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UAAP Season 88

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paolylo said:
Arejola was one of my high school hoop heros (played in the post-Perry Ronquillo and pre-Juno Sauler days of Zobel hoops so his coach was Elmer Reyes who wasn't and X's and O's guy and just wanted to push the ball quicker than the defense could set up). Just seeing him get on the 2001 DLSU roster after 4 years on Team B was like Rudy Ruettiger for Notre Dame. The guy willed his way to being relevant enough in basketball to have a career out of it as if that's the only thing he knew what to do despite the fact that there were definitely way more talented PG's in his era who are literally driving taxis in the province now... because they never went to a La Salle or an Ateneo.

Some of you might be too young to remember or even unaware of an oddly identical incident 10 years ago in Cebu, football match between Ateneo de Cebu and a provincial high school team from Alcoy town. Alcoy player slide tackles an Ateneo de Cebu player from behind (a risky move that merits a red card if tackle doesn't even touch the ball or slighty touches another foot first), Ateneo player goes down, then some adult from the crowd invades the pitch and lays a beatdown on the Alcoy player, then other adults got involved either trying to stop the fight or join in, it looked ugly on still photos but it looked even uglier on Cebu's social media: you got the burgis and predominantly Chinoy side actually condoning the guy (who later identified as a Tito, not a dad of the player) with the "I would do anything to protect my son" argument followed by the more-ridiculous "Would you take a kick from a 5'7 minor in cleats?" argument against every online troll imaginable that could speak Bisaya. As a then-resident of Cebu those days, I thought it was fckng hilarious... just like how I saw this one.

I don't feel any sort of emotional connection to Zobel anymore like I did when I went to college over two decades ago. Maybe it's because of the fact that I saw from the outside looking in how the school changed from being this bastion of well-roundedness and balance to that school where artistas and kids that play golf and now pickleball as a pastime go to. But yeah, it is what it is here.​
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You got it mixed up, Juno's much older and graduated HS in DLSZ 1990. Same year as Northport's Mikee Romero who also played for DLSZ . Other players around Arejola's time were Jason Webb, Luigi Trillo, DLSZ coach Boris Aldeguer his brother Dino and ADMU's Sison twins. The DLSZ era of Coach Uichico.

A lot of this is a result of Arejola's (deserved) fiery reputation. If you ever played in DLSZ alumni games, you'd know what I'm talking about.

Arejola being absolutely wrong, a parent joining an altercation to protect their children and a minor posing as much danger as an adult can all be true. What's amusing for me is when people make blanket black and white statements.
 
Metta said:
You got it mixed up, Juno's much older and graduated HS in DLSZ 1990. Same year as Northport's Mikee Romero who also played for DLSZ . Other players around Arejola's time were Jason Webb, Luigi Trillo, DLSZ coach Boris Aldeguer his brother Dino and ADMU's Sison twins. The DLSZ era of Coach Uichico.

A lot of this is a result of Arejola's (deserved) fiery reputation. If you ever played in DLSZ alumni games, you'd know what I'm talking about.

Arejola being absolutely wrong, a parent joining an altercation to protect their children and a minor posing as much danger as an adult can all be true. What's amusing for me is when people make blanket black and white statements.
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I think what he meant by the Juno reference is his period as coach of the Juniors team (not as a player).

Arejola is much younger than the players you mentioned. I think he was either batch 1997 or 1998 in Zobel. Jason Webb was 1991, Luigi Trillo was 1992, Sison Twins were batch 1993. Dino Aldeguer batch 1994 or 1995.

I don't think Jong Uichico was ever a coach for the Zobel basketball team.
 
looks like luis pablo will be joining SGA for the dubai cup. Is topex grooming him as mike's successor?
 
DrainBamager605 said:
looks like luis pablo will be joining SGA for the dubai cup. Is topex grooming him as mike's successor?
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Hmm probably just joining the training, also saw topex and a couple benilde players there too. Charles tiu said they wanted amos in the roster but dlsu apparently said no. Also tried to get qmb but was asking too much daw.
 
