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Mga kuwentong garapalan sa Guangzhou here at d Wilcab Hall at Big Dome... Lupit mo talaga "pogi!"
sir nardy are there no plans to back up douthit with another naturalized player? what if he gets injured before the qualifiers ...
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i saw taulava being interviewed in PBA.
he said that he knows all/a lot of people got disappointed at them..
hey gilas guys,if you happen to read this, we got disappointed yeah, but dont feel bad about it. we will never turn our backs on you guys!
stand up again and play like nothing happened.
there are no plans with regards to that from I know. The SBP and Gilas Management is more busy in other things in order to improve our chances at the Olympic Qualifyer.
Getting one Naturalized Player was already a difficult process for the SBP, it would be doubly difficult I think for them to get another.
To get one foreigner to become a naturalized filipino took as such a long time, then the legal process required also takes an additional more long time .... take note as of this time Marcus is still not a Filipino as up to this time PNoy has not signed the approved bill by the Senate and by the House into law.
Its just unfortunate that there not as many Foreigners would like to be Filipinos as to the number of Filipinos wanting to become Americans or another Nationality.
Whatever we can offer is just peanuts compared what the other countries can give. And its a fact that a big number of Filipinos would rather work or migrate abroad than stay in the Philippines if given a chance. And as I noted before an American giving-up his US Citizenship and all the benefits attach to it is just to much. That's why I really take my hat off to Douthit as he is really making a very big sacrifice.
are you sure abt this? i didn't see still, moore, engelland, et. al. lose their U.S. citizenships when they played as naturalized filipinos before. unless philippine laws have changed. any lawyers in the house?![]()
im sorry dude.i just cant accept the word minimal
he improved a lot in smart gilas.
but he is still a little slow.
yeah you are right with the cesafi stats.
but i dont just look at their stats.i try to see their game.but im not a genius to be right at all times.
but lets compare rabeh's stats with jerby's stats..even rabeh's mvp season is way below jerby cruz's statistical points..and we know who got potential and what's happening to them now.
ok that's your opinion.
i have mine.
lets just leave it like that.![]()
Originally Posted by pachador
one partial reason he looks slow is because he is huge. its like an optical illusion. a taller guy has longer strides while a short guy has short strides and therefore has to make more strides to outran the taller guy.
I don't think slaughter is slow.
but I doubt that he improves a lot, we can't really argue about this since slaughter is always guarding the bench so no one knows if he really improves or not, with the way toroman is using him hes more like the energy/impact player, hes very effective if hes playing but he always got limited minutes, I don't know any team in the world right now that has a 7 footer as an energy guy and its laughable that a giant from the land of the midget use its tallest player as an energy guy/mr. quality minutes.
ohh well as you said you have your opinion and i have mine, so we leave it like that......for the moment , I hope we can resume our debate/argument when finally junmar will join gilas under toroman, during that time we can compare notes who is better in cheering their midget teammates that toro loves and who is better in guarding the bench.![]()
are you sure abt this? i didn't see still, moore, engelland, et. al. lose their U.S. citizenships when they played as naturalized filipinos before. unless philippine laws have changed. any lawyers in the house?![]()
who should go and stay with the team?
by webuyube » Thu Nov 25, 2010
who should go and stay with the team?
1. Mark Barroca - a good defender but too many TOs in Asian games
2. Mac Baracael - performs well, then in the next game hes.(inconsistent)![]()
3. Dylan Ababou - a good shooter, probably perform better than lutz if given a chance to play
4. Japeth Aguilar - athletic 6,9 but injury prone, kulang sa angas
5. Jason Ballesteros - lack of playing minutes, a good SF but small for a PF, i cant feel his presence when he plays![]()
6. JV Casio - one of the most consistent players , good shooter, a court general
7. Greg Slaughter - needs more playing time to be evaluated, at 7'0 .hight is might.![]()
8. Aldrech Ramos - not given a chance to play, at 6'7 he could be a help for baracael.
9. Marcio Lassiter - probably the best member and the most consistent in gilas, has a good shooting touch
10. Asi Taulava - THE ROCK, i think was born to play internationally, he sucks in the pba but then hes a MoNster under the basket in Asian games
11.Kelly Williams - athletic 6'7,can help with the rebounds ,the best player of gilas if hes going to be a mainstay
12. Chris Tiu - the face of SMART-Gilas, a good leader and motivator..do all the dirty work for the teambut hes inconsistent also![]()
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13. Marcus Douhtit - 6'11 naturalized ex-nba guy
14. Sol Mercado - i expected much from him but dissapointed now, could make a difference if hes not injured
15. Chris Lutz - a great defender but i think this guy is too shy offensively
To get one foreigner to become a naturalized filipino took as such a long time, then the legal process required also takes an additional more long time .... take note as of this time Marcus is still not a Filipino as up to this time PNoy has not signed the approved bill by the Senate and by the House into law.
Sir Nardy I have a question.
When did the Senate pass the naturalization bill of Doughtit? Because, if I can remember it right, there are three ways for a bill to be approved by the president.
