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

[demonyito]

i know, he's even the major sponsor in one the richest horse racing events in australia carrying the name San Miguel, an $8 million race a day

i just wonder why we cant get a decent(yeah a decent one, someone who can held his own againts Garth Brooks or Yao Ming for example) player to be naturalized if there's a money intended for it. again, there's Taulava and Penissi..possible sana

[Projectspeed]

we do. but its only Taulava and Penissi that our budget can get.

Peso1.00 = US$0.021

are you a part of the DOJ/NBI/Senate that examined the authencity of their citizenship?

[donmar]

sus naman oo parang kaninang umaga ka lang naman ipinanganak sa tanong mong yan.

kahit yung magbobote doon sa recto na nagbabasa ng Abante araw-araw eh alam ang totoong istorya pre.

si Mick galing yan sa lugar ng mga kangaroo at kalahi ni da vinci yan. at si Asi...well..wag na nating pag usapan pre, in fairness sa kanila na nanahimik na at naghahanapbuhay din naman ang mga yan at baka nagbabasa din dito si Jolas baka mamaya sumugod na naman yan sa senado


trans: Penissi is a son of a Filipina who is married to Sylvio Penissi of Australia. Asi was born is Samar and grow up in Tonga

hehehehe! lol!

For me it doesn't matter, these guys wants to play for the Philippines and we should be proud that even though they're foreign-bred Filipinos (some of you guys would say they're not while others will say they are) they want to play in our own league (the PBA) and play Filipino basketball... and now, they're playing for the national team... imagine Asi Taulava playing for Tonga or Mick Penissi playing for Australia or Italy... I would rather have them in our team...

[joel23]

Yup, I do think also that South East asia is the weakest region of the continent in basketball, AS A GROUP. But don't look now as the Philippines is back and Business. And we really mean BUSINESS.

Good luck to our NT and good luck to all. Let's all join to show Asian Basketball Power on 8/8/8.

No! Middle Asia's weakest teams in Asia, Southeast asia is 2nd weakest...
If without Philippines, SouthEast asia is weakest in Asia

[joel23]

First of all , one team will be qualified to olympics games at chine next year .Chine had qualified cause this tournament will be in chine so 1 team will qualified behind chine.Lebanon (2nd fiba asia 2005 ) it's the most team prefer to qualified but other team will not be easy to defeat him like Quatar (3th fiba asia 2005 and second at doha games ) ,Iran (6th fiba asia 2005 and 3th doha games and have a lot of good players ) , and other .So 24th FIBA-Asia Championships [Sep 1 Japan] it will be some difficult to know who will be the team qualified behind chine specially that many country prepare those team like Kazakhistan ,jordan , syria , japan , south korea ,iran,lebanon,quatar and chine .Good luck lebanon and i wish a best participating and i hope win the first position .
Dany.

how bout phils?

[joel23]

Captain of china B　team~PF:WANG BO 2.07m (JI LIN DONG BEI TIGER)


C：ZHANG KAI 2.10m (DONG GUAN XIN SHI JI)



PF: DING JIN HUI 2.08m (ZHE JIANG WAN MA)



PF：LI KE 2.07m(BA YI ROKET)



SF:YI LI 2.04m (JIANG SU DA HUA)



WANG LEI 1.96m (SHAN XI ZHONG YU)



PG:LIU XIAO YU 1.91m(GUANG DONG HONG YUAN)




I think even though this is china b team,they are so power,so i think we are still Championships........Harder work than CHINA A TEAM to make....
Go,china,NO1 of Asia~

I see approxmately China Team B will failed to advance in Quarterfinals in Japan, I saw them play, strength and not familiar players also are mostly a young team... I think 70-30 chance will have 0-3 because the Philippines, Iran & Jordan are bracketed and are solid line... Because China's not expected to win in Tokushima because automatically qualified in Olympics because it's host country.

[joel23]

we'll just see in the coming FIBA-Asia...

I hope, darkhorse and underdog Philippines can pull an upset

Philippines favored to win against China team B...

[donmar]

Philippines favored to win against China team B...

Are you sure about that?... Lots of people will disagree with you... You just made this thread interesting for everyone to agree and disagree with your comment! ...

