Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. V

[NOiNU2]

ditto was last game..and again.. almost all scored and brownlee in sleep walk mode...

Dweet is confident playing 3.. does it mean clarkson will play 4 if cj or parks is playing? hehehe

Possible but highly unlikely. If at all, Dwight will be the 4 and not Clarkson. Clarkson simply plays his natural position which is the pg/sg. maybe in spurts, but it’d be a waste if we don’t utilize Aj at the 4. Dude can contain the perimeter and is adept in hedging and blitzing. Too bad he’s nursing a mild ankle sprain.

 

[reamily2]

brownlee isnt even trying on this tuneups.. even at 35.. brownlee spurth is sure 10 points on one stretch

 

[reamily2]

Possible but highly unlikely. If at all, Dwight will be the 4 and not Clarkson. Clarkson simply plays his natural position which is the pg/sg. maybe in spurts, but it’d be a waste if we don’t utilize Aj at the 4. Dude can contain the perimeter and is adept in hedging and blitzing. Too bad he’s nursing a mild ankle sprain.

I see dweet and ray(if zeibnab permits) go 3 and 4 (ilalim) haha and clarkson being ibabaw on defense

 

[JAMSKIE2]

If only Chris Newsome is about 3 to 4 years younger, he would be a good Gilas prospect for the post-2023 World Cup.

 

[JAMSKIE2]

Scottie played today, but mostly focused on guarding the perimeter guys of finland, also dished out good passes to junemar in that last few parts of the third quarter, i hope the perimeter defense will improve in the remaining training days

I think Thompson is the type of point guard who wants to feed the bigs. He also had good passes to Kai in the 4th window.

Thompson is the type of point guard U would want for Kai to play with in order to maximize Kai's potential. Thompson is the type of player who will always find Kai in its best scoring position near the basket. Yung iba kasing teammates ni Kai sa Hiroshima Dragonflies, especially the imports, couldn't locate Kai while he's in a good scoring position near the basket. Mga buaya kasi yung ibang imports ng Hiroshima.

 

[IPC2]

Our defense is collapse on paint and scramble in perimeter. Switch on non shooters or go under and fight s creen for shooter of opponents.

Concept is nice, but what I saw from 2017 to 2019 was, there was no effort in closing out on shooters, or no rotations at all. When we collapse, we have to be able to rotate or at least pre-rotate to shooters, like Tab's young Gilas.

These past windows, though, I'm seeing more effort in closing out. Credit to the staff. I just hope we retain that effort.

 

[Rds2]

Without JB, PF will be our weakness. Dwight is our one and only decent SF. Turning him to PF will force JC to SF, making the team shorter. So I think getting a PF should be Chots priority when they come back. From PBA it could be Tratter. B league, Carl or Adams. And there’s Balti.

 

[DAdmiral2]

Interesting how Thompson has transformed to a real lead guard, can really see the benefits of athleticism as a PG, he's not mismatched vs other FIBA guards

I think Newsome lacks handles , shooting and passing for a PG, he's forced to pick up his dribble when preasured

 

[IPC2]

Without JB, PF will be our weakness. Dwight is our one and only decent SF. Turning him to PF will force JC to SF, making the team shorter. So I think getting a PF should be Chots priority when they come back. From PBA it could be Tratter. B league, Carl or Adams. And there’s Balti.

Tratter's been the subject of criticism from fans lately, though. He hasn't exactly been a positive to Converge according to them.

 

[JOI2dWorld2]

is perkins too small for fiba competitions? i know he is not eligible but he can have a good case for exemption, imagine a prime Williams. Washington and Devance in today's basketball landscape the alaska Joe Devance is the best version of himself

 

[JAMSKIE2]

is perkins too small for fiba competitions? i know he is not eligible but he can have a good case for exemption, imagine a prime Williams. Washington and Devance in today's basketball landscape the alaska Joe Devance is the best version of himself

Perkins at best is around 6-foot-4 so he's undersized as a 4. Maybe in the Asian level he would be good enough.

 

[Rds2]

Tratter's been the subject of criticism from fans lately, though. He hasn't exactly been a positive to Converge according to them.

Oh. That shortens the list. But honestly Chot is just making excuses of not adding to the pool because no time to get a visa. If he was really serious in shoring up the PF spot in the pool he would have done it earlier. Brownlee is making us look good at PF right now. But when he's gone we will have a giant donut at PF. He will force centers like Japeth, Edu and Poy to play PF. A role they havent played for years.

Hasn't Chot seen enough when he paired Kai and Japeth? This Euro tuneup will partially go down the toilet if we don't identify our starting PF. Tune up with JB getting majority of PF minutes when we're targeting JC is stupid. Unless, they are considering not getting JC.

 

[zairex2]

Interesting how Thompson has transformed to a real lead guard, can really see the benefits of athleticism as a PG, he's not mismatched vs other FIBA guards

I think Newsome lacks handles , shooting and passing for a PG, he's forced to pick up his dribble when preasured

BecauseThompson was during his college years. How do you think he gets 3 double in college like Jalojon.

 

[JAMSKIE2]

BecauseThompson was during his college years. How do you think he gets 3 double in college like Jalojon.

What D'Admiral was implying is that, he's impressed with Thompson's transformation from a natural 2-guard into a legit lead point guard. I think Thompson played as a wingman for most of his basketball career. It is with Ginebra where he started playing point guard or combo guard.

As for Newsome, yeah, he's no point guard & his handles is a questionmark for a point guard, though his passing is for me impressive. Newsome simply lacks the reps playing point guard.

BTW, to D'Admiral: What's your take on CJ Perez playing as a point guard or combo guard for Gilas?

 

[Yessuh292]

What D'Admiral was implying is that, he's impressed with Thompson's transformation from a natural 2-guard into a legit lead point guard. I think Thompson played as a wingman for most of his basketball career. It is with Ginebra where he started playing point guard or combo guard.

As for Newsome, yeah, he's no point guard & his handles is a questionmark for a point guard, though his passing is for me impressive. Newsome simply lacks the reps playing point guard.

BTW, to D'Admiral: What's your take on CJ Perez playing as a point guard or combo guard for Gilas?

Nah, Scottie was never a natural 2 guard bro. Scottie was used as a combo guard or even the PG in college while in BGSM he plays like an all around perimeter guy, 2 guard is the farthest thing Scottie played since his weakness is his shooting.

 

[C2Hamm2]

pretty sure Altas' offense revolved around Scottie creating for the team. dont know what his position is on paper but on the court he definitely is the PG\playmaker.

 

[DAdmiral2]

BTW, to D'Admiral: What's your take on CJ Perez playing as a point guard or combo guard for Gilas?

for philippine context ok, but for FIBA nope, lacks skills particularly passing and shooting, ( he's an example of everyone wanting to be a scorer like michael jordan). that's why for me the guard rotation for the Phillipones should be 90 % just Thompson, Clarkson and heading. change minutes na lang yung iba

 

[Metta2]

The problem with players relying on athleticism is when they go against guys just as athletic or more. Things they can do offensively will be limited.

 

[zairex2]

Watch Thompson college highlights, he facilitates the offense most of the time. He is so inconsistent in his shooting that he can't be 2 guard at that time.

 

[reamily2]

Cj is stronger and can defend than heading while heading can ligt up score on the ten percent playing time youre giving.. but he doesnt reay need to stay long so that opppsi g team cannot expose his defense..