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

[ctongco]

Hmmm.... If we were talking about this coming FIBA-Asia Championship. This is my top teams in any order.

China, Lebanon, S. Korea, Philippines

If we were talking about Asia in general then it would be.

1. China
2-4. Lebanon, S. Korea, Philippines.

[jrb0yd]

South korea is strong than lebanon haha...

1.chine
2.Lebanon
3.quatar
4.japan

I don't know anything about philippino team

if we are talking about the ranking of the teams just before the asian championships in japan, phils will definitely be not inlcuded in the top 3... but after the fiba asia championships philippines would definitely be in the top2 or 3 (since china will only field its team b so we still don't know how well we fair against them)... its really awesome that the philippines is considered an underdog... it's great to be an underdog...i remember our local hero manny pacquiao when he took barrera, barrera was 8-1 favorite to win but to his shock, he was knockout by our manny... its great that not many teams are paying attention to our team and have no idea on what our team can bring...i tell u all of u will be shock... philippines is really strong... but of course this will be known in the abc... anyway, to end all this brouhaha, philippines will definitely get the respect of asian teams right after the fiba asian championships...that's a fact!

[CHINA TEAM]

I don't agree with you dear,In my opinion,south Korea to being on the down grade these years,in 4-5 of asia.so i think top4 should be:

1:china
2:Qatar/Lebanon
3:iron/japen(if they have a great center)
4:south korea

as for the Philippines,they leaves FIBA long years after all,so we don't know your power!i 'd like to watch china B team vs Phlilppines.......

[vladski]

if we are talking about the ranking of the teams just before the asian championships in japan, phils will definitely be not inlcuded in the top 3... but after the fiba asia championships philippines would definitely be in the top2 or 3 (since china will only field its team b so we still don't know how well we fair against them)... its really awesome that the philippines is considered an underdog... it's great to be an underdog...i remember our local hero manny pacquiao when he took barrera, barrera was 8-1 favorite to win but to his shock, he was knockout by our manny... its great that not many teams are paying attention to our team and have no idea on what our team can bring...i tell u all of u will be shock... philippines is really strong... but of course this will be known in the abc... anyway, to end all this brouhaha, philippines will definitely get the respect of asian teams right after the fiba asian championships...that's a fact!

Team Philippines will definitely rock the basketball arena this abc. They shocked the US NCCA Div I teams led by an NBA veteran who played against M. JOrdan.... and the USBL selection team in their recent US training/camp.

This time, team PILIPINAS will bring the house down...

It's really good that other teams are not paying attention to RP team.. it's because we are sending class b & c in international competions... and also philippines were not able to play internationally for 2 years (i guess) because of the banned imposed by FIBA. They think philippines is just a weak team... but lebanon got a taste of what RP team is capable of... considering that lebanon played the RP Team B... not yet the best team...

This time we will be bringing in the very best of RP squad... watch out very carefully...

Why not ask the coaches from each participating team on who's the team to watch this coming ABC?

do you have any idea wwhich name will come out aside from China???

hehehe... i dont want to brag again... try searching the net about interviews of the head coache of other asian teams... especially those who had played the recently formed RP squad... and you should have read the interview of the American coach of Lebanon after playing gainst RP... He dreamed of coaching here in RP... the reason??? ask him... he's willing to give up Lebanon NT just to become a ballclub coach in RP... but no offer for him from any ballclubs in the PBA or any other leagues in the philippines.

Please ask your coaches...and you will know the answers...

[CHINA TEAM]

Who has any Video of Philippine basketball???and who is the tallest member of Philipine NT???how many cm???

[CHINA TEAM]

we cant keep on living in the past, coz that way we cant move forward..

I agree with you,those are past,we only care for-NOW

[Burndvinyard]

Who has any Video of Philippine basketball???and who is the tallest member of Philipine NT???how many cm???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y15x_e0lTyE

[asapa11]

i dont really brush off our past achievements and i really admire it and acknowledge it. but what i believe that we should do is to put these achievements on our trophy cases and use it to inspire us. then we should start from scratch and acknowledge the fact the we arent the best right NOW and take the necessary steps to get back our glory here in asia then the world. coz we dont really know if we can make it happen all over again.

the level of competition right now is very much different from the 50's and the 80's, basketball has evolved all around the world, and achieving or past achievements again would be nearly impossible as it is every countries goal to surpass these achievements. and i bet that it is also nearly impossible for our RP nt to repeat these achievements. because of countries having a very deep budget and limitless resources.

i'd say that we ARE the best in asia if we could prove that we could win it all again, but with Lebanon, South Korea, Qatar, China and a whole lot of NTs aiming to be the best, we are far from being the best right now. as history shows we have not been asian champions for the last 10 asian games competitions and also for the last 8 fiba asia basketball competitions. so clearly these proves the we arent the best right now. you could say that we WERE the best in Asia, but you cant say the we ARE the best in asia right now.

anyways, despite or arguments, i still believe in our RP Nt and with china sending their team B our chances of being champs this year may be a lot more possible.

dont get me wrong, but i just respect opposing NTs so much that you cant just disregard how much they could match well against our RP team. thinking that we could just beat them all is just an act of ignorance.

