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Silent Killer2
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If I remember correctly Bolick wasn't really happy being in NP and was just signing 1 year contracts. They only invited him AFTER he signed those contracts with NP. So free agent and under MVP Berto= no invite. Under contract with SMC= Gilas invite
doesn’t want to be traded i believe to SMC teams..
abando? remember he was a letranite under the former backer smc? SMC has probably have plans on abando for the pba but eventually KBL said annyeonghaseyo on abando
heading? remember he was a special draftee by terrafirma? or other team? but eventually played in taiwan. got his clearance in US.. that’s probably why navarro got sampled by PBA
-just look how petty pba and sbp can be
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IPC2
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doesn’t want to be traded i believe to SMC teams..
abando? remember he was a letranite under the former backer smc? SMC has probably have plans on abando for the pba but eventually KBL said annyeonghaseyo on abando
heading? remember he was a special draftee by terrafirma? or other team? but eventually played in taiwan. got his clearance in US.. that’s probably why navarro got sampled by PBA
-just look how petty pba and sbp can be
Navarro got released by SBP only after Samsung, the team that he signed with, got Christian David as their Asian import.
That was in incredibly bad faith.
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IPC2
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Coach Tim said like (not the exact words) "I think Al Francis Chua played a big part on the selection of players"
Now we know why guys like Robert Bolick & Justin Baltazar was never considered in the Gilas team/pool & it looks like they will never be considered for as long as SMC people are in charge of the national team. I think if its only up to coach Tim, he most likely wud have named Bolick for the pool right from the onset. How can one ignore or pass up on Philippine basketball's best point guard at present?
If I remember correctly Bolick wasn't really happy being in NP and was just signing 1 year contracts. They only invited him AFTER he signed those contracts with NP. So free agent and under MVP Berto= no invite. Under contract with SMC= Gilas invite
Thing is, the only SMC players (farm teams included) outside the pool that make sense are Marcio, Mav, Javi, Navarro, and Carino. Thing with Marcio and Mav is, they're 37 and 32 respectively, although Marcio can still shoot. Navarro and Carino are good defenders at their positions.
I included Javi and excluded Arvin because although both are defensive liabilities, Javi doesn't need a lot of shots to be effective. Just needs to catch and shoot.
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Metta2
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Thing is, the only SMC players (farm teams included) outside the pool that make sense are Marcio, Mav, Javi, Navarro, and Carino. Thing with Marcio and Mav is, they're 37 and 32 respectively, although Marcio can still shoot. Navarro and Carino are good defenders at their positions.
I included Javi and excluded Arvin because although both are defensive liabilities, Javi doesn't need a lot of shots to be effective. Just needs to catch and shoot.
Being someone over 40 who still plays once in a while...at some point in your late-30s, you can be continuously be as good as you were in your 20s. Then all of a sudden (can be in a span of a month) you suddenly become old. It usually starts with an injury. The decline is almost always never slow but sudden like falling off a cliff.
Guys who are good in their late 30s, can become really bad in less than a year.
We cannot have a team with multiple late-30s guys if 2027-2028 is the ultimate goal.
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sroth38392
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Being someone over 40 who still plays once in a while...at some point in your late-30s, you can be continuously be as good as you were in your 20s. Then all of a sudden (can be in a span of a month) you suddenly become old. It usually starts with an injury. The decline is almost always never slow but sudden like falling off a cliff.
Guys who are good in their late 30s, can become really bad in less than a year.
We cannot have a team with multiple late-30s guys if 2027-2028 is the ultimate goal.
Pablo Prigioni and Luis Scola were still serviceable past 35.
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Metta2
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Pablo Prigioni and Luis Scola were still serviceable past 35.
I said an abrupt (not gradual) break down happens during late 30s. And up to that point, you can play at a high level...then suddenly become trash in less than a year.
Prigioni was retired by age 39 and Scola was playing in China by age 37.
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Metta2
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The reason I'm mentioning this is because players approaching their late 30s sometimes do not show any considerable decline. In fact some can even be still exceptional like Nash. But when Father Time catches up, it is sudden.
That's why having multiple players approaching 40 is like playing with fire.
That's why having multiple players approaching 40 is like playing with fire.
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IPC2
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Being someone over 40 who still plays once in a while...at some point in your late-30s, you can be continuously be as good as you were in your 20s. Then all of a sudden (can be in a span of a month) you suddenly become old. It usually starts with an injury. The decline is almost always never slow but sudden like falling off a cliff.
Guys who are good in their late 30s, can become really bad in less than a year.
We cannot have a team with multiple late-30s guys if 2027-2028 is the ultimate goal.
The reason I'm mentioning this is because players approaching their late 30s sometimes do not show any considerable decline. In fact some can even be still exceptional like Nash. But when Father Time catches up, it is sudden.
That's why having multiple players approaching 40 is like playing with fire.
For new additions, it's probably best if we started with the players born 1997 and after, with only 1-3 players born before 1995 to serve as captain, like sir CoJ once said. Balance of experience, and not too old.
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Giannis34GOD2
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If I remember correctly Bolick wasn't really happy being in NP and was just signing 1 year contracts. They only invited him AFTER he signed those contracts with NP. So free agent and under MVP Berto= no invite. Under contract with SMC= Gilas invite
It's politics overall against Bolick... Poor guy... He should be there since he's a PBA guy...
