24th FIBA-Asia Championship [Jul 28-Aug 5 Japan]

[keru2001]

it only shows that nothing is impossible!!!!!1

China team A without yaoming yijianlian wangzhizhi tangzhendong dufeng
zhufanyu liuwei 。these guys are really china nt player。

[kukoc7]

RP at #8/9, currently. See article below:

RP 5 only 60 percent of where it should be
By Joaquin Henson
Saturday, May 26, 2007

PBA commissioner Noli Eala said the other day the San Miguel Beer-Philippine team’s baptism of fire in the recent FIBA-Asia Champions Cup in Tehran was a wake-up call and a reminder that a lot of work remains to be done before transforming the national squad into a serious contender for an Olympic ticket.

Eala, who left yesterday morning with San Miguel Corp. assistant vice president Robert Non to join the Philippine team for the SEABA Championships in Rachaburi, rattled off a long laundry list of things to do in preparing for the Olympic qualifiers in Tokushima on July 28-Aug. 5.

At the moment, Eala said the Philippines is only 60 percent in terms of level of play to be competitive for a finals slot in the Tokushima joust.

“The good thing about playing in Tehran is now, we know where we are relative to the competition we expect from the Middle East countries and Kazakhstan in Tokushima,” said Eala. “Unfortunately, I think we’re about No. 8 in the standings behind China, Qatar, Korea, Chinese-Taipei, Iran, Syria and Kazakhstan, not necessarily in that order. And we can’t discount Lebanon. We’ve got two months to shape up.”

Eala said while the job seems daunting, it’s not a mission impossible. “I’m confident we can still get it done but it won’t be easy,” he added. “After the SEABA Championships, (coach) Chot (Reyes) will probably review the composition of the team.If there are any changes, they’ll be made before the team leaves for Belgrade to play five Serbian professional teams from June 12-20.”

Recent Manila visitor and FIBA referee Alan Richardson arranged the Belgrade series which will toughen the nationals even more for Tokushima.

Eala said an invitation to play in the Jones Cup in Taipei on July 2-9 is being considered as Korea and Japan are reportedly sending their national teams to compete. If the invitation is accepted, the Philippines will back out of a Qatar pocket tournament starting June 25 with Gulf State countries.

“We’ve gotten a taste of how the Middle East countries play in Tehran so it may be redundant to play in Qatar although we’re keeping the door open,” said Eala. “Chot is anxious to scout Korea and Japan. We’d like to play their national teams and the opportunity is in the Jones Cup.”

Eala said the PBA is close to finalizing a pocket tournament involving Iran, Syria and China’s team B in Manila on July 12-15. The Chinese first team, starring Yao Ming, will not compete in Tokushima and is booked to play in the Stankovic Cup in Beijing on July 28-Aug. 2 instead. China’s team B will represent the defending FIBA-Asia champion in Tokushima.

Additionally, the Philippines will play a series of games with Lebanon whose national team will set up a 10-day training camp here in July.

Eala said the quality of competition in Tehran was an eye-opener and could trigger a shake-up in the team roster. He mentioned the possibility of tapping James Yap, Yancy de Ocampo, Willie Miller, Kelly Williams, Jay Washington and Nic Belasco to beef up the pool.

“Against Syria, we were clobbered by their Brazilians,” said Eala. “Andre Barbosa, who’s a 6-8 point guard, was unstoppable. In the semifinals, he shot three triples in the first four plays and we hardly challenged him on the switch from a pick. He passes like Magic Johnson and dominates the game. Qatar’s Yaseem Ismael posted up our guys, teasing and mocking them as he did what he wanted. Our middle was always open because we weren’t quick enough to recover. On offense, we need our big men to develop a medium-range game. We need to be fitter, quicker to the ball and more daring than our opponents because we’re smaller.”

Eala said the importance of being in tip-top shape is exemplified in the way Manny Pacquiao trains like a Spartan for a fight. He hinted at tapping the services of a nutritionist after watching some of the players gorge on French fries and hamburgers and gulp down soft drinks without realizing the impact on their bodies during a game.

[anti_morales]

????? Their names all sound just the same. Joke

China team A without yaoming yijianlian wangzhizhi tangzhendong dufeng
zhufanyu liuwei 。these guys are really china nt player。

[anti_morales]

I would not force him to play if he does not want to. That is because you loose the essence of the sport. In Philippine NT there was this player who said he does not want to be injured in NT games because he might get serious injury and it might affect his livelihood w/c is professional basketball. So coach coach reyes did not pick him anymore. Anyone knows who that player is? just curious.

Well i guess he wont.he said once before he will be ready to join the NT 3 weeks before japan but we dont believe him...this guy would sell his family for 1000 dollars so it wont be big deal to him to abandon us.....he is in the US
right now playing with some profi team dont know whats it called!

