2019 Batang Gilas U16

[FITL]

I see Jake Figueroa as another Jeron Teng. Perfect for PH basketball but not much else.

[Alex07]

Geo is 6ft9" but i heard would not be eligible anymore by that time due to age. I hope Kirkness will be a more improve version. Considering his size and his length . I heard he is still listed as 6ft10 inches and have not gain an inch anymore. I still feel Geo has more skills than him though I hope I am wrong.
It is still a good news having 6ft 10 OR 6ft11 beside KAi.

Sayang.We really need a reliable big for this team.Tolentino and Demisana would have been good contributors as well while I think NU's Jaime Vittorio Papa is not yet ready for such competition.Given those 3 mentioned earlier on the team, with a 7'' (213 cm) Tolentino,a 6'10 (209 cm) Chiu and a 6'8(?) (203 cm?) Demisana, we could have been the one of the tallest if not the tallest Asian team in the U-16 competition.Lopez will have to play the wing instead of the post.

[TheRodster21]

Sayang.We really need a reliable big for this team.Tolentino and Demisana would have been good contributors as well while I think NU's Jaime Vittorio Papa is not yet ready for such competition.Given those 3 mentioned earlier on the team, with a 7'' (213 cm) Tolentino,a 6'10 (209 cm) Chiu and a 6'8(?) (203 cm?) Demisana, we could have been the one of the tallest if not the tallest Asian team in the U-16 competition.Lopez will have to play the wing instead of the post.

I think this team could pull off small ball really well, no offense to Demisana but he’s not exactly the quickest and as he is right now more a liability, Tolentino is definitely a missed prospect but I think the length and athleticism of the wings can make them effective small ball frontliners. Unless they encounter Australia, New Zealand or China, I don’t see any country except maybe India having an athletic/ tall enough frontline to counter

[CardonaCortezYeo24]

Gilas U16 has 2 Fil-African recruits I'm not sure it Francis Lopes is one of them.

[Alex07]

I think this team could pull off small ball really well, no offense to Demisana but he’s not exactly the quickest and as he is right now more a liability, Tolentino is definitely a missed prospect but I think the length and athleticism of the wings can make them effective small ball frontliners. Unless they encounter Australia, New Zealand or China, I don’t see any country except maybe India having an athletic/ tall enough frontline to counter

I have not seen Demisana's game up close but I don't think he is Geo Chiu slow. Although we have yet to see his reaction time on defense,my guess based on his highlight vids is that he's quicker than most bigs.

[C2Hamm]

Really curious who those kids are. The team badly needs size. Hope someone can help us with the details

https://www.interbasket.net/forums/showthread.php?58287-2019-Batang-Gilas-U16/page103

Pretty sure this was answered already

[mathematicianrcg]

March is near. And sage recruitment is no progress. He will be ineligible I think.

Guess we just need to rely on our homegrown players, and discover the New Kai and Edu

[Silent Killer]

March is near. And sage recruitment is no progress. He will be ineligible I think.

Guess we just need to rely on our homegrown players, and discover the New Kai and Edu

“patience is a virtue”

and not all things needs to be broadcast..

[digitalsuperman]

“patience is a virtue”

and not all things needs to be broadcast..

he needs an hourly updates from sbp.

[judasmartel]

In case anyone missed it, the qualified teams for this year's FIBA Asia U16 tournament are as follows:

Hosts - Lebanon (47)
Defending Champions - Australia (10)
Central Asia - Kazakshtan (64)
East Asia* - China (14), South Korea (18), Japan (25), Chinese Taipei (34)
Gulf - Saudi Arabia (82), Kuwait (T-69)
Oceania - New Zealand (28)
South Asia - India (52)
SEA - Philippines (30), Thailand (T-69), Indonesia (T-72)
West Asia - Iran (26), Syria (T-72)

() - FIBA Junior Men's World Ranking
* - no qualifiers held, qualified teams selected based on FIBA World Ranking

If the teams on each pot are based on current world ranking, we will have the following:

Pot 1

Australia
China
Korea
Japan

Pot 2

Iran
New Zealand
Philippines
Chinese Taipei

Pot 3

Lebanon
India
Kazakhstan
Kuwait

Pot 4

Thailand
Indonesia
Syria
Saudi Arabia

FIBA uses a random draw system. I tried using the serpentine system but if FIBA will use the same playoff system as the previous tournament then it can get really wonky in the first round.