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sroth38392
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Dwight led all scorers with 19.
I doubted PG Dwight before but now I think it could work out with CTC’s system.
I doubted PG Dwight before but now I think it could work out with CTC’s system.
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ARMIR2
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It's politics overall against Bolick... Poor guy... He should be there since he's a PBA guy...
Politics stays in Gilas its just a new face is reprsenting it.We won't see Blolick,Balti,Heading and Kouame in Gilas uniform again,heck the crowd favorite Abando might not see the light of day if he doesn't sign with an SMC team.
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paliganibossalfrancis2
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Pablo Prigioni and Luis Scola were still serviceable past 35.
yeah sure but they almost got beat by an unknown and hungry Gilas team led by chot reyes.
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paliganibossalfrancis2
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Politics stays in Gilas its just a new face is reprsenting it.We won't see Blolick,Balti,Heading and Kouame in Gilas uniform again,heck the crowd favorite Abando might not see the light of day if he doesn't sign with an SMC team.
Balti's been playing in the MPBL, a second-tier semipro Filipino league for quite some time now. In Pinoy terms, papawis league for Balti's caliber. He doesn't belong in the same level as Bolick Heading and Kouame until he decides to prove himself against the cream of the crop.
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zairex2
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Politics stays in Gilas its just a new face is reprsenting it.We won't see Blolick,Balti,Heading and Kouame in Gilas uniform again,heck the crowd favorite Abando might not see the light of day if he doesn't sign with an SMC team.
Bolick is in MVP group, so chances are greater he can play for Gilas. Romeo when moved from TNT to SMC was supposed to play for us in Asian Games even if he was not in good terms with TNT when he left. Similarly with Koume
So Heading can still be part of Gilas, the question is does he want to and willing to play out his contract with Terra Firma like Holt's
Balti is clearly being advise by Pineda on his career choices
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BJ_Reloaded2
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basketball fans nowadays are more wiser and wittier compared to yesteryears.
whatever politics besetting Philippine basketball nowadays specifically why CTC and the rest of PBA/SBP/SMC/MVP group only (strictly?) select 12 players for the whole program up to the 2027 cycle considering injuries here and there are inevitable along the way for me, in my own personal opinion it's all about More Than Meets The Eye.
there's a lot of wheeling and dealing along the way behind curtains therefore we cannot blame those Grandpa if they think it's kindah difficult to strike a parley from the other outpost.
it is what it is, sadly those players we were hoping to included in some way are also a victim of these childish act IMH observation.
even in other NSA abroad they also had their own fair share of politics here and there.
indeed high profile professional sports are all high risk high reward.
whatever politics besetting Philippine basketball nowadays specifically why CTC and the rest of PBA/SBP/SMC/MVP group only (strictly?) select 12 players for the whole program up to the 2027 cycle considering injuries here and there are inevitable along the way for me, in my own personal opinion it's all about More Than Meets The Eye.
there's a lot of wheeling and dealing along the way behind curtains therefore we cannot blame those Grandpa if they think it's kindah difficult to strike a parley from the other outpost.
it is what it is, sadly those players we were hoping to included in some way are also a victim of these childish act IMH observation.
even in other NSA abroad they also had their own fair share of politics here and there.
indeed high profile professional sports are all high risk high reward.
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hmbopbaduwap2
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From wing to guard for Dwight
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba...y-scottie-a795-20240625?ref=home_featured_big
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba...y-scottie-a795-20240625?ref=home_featured_big
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JAMSKIE2
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U can see the significant difference between a Dwight Ramos & a Calvin Oftana in terms being offensive options. If Oftana has the ball, limited lang talaga what he can do with ball. Dwight on the other hand becoz he has better handles than Oftana, can do a lot of things with the ball. Nagkakatalo talaga sa dribbling. U can see there that si Oftana pang small forward lang talaga while Dwight can play both the 2 & 3 positions with ease & can even play point guard becoz of his playmaking skills. Worse, malas pa yung 3-pt shooting kahapon ni Oftana but I'm confident he will get his rhythm in the next games.
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IPC2
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Ateneo was definitely the low ceiling option. Remember Tab said Ateneo to NBA for Kai. No inbetweens. Do you really believe that? Ange, Tab's top prospect only ended in French D3 but Kai goes straight from Ateneo to NBA?
Also Kai and JMF together. Really bad idea vs better competition.
Yeah, that lineup will be picked apart by strong PnR offenses who spread the floor.
The only bigs who can reasonably pair with June Mar without compromising our defense as much are AJ and JB, and our defense is still compromised with a June Mar-JB pairing.
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JAMSKIE2
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With the non-inclussion of Justin Baltazar in the current Gilas team/pool & this despite the inavailability of 3 Gilas players becoz of injuries, does this vindicate Baltazar's claim that SBP & coach Chot never invited him for Gilas in the 2023 FIBA World Cup? There are two contrasting claims eh, Baltazar & his camp claimed he didn't get any invite, on the other hand SBP & coach Chot claimed they invited Balti but he ignored the invitation. Somebody must be lying.