1.) President signs it.
2.) President vetoes it but it is overriden by the Congress votes.
3.) Lack of action from the President within 30 days after he has received the same.
So the 30 days rule might be already in effect? Just asking.![]()
“We will not have too much adjustment. Our biggest adjustment is Marcus Douthit,” said Toroman, referring to the six-foot-10 American. “He will change everything.”
“We will sit down with coach Rajko [Toroman] and the rest of the coaching staff to know the things that need improvement and what our chances are for the coming Olympic qualifier,” he added.
“Ayoko mawalan ng pag-asa but after seeing the competition in Guangzhou, we need to do a better job to improve our chance for the
London Olympics,” said Pangilinan.
This might make it into law. What is sure is if P-noy does not sign this in 30 days after receiving it, Douthit is already a Filipino by January 1 next year by default.
Philippines: The Smart Gilas Program
First of all, we need to be reminded on why the Smart Gilas program was established in the first place. Essentially, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was starting to get tired of lending its players to the National Team, and not getting consistent, good results (i.e., medal standing finishes). The Samahang Basketbolista ng Pilipinas or SBP therefore offered an alternative, and it is the Smart Gilas program.
The program aims to form a national team mainly of players outside of the PBA, and keep it for a relatively long time. It will have good funding, good training programs, good exposure in international competitions, and have the best available coaches possible.
The pool of Smart Gilas players ended up composed mostly of the best players from local colleges, and so called Fil-Foreigners (players with mixed foreign and Filipino blood) from schools abroad. Some of these Fil-Foreigners have excellent credentials, coming from US NCAA Division 1 schools.
In terms of execution, I think the program has done very well so far. It has been able to get most of the best college players in the country, and has been able to discover Fil-Foreign talent as well. It has been able to expose these players in various international competitions all over the world. It has the best coaches available to it, and funding (or money) is almost never a problem.
‘Retrogression’
In hindsight, though, it would seem to me that the progam is in fact, a RETROGRESSION for the Philippines. This program reminds me of the USA’s policy before of sending its best college players to compete in major international tournaments. It worked for awhile, but when the world started to catch up to the US in basketball starting around the 1990s, it ended up being a disaster, in that the US National Team was being beaten by other countries, shutting it out of the medal race.
Nowadays, the US’ National Basketball Association (NBA) is allowing its best players to play in major international tournaments, as long as the player is willing to play. And here we are, generally keeping our pros from playing in international competitions, and getting college players instead.
‘Experience, and Survival of the Fittest’
The US College Players failed for a number of reasons, first of which was the fact that they were boys playing against men. You had players in their late teens and early twenties playing against players who were in their mid twenties to early thirties, or players who easily have a five or ten year advantage in terms of experience.
Another, more important factor, is the fact that the colleger players were not the best in the country. They were the best in college, but not in the whole country. They therefore were not sorted out from a selection of the best the country can offer.
Its the same with Smart Gilas: JV Casio and Chris Tiu were the best in college in recent years. However, compare them against the likes of Jimmy Alapag, or James Yap, who are the best in the country, and personally I would say there is a gap between the individual talent of Casio/Tiu and Alapag/Yap.
Casio and Tiu are great players, but it is still a big question if they can approximate Alapag and Yap in the PBA consistently, if they had played in the PBA.
The selection process, is “Survival of the fittest … among college players”, but not the survival of the fittest among the best in the country.
‘Hard Choices’
The Philippines basically in a bind right now: Sending the best players in the country is no guarantee of a shot at the medal race, as was the case with PBA All-Star teams in 2007 and 2009.
However, sending anything less, like the Smart Gilas, risks of ending up with much worst.
The availability of an “import”, or naturalized player in the person of Douthit will improve the chances of Gilas. However, Douthit is only one player, and he can be contained, or get into foul trouble. In the end, basketball is pretty much a team sport, needing team effort to win tournaments, not just games.
Team cohesion is important, but so is talent. One cannot hope to win tournaments based on either qualities alone: It has to have both talent, and cohesion.
A long term Gilas program will likely have cohesion, but not talent. A PBA All-Star team will have the talent, but not the cohesion. Ideally, the best program we could produce right now, would be to keep the core of the 2009 National Team for a long time, plus Douthit. And by the “core”, that means including the Coach.
‘Parting Shot’
I think the PBA was hoping to wash its hands clean of the National Team by leaving it all to the Smart Gilas program. It saves them from spending a lot of money; From the embarassment of being out of the medal race; And from the inconvenience of losing its best players during PBA games, and possibly losing them from injuries also.
Currently, there are really no other viable alternative progams out there. Personally, I am not optimistic of the team’s chances in the future, even with an import around. However, it is the only worthwhile program out there, outside of the PBA. And therefore deserving of our support.
There has been some talk lately by some PBA personalities about again allowing its players to play in major international tournaments. I hope it is all not just talk, and that action will follow allowing an all-star PBA team, with Douthit, and a long term coach to go through a long-term basketball program.