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Originally posted by TheRodster21
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Yeah, maybe that's the right term, "bouncier". About Dwight, he isn't as athletic as I expected him to be. But its no big deal for me. Between skills & athleticism, I'll go for the former."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IV -
Oftana is really athletic especially if you watch him live. He's just not displaying his athleticism like he used to because he diversified his skillset. Like my friend observed before mataas lang tumalon ngayon MVP candidate na. In Cignal's Dleague commercial he was the one who dunked because that's what he used to do best. He improved his skills and BBIQ.. for GILAS he could play the 2, 3 and even 4 in favourable situations. Paras might be more imposing and jumps higher but IMO Oftana is better in everything else right now.Originally posted by TheRodster21 View Post
Haven't seen enough of Dwight thoughComment
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Very much agree with the Paras-Oftana comparison. Paras jumps higher & has stronger body, but skill-wise (that's overall skills), Oftana is better.Originally posted by thatweirdguy View Post
You mentioned about Oftana retooling his game, you mean Oftana hasn't been driving to the lane as often as he used to before & he is taking more outside/3-pt. shots now than he used to? I see that as something of a positive. I've always dreamed of a good size small forward who can drive strong to the basket & can hit from the outside as well.
Hope Oftana turns out to be a taller Vergel Meneses with better 3-pt. shot and a significantly better defense as well."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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Handles, Vision and latteral quickness is Dwight's advantageOriginally posted by JAMSKIE View PostNBTC- Team New Zealand - Camp David: vision "To provide a basketball Pathway for Filipino Kids in NZ while building men of character and leadership. I can do all things ...
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Maybe not in the level of a Gabe Norwood defensively, nevertheless that is good enough in my opinion. What is obvious is that Dwight has a significantly better offense than Norwood.Originally posted by mathematicianrcg View Post"A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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Oftana can be a legit Gilas prospect if he can play and defend both wing positions effectively. In my opinion, him playing the 4 spot should be left behind in the NCAA.Comment
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Ok because we need a lockdown defender for opponents wings too.Originally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
I remember an old bahrami scorching gabe norwood
Anyway, Dwight looks like an offenisve player. So we can just use offense as our best defenseComment
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With Norwood as our main wing defender, opposing team's swingmen just needed to deal with Norwood's defense while not to worry about Gabe's offense at the other side becoz Norwood wasn't really a threat in offense. The idea is to develop swingmen, who can stymie the counterparts in defense, while compelling the counterparts to play honest defense on the other side. Kumbaga eh make the opponents work both on offense & defense to zap their energyOriginally posted by mathematicianrcg View Post"A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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agree with this one sir. Also, hindi na rin naman uso ang man-to-man defense nowadays. A defensive scheme that relies on all 5 guys can be developed in case of a need to limit an offensive player (be it a wing or other position). Plus, playing with a reliable rim-protector (kai, edu, kouame) can really empower perimeter defense as they can be comfortable making gambles confident that their big man will clean up their mistakes.Originally posted by JAMSKIE View PostComment
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Nope it's actually the opposite. Before his game revolves around trying to overpower his way to the basket and more inside plays. No outside shots or playmaking. Kinda like Paras is right now. Puro gigil trying to look for highlights every time. Then he changed his game and mindset. He's more mature and composed inside the court. No wasted movements. He's a completely different player right now. Hopefully Paras will do the same. Maybe a different coach?Originally posted by JAMSKIE View PostComment
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But the question is where is these swingmen??? Who can we develop as Tall Swingmen???Originally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
Very few I think has potential. Paras,Ildefonso, Lopez,maybe Demisana.Comment
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I really think people here should just move on from this Sage Tolentino saga. He is already 16 years old and still no Philippine passport. If he was able to secure one by now you can bet that the SBP would gleefully announce it. Not only that but I've read somewhere that he and his parents are more proud of their Hawaiian heritage than being filipino. So there it is.Originally posted by mathematicianrcg View Post
This news about him signing up with EWP or taking the Kai route is really of no use to forumers here or to people interested with Gilas. Good for the kid he's got a corporate sponsor but it benefits no one but him and EWP. So lets just be happy for him about that.
Sage is just another in a long list of Kamekas, QMBs, Christian Davids etc..Originally posted by PeeZonesComment
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Speaking of Calvin Oftana 1:05 Oftana started with track and field. Might explain his athleticism
Also did VolleyballComment
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for swingmen we have ramos, parks, oftana, t ravena, clarkson as options. for cadets we have ildefonso, lopez, amsali, etcOriginally posted by mathematicianrcg View PostComment
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