[Phantim3dx]

i dont really brush off our past achievements and i really admire it and acknowledge it. but what i believe that we should do is to put these achievements on our trophy cases and use it to inspire us. then we should start from scratch and acknowledge the fact the we arent the best right NOW and take the necessary steps to get back our glory here in asia then the world. coz we dont really know if we can make it happen all over again.

the level of competition right now is very much different from the 50's and the 80's, basketball has evolved all around the world, and achieving or past achievements again would be nearly impossible as it is every countries goal to surpass these achievements. and i bet that it is also nearly impossible for our RP nt to repeat these achievements. because of countries having a very deep budget and limitless resources.

i'd say that we ARE the best in asia if we could prove that we could win it all again, but with Lebanon, South Korea, Qatar, China and a whole lot of NTs aiming to be the best, we are far from being the best right now. as history shows we have not been asian champions for the last 10 asian games competitions and also for the last 8 fiba asia basketball competitions. so clearly these proves the we arent the best right now. you could say that we WERE the best in Asia, but you cant say the we ARE the best in asia right now.

anyways, despite or arguments, i still believe in our RP Nt and with china sending their team B our chances of being champs this year may be a lot more possible.

dont get me wrong, but i just respect opposing NTs so much that you cant just disregard how much they could match well against our RP team. thinking that we could just beat them all is just an act of ignorance.

took the words right out of my mouth, i really admire you; i salute thee

[karim]

i agree.....all the countries have almost an equal chance of qualifying......lebanon being 2nd in the last asia chmp. after china has a slightly better chance than south korea,japan and iran and these countries even though i dont think we,re gonna get the lebanese-brazilian centers anymore cuz of the politics....it seems thats all wat lebanon is becoming these last few months abt qatar and philippines i dont know anything about them cuz i have never seen philippines play and qatar we did beat them in the 2005 semis but only god knows who their gonna naturalize for this tournament and if any team could naturalize as much as it wants it should become the best team in asia eventually or there would be smthng wrong !

[karim]

Well we can say that lebanon and phillippines are both winning games.....Lebanon won against Venezuala and France in the WBC last year while philippines is winning on division 2 NCAA teams , i wonder who would win in a bball game , an NCAA division 2 team or France NT ? common philippines play some real warm up games not against division 3 and bryon russel(980 yrs old) teams

[daniab]

Team Philippines will definitely rock the basketball arena this abc. They shocked the US NCCA Div I teams led by an NBA veteran who played against M. JOrdan.... and the USBL selection team in their recent US training/camp.

This time, team PILIPINAS will bring the house down...

It's really good that other teams are not paying attention to RP team.. it's because we are sending class b & c in international competions... and also philippines were not able to play internationally for 2 years (i guess) because of the banned imposed by FIBA. They think philippines is just a weak team... but lebanon got a taste of what RP team is capable of... considering that lebanon played the RP Team B... not yet the best team...

This time we will be bringing in the very best of RP squad... watch out very carefully...

Why not ask the coaches from each participating team on who's the team to watch this coming ABC?

do you have any idea wwhich name will come out aside from China???

hehehe... i dont want to brag again... try searching the net about interviews of the head coache of other asian teams... especially those who had played the recently formed RP squad... and you should have read the interview of the American coach of Lebanon after playing gainst RP... He dreamed of coaching here in RP... the reason??? ask him... he's willing to give up Lebanon NT just to become a ballclub coach in RP... but no offer for him from any ballclubs in the PBA or any other leagues in the philippines.

Please ask your coaches...and you will know the answers...

Pleae,stop talking about ur NT like that,give us a real new informations about phillippino NT and do not telling us ur achievement and ur old power.And about the 2 games who phillippine won over lebanon,don't forget it's a friendly ,in this time lebanese was preparing herself to WCC.

[PRSURF]

1. China
2. Lebanon
3. Philippines
4. Qatar
5. Japan
6 South Korea
7. Iran

[eitra]

according to statistics and performance philippines is 2nd ? they havent competed in a tournament in 50 years to know :P
1.China
2.Lebanon
3.Qatar
4.South Korea
just like they were in 2005 .....philippines arent in the top 16 now

Remember where the only asian country who place 3rd in WBC

[karim]

ya u got 3rd in WBC , that was last year right ?