players and keeps them while they are within their budget. That is also the reason they use a lot of players. So they are not dependent on one superstar. When SMC or MVP gives a better offer they usually give in. I think they have less deeper pockets than Converge. Who were able to pry Heading's rights from NP, most probably not at a cheap price.
They got a bit lucky in their last championship, with Pierre Niles. The guy was unathletic and not very skilled. But he had the bulk to negate prime Fajardo. So they won a championship. The primary reason they are actually competitive now is that they have one of the bigger imports. GSM and TNT have smaller imports. A skilled bigger import opens up their locals in the perimeter and covers up for their lack of rim protection.
Yes, ROS has and still have limited budget, but I think they can give rookie max contract to Dave (they give it already to Tiongson).. they can just be creative on how to maximize what they have.. maybe just ask Norwood to retire, they have Tiongson, Clarito and Santillan as wings.. Norwood still receiving max contract.. I don't think it's still worth it to give him that contract... They can't get quality players if Norwood still in the line up.. he's done already, better put Norwood in their coaching staff..
Well most of the NBA teams are still net profit, in PBA no one is turning profit at all
In terms of attendance yes, but they still benefit thru advertising, free ads...
Question is Dave asking for rookie Max contract or he want similar to KBL salary
Which one are you citing. PBA is not getting any ad revenue from broadcasting PBA
I said Free ads, they still benefiting free advertisment rather than paying celebrities million pesos in just 1 minute of airing..
Well most of the NBA teams are still net profit, in PBA no one is turning profit at all
Thats true. But like Alaska, it makes more sense to use the money to advertise to TV network and get more engagement from social media than in PBA.
Seems like JB has massively dipped this year, im not sure if he's overplayed but even Oftana can easily drive against him now
If im not mistaken, he was confined early this week due to asthma? Maybe that was a factor of his dip in play tonight.
Story of the last minutes for Ginebra :
Cone subs in Ahanmisi and Japeth despite both having a mediocre game.
Calvin fakes Japeth, japeth bites easy drive to the lane for Calvin for 2
Brownlee is forced to play PG since no one in the floor for Ginebra can orchestrate an offense, no despite how Tim tries these days Thompson PG has been thoroughly exposed by TNT.
- side notes, jeremiah gray was a shot in the arm definitel more usable than Malonzo right now
- Ginebra offense looks atrocious without RJ
- im not sure if Ginebra will even adjust to this, theyve been facing the same problems since last conference. Do I think Ginebra couldve done better with more sound rotations? Yes, yes I do since they dont really need to rely on Japeth anymore. And with Grey seemingly looking like a pretty usable player I dont think the excuse of TNT simply has better talent isn't that wide of a gap now.