[joel23]

Here are the bases of my analysis:

1. In 2006 Asian Games, Lebanon was in 9th Place while Korea in 5th. Qatar was even far better in 2nd place next to China.

2. In FIBA World Ranking, Lebanon and Korea placed 24th and 25th, respectively.

3. In Asia, Lebanon and Korea placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.

4. North and south Korea form one team in international competition.


Analysis should not only be based in the games played between Leb and Kor. otherwise such analysis is poor and shallow. In my analysis f these two teams (Kor and Leb) I am taking into consideration the quality and the skills of the players and the team as a whole. Though Leb placed 1 step higher than Kor, its no bearing at all since Kor is next to Leb in ranking which means it is not that significant at all.

Game quality, player skills and technical knowledge of the sport, i would go to Korea as a better team than Leb in this coming FIBA Asia.

Becuase Fadi El Khatib not played because of injuries and also his teammates & w/o national coach... This team we're undermanned

[kalamity131]

Philippines favored to win against China team B...

Hmmn... those are very interesting choice of words.... is that you own hypothesis or did a credible body of writers say it? Just want to know because i want to read it.

[joel23]

Are you sure about that?... Lots of people will disagree with you... You just made this thread interesting for everyone to agree and disagree with your comment! ...

yeah... Because this team w/o Yao, Wang, Bateer, Li, Yi in the team... I know China team B beat team China team A reserves twice but China's new lineup wants to show for international game exposure... They're not expecting to win in Asian because automatically in Olympics as a host country,,,

[donmar]

Philippines favored to win against China team B...

I think this one deserve a nomination in the IBN Awards!

[donmar]

yeah... this team w/o Yao, Wang, Bateer, Li, Yi in the team... I know China team B team China reserves A twice but China's new lineup wants to show for international game exposure... They're not expecting to win in Asian because automatically in Olympics as a host country,,,

China B Team is to compete in the FIBA Asia Championship while the A Team is set to compete at the FIBA Stankovic Cup...

About the strength of the China B Team... we'll just wait and see on how they perform in the William Jones Cup and the Manila Invitational...

[joel23]

China B Team is to compete in the FIBA Asia Championship while the A Team is set to compete at the FIBA Stankovic Cup...

About the strength of the China B Team... we'll just wait and see on how they perform in the William Jones Cup and the Manila Invitational...

yeah i know China Team A in FIBA Stankovic Cup because the league join with European powers Serbia, Argentina, Spain etc. as for China Team A, a preparation for Olympics.

[Projectspeed]

Philippines favored to win against China team B...

yeah... Because this team w/o Yao, Wang, Bateer, Li, Yi in the team... I know China team B beat team China team A reserves twice but China's new lineup wants to show for international game exposure... They're not expecting to win in Asian because automatically in Olympics as a host country,,,

Bro… No offense meant but if you’re really a China basketball follower, you will not include Bateer in your list since he is not currently active. He didn’t play even a game for the just ended 2007 CBA Season....
and you will not consider China B as an underdog

Anyway, this China B that you’re talking about is still a strong Chinese squad. It is not a rag-tag China squad. Like RP NT, they also conduct proper player selection, good trainings, good tune-up games and preparation for the coming FIBA-Asia.

And also like RP NT, Chinese squad will not just play for fun or just to represent their flag… they will be in Tokushima to display China’s basketball pride and power.

China, being an Asian sports powerhouse and having strong sports tradition, is not that fool. It will not send a contingent in an “Asian Level Championship” just to compete, waste huge amount of money, and don’t care whether to win or lose..... they will also be in Japan to defend their title.

If you will just follow the Chinese Basketball Association lately, I doubt if you will still post what you’d posted.

FYI, aside from beating China A twice, China B also just recently defeated Australia’s Melbourne Tigers twice.

Even, NT Chot Reyes worries about the strength of China B and considers RP NT an underdog. How come basketball experts agree but you don’t?

I'm being sarcastic, you’re reason of considering China B as an underdog is like saying Philippine “D” or a PBL selection maybe, is underdog against Indonesian NT since we concentrate on qualifying in the Olympics.

Let’s be humble here and consider Philippine national team as the real underdog but at the same time a dangerous darkhorse.