[daniab]

shou sar minchen el new tv program??
2emtan lah yerja3ou yhetou
minchen fadi el khatib ya zalameh lyom ken el jeich tahet bayti w wallah ma fi minon w tripoli 3aycheh ma ka2enou fi chi
walla 3eb hek 3ezer
kamen 3ali ma la2a yetzawaj 2illa halla2 w wa2ta sar 3am yel3ab mnih w mnehtejou aktar el chi halla2
haram hal balad walla kel drabeh mnekela 2a2wa miel el tenyeh

The program on new tv is postponed for next week ( thursday on 10 pm).
And about El khatib i don't know but in case i understand him every day a bomb ,he scared about his wife but that don't mean to leave his country .
Anyway this is not surely we should wait, hope this news is just for talkin .

[WIZARD]

shou sar minchen el new tv program??
2emtan lah yerja3ou yhetou
minchen fadi el khatib ya zalameh lyom ken el jeich tahet bayti w wallah ma fi minon w tripoli 3aycheh ma ka2enou fi chi
walla 3eb hek 3ezer
kamen 3ali ma la2a yetzawaj 2illa halla2 w wa2ta sar 3am yel3ab mnih w mnehtejou aktar el chi halla2
haram hal balad walla kel drabeh mnekela 2a2wa miel el tenyeh

maybe there r some other reasons for Fadi?! who knows??...but iam saying again if he is scared about his wife and child he can bring them to jordan for few weeks, aint big deal!!!but frankly i dont blame Fadi i do blame tannus for his bad leadership of the FLBB this guy have no idea about BBall and to this moment for some personal reasons he wanna distroy the Game in lebanon
he should call gashan sarkis to take charge and to put all their problems at side cuz there is no time for childish games...i really cant get it FLBB is ranked as A federation and till now there is no coach!!! again i say even if fadi doesnt want to play the teamwork and playing with a good system can fix this problem..i mean what if fadi got injured..i think its a big mistake to depend on 1 player to make a dream come true!!! in the last WC..the best scorer of the greek team averaged like 11 pts only which means its not about scoring only..

[pachador]

the problems you are having with lebanese basketball reminds me of the problems we had with philippine basketball, our leaders quarelling, bad leaders ,players refusing to play. this happened in the philippines since the 1970s and its only this year that the basketball leadership became united in the philippines. Good luck to lebanon.

no man khatib is making an excuse cuz he doesnt think leb can win without beshara and ali mahmoud and leb NT have no coach and have not yet begun to prepare...........in WBC last year the country was under war and he went to Japan.....here the bombings are much less dangerous and happening maybe twice a week , not everyday like during the WBC and no1 is dying , a few r being injured and thats abt it....so i think these r all excuses from khatib........

[karim]

Sarkis should take charge..he is a dirty man but he is also a genius...remember he took Lebanon team B all the way to the semis in 2003 and lost to south korea by 1pt.......and he also won riyadi with champville last year.....and we,re desperate right now ..........

[TechSupport]

I would not force him to play if he does not want to. That is because you loose the essence of the sport. In Philippine NT there was this player who said he does not want to be injured in NT games because he might get serious injury and it might affect his livelihood w/c is professional basketball. So coach coach reyes did not pick him anymore. Anyone knows who that player is? just curious.

Danny I. and The Spark. Im not sure though.

[SkyWalker]

Sarkis should take charge..he is a dirty man but he is also a genius...remember he took Lebanon team B all the way to the semis in 2003 and lost to south korea by 1pt.......and he also won riyadi with champville last year.....and we,re desperate right now ..........

Karim, Lebanon will hold their 10-day training camp here in the Phils. And damn man, Ill be the no.1 Filipino-Lebanese fan in the country. I'll welcome them with both hands + pics + videos + autographs from Fadi! im so excited.. hehe.

[SkyWalker]

Eala said the importance of being in tip-top shape is exemplified in the way Manny Pacquiao trains like a Spartan for a fight. He hinted at tapping the services of a nutritionist after watching some of the players gorge on French fries and hamburgers and gulp down soft drinks without realizing the impact on their bodies during a game.

i agree with mr.eala. a lot of top NBA, NCAA, EURO teams have their own nutrionist and dietician. i agree with him 100%!

[Grr_tiger]

Sarkis should take charge..he is a dirty man but he is also a genius...remember he took Lebanon team B all the way to the semis in 2003 and lost to south korea by 1pt.......and he also won riyadi with champville last year.....and we,re desperate right now ..........

looking forward to seeing your Lebanese NT here in the Philippines again. as SkyWalker has mentioned, the PBA commissioner said they will set up a 10-day training camp here in July.


by the way, there will be a pocket tournament in Manila involving the national teams from Iran, Syria and China on July 12-15.

[daniab]

looking forward to seeing your Lebanese NT here in the Philippines again. as SkyWalker has mentioned, the PBA commissioner said they will set up a 10-day training camp here in July.


by the way, there will be a pocket tournament in Manila involving the national teams from Iran, Syria and China on July 12-15.

oh lebanon will not participate in Manila tournament ??

[Grr_tiger]

oh lebanon will not participate in Manila tournament ??

i don't think so.

but don't worry, while they're here they will have exhibition games against our NT and probably some PBA teams.

[vladski]

Danny I. and The Spark. Im not sure though.

It was MArlou Aquino.. that coward!!!