TrueBluePinoy2
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1 reliable SF, 1 Naturalized player, and 1 Pure shooter is all that Gilas needs IMO. But having a few quality players hanging around ain't such a bad idea.
realy but it ws u man talking about gilas having a lot of fil foreigners look un appealing ryt???and y the heck ur talking this "for ur edification, seeing the forest but not appreciating the trees means let us stop this fil-for vs homegrown thing as what really matters and what should be appreciated are what the players can do and can bring to the team",this what i mean,,(",) i dont mind if we had a lot of fil foriegners on gilas as long as they're willing and deserving to play for the flag
Can I make a suggestion? Fil foreign or pure breed players, let us just make a conscious effort not to categories them differently because they should all be considered pinoy by law and through heritage of a valid bloodline, albeit diluted. Let us stop this mentality regarding pure breed and all. After all, most pinoys descended through the Malaysian or Indonesian race in the past and have even assimilitated a lot of other racial attributes as well in modern times. Let us stop this fantasy of believing of having a pure breed national team unless one day we hear someone lobbying for the aetas and the mangyans to also exclusively represent our country by virtue of them having roots on our islands for over a thousand years now.
IBN forumers should be educated and mature enough to accept the we are now living in a global stage and should always look outward an not inward for talents in sports and other areas. My personal opinion is that we are even lucky and fortunate enough to have these talents available at our calling. Not many countries in Asia can say that they have the luxury of forming a team that has superior athletic gene pools such as the Philippines.
We are playing for one flag and country at the end of the day, so let us just stop all this bickering about Fil fors and Pure breed players and let us consider them Pinoys from now on and move on to forming the strongest team possible to achieve our dream in qualifying for an olympic spot, after all isn't this what SMART Gilas is all about ?? Mabuhay ang Pilipinas . . !!!
Unappealing?gusto mo lng ata appealing tingnan ung team?papogi lng ata alam mo ahahaoh come on,,even other countries has been doing this,,
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The question remains... who the hell are MJ and WL?![]()
WL is for Wes Libuit, i don't know about MJ, i guess it's Michael Williams of University of San Francisco. . . But there's more to that, 4 star player with initials CO, great athlete 1/4 Filipino unsure if qualified to play. . .
Mark Jefferies has signed letter of intent for William Penn University.
I don't see him in the William Penn lineup. Maybe he isn't enrolled there yet.
I don't see him in the William Penn lineup. Maybe he isn't enrolled there yet.
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i think JD is going elsewhere..![]()
We already have Greg Slaughter.
He's really good now, and improving further.
We just need a good 5-guy to give Greg a hand.