Sikatrix said:
With Gemao skipping a year who is the top prospect of this class? Diamante?
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Unless something 'magical' happens, diamante will only be 12th grade this year so he's ineligible for any collegiate team. His teammate manalili is the one graduating to college this year.
 
Feels like sga is indeed pulling out ue. Their wvt coach and 3 star players all moved to UP, another sga backed team in the uaap.
 
gospursgo said:
Unless something 'magical' happens, diamante will only be 12th grade this year so he's ineligible for any collegiate team. His teammate manalili is the one graduating to college this year.
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Is Manalili currently enrolled in any institution? Dunno how he can still study and play ligang labas all the time
 
gospursgo said:
Hmm probably just joining the training, also saw topex and a couple benilde players there too. Charles tiu said they wanted amos in the roster but dlsu apparently said no. Also tried to get qmb but was asking too much daw.
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Damn, QMB already with that asking-for-moon attitude? Won't work with Gilas that way.
 
Crustacean said:
I think what he meant by the Juno reference is his period as coach of the Juniors team (not as a player).

Arejola is much younger than the players you mentioned. I think he was either batch 1997 or 1998 in Zobel. Jason Webb was 1991, Luigi Trillo was 1992, Sison Twins were batch 1993. Dino Aldeguer batch 1994 or 1995.

I don't think Jong Uichico was ever a coach for the Zobel basketball team.
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Juno as coach makes sense. But no, Coach Uichico definitely was Zobel coach during the time of the guys I mentioned. This was also the time when strength, conditioning/athleticism training was first introduced to the Zobel basketball program (one of the first to do so in the country) courtesy of legendary football coach Hans Smit.

Dino A originally was 93 along with Luigi Trillo but ended up graduating HS several years later whom Arejola definitely overlapped with. Sison twins are 94.
 
QMB can ask for as much as he wants to be fair. Only in the philippines the player gets bashed for asking for more money.

In our culture we are more supportive of the billionaires compared to the us and eu when the team owners get bashed for not paying athletes more etc
 
Tuck said:
QMB can ask for as much as he wants to be fair. Only in the philippines the player gets bashed for asking for more money.

In our culture we are more supportive of the billionaires compared to the us and eu when the team owners get bashed for not paying athletes more etc
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Socialist vs Capitalist tendencies. Glorification of being humble/having just enough/poor (media a lot to be blamed). It's a way of conditioning people to be content and not revolt/ask for more.
 
Tuck said:
QMB can ask for as much as he wants to be fair. Only in the philippines the player gets bashed for asking for more money.

In our culture we are more supportive of the billionaires compared to the us and eu when the team owners get bashed for not paying athletes more etc
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I think I get it. Unlike most amateurs the Dubai tourney doesn't really do much for him. His Gilas eligibility is questionable so B league heritage import is not an option. He has a non-Filipino citizen parent, so KBL is out of the question. He at times carried his team to the UAAP championship, so the PBA no. 1 pick is already assured if he wants it. So basically the Dubai tourney should be financially profitable for him for it to be basically worth his time and the risk of injury
 
I don't really have a problem with him asking too much, I am just worried that it would be a concern if it will be about playing for the national team (if he is indeed eligible). Hell, I think he really deserves a bag in professional setup. But him or his agent doing it again when the time comes for playing in the national team would be a problem. It would be just that moon scenario from that player in the Asian games again. We can also include JC's scenario of asking money to play for the NT, but he has an incomparable caliber compare to QMB, who might just be a backup to Kai and AJ in Gilas.
 
Tuck said:
QMB can ask for as much as he wants to be fair. Only in the philippines the player gets bashed for asking for more money.

In our culture we are more supportive of the billionaires compared to the us and eu when the team owners get bashed for not paying athletes more etc
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I get it too and im all for players getting the bag as well. He can be considered generational talent when he enters the pba so he should fetch whatever he demands. Just makes me wonder now how much UP 'paid' for his one and done season.
 
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