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Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. V

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If Brownlee played , would he be our starting 4 ?
If so that's actually a plus , cause it's really at the 4 spot that we have question marks
 
DAdmiral said:
If Brownlee played , would he be our starting 4 ?
If so that's actually a plus , cause it's really at the 4 spot that we have question marks
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He's 6'4 1/2" without shoes, but he's quick enough to play 3, and plays 4 with Ginebra in a small-ball lineup. He has the strength and length to play the position. Problem is, he's 34, but he'll play hard for the NT.

And I think we still have questions at 3, not just 4. Although after RDO and Ping, that 4 spot was really weak before promising talents like Carl, Balti, Malonzo (a 3/4), and Mason came along.
 
IPC said:
He's 6'4 1/2" without shoes, but he's quick enough to play 3, and plays 4 with Ginebra in a small-ball lineup. He has the strength and length to play the position. Problem is, he's 34, but he'll play hard for the NT.

And I think we still have questions at 3, not just 4. Although after RDO and Ping, that 4 spot was really weak before promising talents like Carl, Balti, Malonzo (a 3/4), and Mason came along.
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Nah, JB is actually a legit 6'5 w/o shoes. Notice that JB is taller than most 6'6 PBA guys?
 
this finals will be like a preview of how will Brownlee plays for Gilas in the upcoming window and other tournaments as he will face international size wing players , in the first match against Bay Area he dominated the game now it's a series and the other team has more time to scout and adjust, it's a series that really excite most fans as it will not just be a regular finals between 2 traditional pba teams
 
JOI2dWorld said:
this finals will be like a preview of how will Brownlee plays for Gilas in the upcoming window and other tournaments as he will face international size wing players , in the first match against Bay Area he dominated the game now it's a series and the other team has more time to scout and adjust, it's a series that really excite most fans as it will not just be a regular finals between 2 traditional pba teams
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Agree.

Brownlee would be matched against that 6-foot-8 Chinese "stretch-4" named Zhu & those Chinese small forwards which have the height & length that would simulate those Lebanese & Jordanians forwards that Brownlee will face in the 6th window.

Well, not only Brownlee but Jamie Malonzo as well. Malonzo has yet to exhibit good offensive firepower in Gilas the way he has showed in the PBA. We know he can play better than the way he had showed with Gilas in the 4th & 5th windows. I have a feeling Malonzo will come out of his shell in the 6th window.
 
is Malonzo our best defensive small ball four ? (based on PBA performance ) ?

if so it kind of projects Gilas main 5 as ( not necessarily starters)

Thompson
Clarkson
Dwight
Malonzo
Kai
 
DAdmiral said:
is Malonzo our best defensive small ball four ? (based on PBA performance ) ?

if so it kind of projects Gilas main 5 as ( not necessarily starters)

Thompson
Clarkson
Dwight
Malonzo
Kai
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From the games that I saw, Kai plays well with a 'big" 4 player. Playing him with Malonzo might make us weak in rebounding and in the paint.
 
DAdmiral said:
So Japeth ?
So big man rotation, Kai, Jap, Malonzo, Tamayo?
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Also iirc.

U said in the past that Gilas Bigs are one of the weakness in scouting report of Previous Iteration 2014-2017ish Gilas.

You said they were soft and lack motor right except for Ping? (So, Japeth, Junmar, etc)

Does that same negative scouting report will be applied now with Kai, (AJ or Ange), Older Japeth,
Older Junmar, Tamayo, Balatzar, and Malonzo???
 
Aj is super question mark ? (Not even playing right now)

Ange is not happening with Clarkson

So where is this tough rebounding presence ?
 
sroth3839 said:
Scottie lolz
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Actually rebounding has to be by committee
Scottie, Dwight, Clarkson and Malonzo have to compensate for our lack of rebounding presence from our bigs , that's the way it has to be (no choice really)
 
DAdmiral said:
Actually rebounding has to be by committee
Scottie, Dwight, Clarkson and Malonzo have to compensate for our lack of rebounding presence from our bigs , that's the way it has to be (no choice really)
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I see.

Are you implying that Kai, Japeth, Junmar are not strong/tough rebounding presence?

Well, yeah. Team rebounding is the key. We can't just rely on our Bigs on Reb department.

Same way, We should be also balanced in scoring attack. Bigs and Guards.
 
Yes for bigs at World level both Kai and Junmar are not only poor rebounders due to lack of activity but poor PNR defenders

100 % a healthy AJ and Kouame are the opposite (just to be honest)
BtW sentiment reasons aside , should Junmar still be included in 2023 ?
 
DAdmiral said:
Actually rebounding has to be by committee
Scottie, Dwight, Clarkson and Malonzo have to compensate for our lack of rebounding presence from our bigs , that's the way it has to be (no choice really)
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They employed this strategy against Jordan and KSA last window and it worked. We led in rebounds in both games. Same for the window prior against Lebanon and KSA.
 
DAdmiral said:
Yes for bigs at World level both Kai and Junmar are not only poor rebounders due to lack of activity but poor PNR defenders

100 % a healthy AJ and Kouame are the opposite (just to be honest)
BtW sentiment reasons aside , should Junmar still be included in 2023 ?
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I will pick Japeth over Junmar. But I am no problem on either.

I think they both will make the team alongside Kai.

Since AJ is questionable and Ange is ineligible as u said.

So, I am actually expecting

Kai, Japeth, Junmar, and Not 100% AJ As bigs.

With Kai and Japeth having the most mins at Center. And maybe Junmar and AJ spot mins.

Kai and Japeth can play 4 in some mins too.

Then Combo Forwards like Tamayo , Malonzo, and Baltazar maybe.
 
mathematicianrcg said:
I will pick Japeth over Junmar. But I am no problem on either.

I think they both will make the team alongside Kai.

Since AJ is questionable and Ange is ineligible as u said.

So, I am actually expecting

Kai, Japeth, Junmar, and Not 100% AJ As bigs.

With Kai and Japeth having the most mins at Center. And maybe Junmar and AJ spot mins.

Kai and Japeth can play 4 in some mins too.

Then Combo Forwards like Tamayo , Malonzo, and Baltazar maybe.
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We literally don't have any choice. Looks like Kai would do the heavy lifting. IMO he plays best when he isn't forced to log heavy minutes and preserve his fouls/stamina. Going to be hard to do now especially with JC who's a poor defender playing instead of a NP big.
 
It was actually a real thing , when Clarkson tweeted he would play Power forward (in the window). Yes we actually have to resort to some of our wings Dwight, Clarkson playing some 4 . (I'm serious).
This is really are state or lack of legit mobile forwards
 
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