Come to think of it, a lot of our lineups then were actually big. We had a center like Douthit, Blatche, June Mar and a four like Ping, RDO, Troy, and even Japeth. Small in terms of being undersized (especially at the 3 when Pogoy, Abueva, and Thirdy played there), yes, but not really small in the sense that we played small ball. In my opinion, the basis of small ball is the skillsets of the players in the 4 and 5 spots. A wing or a four playing 5 (Draymond Green, Chris Bosh, Amar'e Stoudemire, AD), a wing playing the 4 spot (KD, Shane Battier, Shawn Marion), or both.
And like mathematician said, we didn't have the tools for small ball until recently. We just recently got small ball fours in Navarro, Malonzo, JB, and even Dwight (thankfully he's just a 2/3 now under Cone). Heck, Carl and AJ can be small ball fives (Carl has to improve his defense, though). Before then, I think 6'2" Abueva was our only small ball four.
I’d like to see a small ball 5 of:
Bennie
Tamayo
KQ
Dwight
Newsome
This is true small ball. Not the midget ball of Chot.
Come to think of it, a lot of our lineups then were actually big. We had a center like Douthit, Blatche, June Mar and a four like Ping, RDO, Troy, and even Japeth. Small in terms of being undersized (especially at the 3 when Pogoy, Abueva, and Thirdy played there), yes, but not really small in the sense that we played small ball. In my opinion, the basis of small ball is the skillsets of the players in the 4 and 5 spots. A wing or a four playing 5 (Draymond Green, Chris Bosh, Amar'e Stoudemire, AD), a wing playing the 4 spot (KD, Shane Battier, Shawn Marion), or both.
And like mathematician said, we didn't have the tools for small ball until recently. We just recently got small ball fours in Navarro, Malonzo, JB, and even Dwight (thankfully he's just a 2/3 now under Cone). Heck, Carl and AJ can be small ball fives (Carl has to improve his defense, though). Before then, I think 6'2" Abueva was our only small ball four.
I'd argue Blatche is a small-ball 5, with his ballhandling, outside shooting, and preference on playing from the outside in. IMO, if Blatche played in the 90's he'll strictly play at the 4 spot.
Hoops Highlights reviewed 2024 for Gilas.
He mentioned defense, ball movement, and playing together as the pillars for this Gilas near the end of the video. Hope that becomes part of our team identity moving forward, especially defense.
Arent you concern once boatwright becomes NP and QMB as local, tamayo and Kquiam wont get expose and wont get PT..
Hoops Highlights reviewed 2024 for Gilas.
He mentioned defense, ball movement, and playing together as the pillars for this Gilas near the end of the video. Hope that becomes part of our team identity moving forward, especially defense.
Arent you concern once boatwright becomes NP and QMB as local, tamayo and Kquiam wont get expose and wont get PT..
If that would make the team better/stronger, then I don't mind about it?
Arent you concern once boatwright becomes NP and QMB as local, tamayo and Kquiam wont get expose and wont get PT..
Really nice to see Gilas top the asia cup qualifiers on assists, a nice change of pace from the 1 on 1 dribble drive of past Gilas
Really nice to see Gilas top the asia cup qualifiers on assists, a nice change of pace from the 1 on 1 dribble drive of past Gilas
Dribble Drive doesn’t have to be 1-on-1.
The issue with Chot’s DDO is it didn’t have the right players to run it effectively.
The short prep time also meant chemistry cannot be established so players don’t know how and where to move on the court off the ball.
DDO under Chot was more like ISO ball with dribble penetration as the first offensive option.
A well executed DDO is like that of NZ, Italy, and DR.
Frontcourt is already loaded. It doesnt need to natiralize a player like boatwright. They should get harper jr. Or ellis instead
I agree that Gilas has a deep pool of big men with Sotto, Edu, QMB, Amos, Baltazar and Phillips. But of course availability (injuries) and eligibility (Phillips and QMB) are major concerns. But I do agree that the next naturalized players should be more like in the mold of Brownlee who can create multiple scoring opportunities and be versatile enough to play multiple positions.
I agree that Gilas has a deep pool of big men with Sotto, Edu, QMB, Amos, Baltazar and Phillips. But of course availability (injuries) and eligibility (Phillips and QMB) are major concerns. But I do agree that the next naturalized players should be more like in the mold of Brownlee who can create multiple scoring opportunities and be versatile enough to play multiple positions.
Frontcourt is already loaded. It doesnt need to natiralize a player like boatwright. They should get harper jr. Or ellis instead
Thats fair, it really is a talent reliant play style