[TheRodster21]

In case anyone missed it, the qualified teams for this year's FIBA Asia U16 tournament are as follows:

Hosts - Lebanon (47)
Defending Champions - Australia (10)
Central Asia - Kazakshtan (64)
East Asia* - China (14), South Korea (18), Japan (25), Chinese Taipei (34)
Gulf - Saudi Arabia (82), Kuwait (T-69)
Oceania - New Zealand (28)
South Asia - India (52)
SEA - Philippines (30), Thailand (T-69), Indonesia (T-72)
West Asia - Iran (26), Syria (T-72)

() - FIBA Junior Men's World Ranking
* - no qualifiers held, qualified teams selected based on FIBA World Ranking

If the teams on each pot are based on current world ranking, we will have the following:

Pot 1

Australia
China
Korea
Japan

Pot 2

Iran
New Zealand
Philippines
Chinese Taipei

Pot 3

Lebanon
India
Kazakhstan
Kuwait

Pot 4

Thailand
Indonesia
Syria
Saudi Arabia

Most important is the elimination rounds, the recent Gilas teams have been lucky to avoid Australia, New Zealand, China and Korea in the elimination rounds, Australia so far has straight up dominated the youth teams, there’s been some success but no wins with New Zealand and China is still the regional powerhouse, Korea has our number.

[Artek]

I hope this does not sound ridiculous, but I have an idea for the future national team.

Rather than rallying FIBA to relax the hagop rule, the SBP should push for the senate to revise our citizenship laws.

Currently, only a person with one citizen parent can be a natural-born Philippine citizen. People who were born and raised in the Philippines to two foreign parents are not citizens of the PH.

The SBP should advocate for jus soli - those who were born in the Philippines who at least have one parent who is a permanent resident shall be a Philippine citizen upon birth. People who carry the bronze ACR card ("native-born alien" card) at the moment should be allowed to elect Philippine citizenship. Any native-born alien who is under 16 and wants to play for the Philippines will be able to.

There are a good number of Philippine-born Indians (think of Karan Singhdole, but he's a model, not cager but he is tall) who can be our tall men in basketball, but unfortunately, most of them are obky oermanent residents, not citizens.

Most Indians in the Philippines are Northern Indians (Punjabi, Sindhi) so they are tall and have beefy frames.

[Dotch]

I hope this does not sound ridiculous, but I have an idea for the future national team.


There are a good number of Philippine-born Indians (think of Karan Singhdole, but he's a model, not cager but he is tall) who can be our tall men in basketball, but unfortunately, most of them are obky oermanent residents, not citizens.

Most Indians in the Philippines are Northern Indians (Punjabi, Sindhi) so they are tall and have beefy frames.

Good for the Philippine National Cricket Team.

[ZIMATAR]

https://twitter.com/abscbnsports/sta...52131810357251

Jake Figueroa highlights, people can form their own opinions but I think hes a low ceiling player, talented yes but I don't know if his game translates in Fiba.

Reminds me of Rey Evangelista

[Artek]

Good for the Philippine National Cricket Team.

Philippine-born Indians are not interested in Cricket. There's a Fil-Indian league in the Philippines, but no Cricket league.

But hey, continue to isolate people who were born and raised in the Philippines, but are unfortunately non-citizens because of how expensive naturalization is.

Keep on naturalizing 35 year old foreigners who never grew up in the Philippines and be limited by FIBA rules