Philippines Senior National Team Thread Vol. V

[reamily]

Actually, T1 League is more physical than I would have thought.

but kita mo yun size disadvanatge ng locals nila..

[tomcat]

The core of the TNT for the first window. Mikey Williams or Angelo Kouame as the naturalized player?

[IPC]

We all knew chot loves to have surplus of guards and undersized wingmen in his roster.
But now that Gilas has the upgraded height, he would probably have plays that’s tailored for bigmen.
Kiefer and bolick would be his favourites for the point guard spot. Lol at chot’s 23 for ‘23

I do hope that Chot does devise plays taileored for bigmen, not just making them sit in the corner or in the dunker's spot waiting for a drop-off pass. I hope there is low-post action for Kouame, Balti, and Carl, and some high post action and rim-running for Kai.

[mapuakid]

I do hope that Chot does devise plays taileored for bigmen, not just making them sit in the corner or in the dunker's spot waiting for a drop-off pass. I hope there is low-post action for Kouame, Balti, and Carl, and some high post action and rim-running for Kai.

And Chot needs to upgrade his coaching staff, im hoping he could hire a foreign coach with fiba experience focusing on defensive game plan. But not possible coz he has josh and aris as his asst coaches lol.

[mathematicianrcg]

According to Coach Chot, he doesnt know what kind of system yet they will be implementing. They need to gather coaching staffs and see who are available players.

As if we dont know that he will use DDO. Hehe.
Maximizing Our 1V1 Skills again. Lol.

But like other posters said, There should be some tweaks in coach chot system.

I think and hope there would

[mapuakid]

Aye, chot’s bara-bara offense lol

[ja.he]

but kita mo yun size disadvanatge ng locals nila..

Yeah. That's why they have 3 world imports, 1 asian import, and naturalized player - to compensate this shortage to the dislike of some Taiwanese fans.

The tallest local players there are around 6'6-6'8. Seldom you see a 6'10 or taller Taiwanese player. On average, the range of guards and wings is between 5'9 to 6'4.

[IPC]

And Chot needs to upgrade his coaching staff, im hoping he could hire a foreign coach with fiba experience focusing on defensive game plan. But not possible coz he has josh and aris as his asst coaches lol.

I hope Jong, Caloy, and Sandy stay on the coaching staff. They've been there already, Jong from the start. I hope they get through to Chot the message that we need to focus on developing the young players, especially in the following windows.

[IPC]

This window results will be a little unfair for Coach Chot imho.

Our Best players are UNAVAILABLE. either they are in overseas league, or in their college teams.

Pba will start also. So no choice but to hugot system.

One advantage of DDO is it is a simple system, and no complications. Easy to learn in short prep.

Dont get me wrong. I like Coach Tab. I hoped he stayed. But we cannot do anything about it anymore.

Yeah, it is so simple that it can be neutralized by zone defense.

And Chot, historically, has no plan B against zones. I hope he learned something in his matchup with San Miguel (which zoned a lot).

[mathematicianrcg]

I do think the Gilas cadet bigs are better than the bigs of the past.

Let's talk about them 1 by 1.

1. Junmar Fajardo - Good Postup Player and Rebounder. Too slow footed. Not a good pnr defender

2. Japeth Aguilar - Mobile and Athletic. Below average IQ that time. And too soft.

3. Ping - Great Motor, Pure Hustle, Excellent defender. Lacks size, and offensive skills though.

4. RDO - Stretch Big, Can Post, Physical. But sometimes too slow to defend quicker players in the SF/PF spot.

Hmm. Yeah. I think

Kai, AJ, Baltazar and Tamayo are better/will be bettee than them as a Quartet Big

[ja.he]

And Chot, historically, has no plan B against zones. I hope he learned something in his matchup with San Miguel (which zoned a lot).

Better watch how the Italians play. They basically played the DDO but they are taller, faster, stronger and more skilled.

[IPC]

I don't really the offensive for now. What is important is his defensive sets. If he has still a poor PNR, PNP or perimeter defense, this Gilas is doomed. Foreign teams are not shooting bricks like most PBA players do.

His defense is actually decent. His TNT team did well on defense last All-Filipino. Closing driving lanes, and rotating to shooters. He took a page from Tab on that one. I hope he translates that to the FIBA setting.

[ja.he]

His defense is actually decent. His TNT team did well on defense last All-Filipino. Closing driving lanes, and rotating to shooters. He took a page from Tab on that one. I hope he translates that to the FIBA setting.

Exactly, PBA is not FIBA and vice versa. What works in the PBA does not necessarily mean that it will work in FIBA. For one, players that they are going to face are more mobile, quicker and have higher percentage from deep.

[IPC]

Assuming the players he wants will be available (with a healthy Aj edu and hopefully either or both JC and kouame playing as locals), and with even longer prep time than what he had in 2014, yes, we might surprise a lot of NTs again. I won’t be surprised if it suddenly turns out that remy Martin actually has the documents to play as a local. Well, I was shocked about tab stepping out too, but we have to move on. I believe there are still good things to look forward too

At least there are some good things to look forward to, like some PBA players becoming available for main tournaments. I just hope he doesn't shake the foundation of what Tab built, and keeps on finding young players for the windows, so we can be ready to compete even after 2023, maybe beyond.

[mathematicianrcg]

And Chot, historically, has no plan B against zones. I hope he learned something in his matchup with San Miguel (which zoned a lot).

I mean what did he do to beat SMB Zone???

The only one i remember clearly is they took advantage of poor pnr defense of SMB Bigs like JMF