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What's Arwind's measured reach? -
Deleted"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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Correct, the title of the video is "speed over size."Originally posted by live_evil View Post
But, it later emphasizes that along with the speed (and all skills/abilities) of the OKC defenders...they were unusually long. What it makes clear though is the non-reliance on pure height.Comment
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I don't know but Arwind's wingspan looks impressive as well. My wild guess is that Arwind's wingspan is around 78 to 80 inches, which is impressive for someone who is only around 6-foot-3/6-foot-4Originally posted by Dotch 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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On "eye test" these are some of Pinoy players who I see as having impressive wingspan:
Japeth, QMB, Arwind Santos, Mike Philipps, Will Navarro, Mark Belmonte, KQ, Ange Kouame."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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June Mar actually has a good wingspan at 7'1. For some reason it doesnt translate on the court. I haven't seen an official measurement from Edu but it's around 7 to 7'1. Goes to show that lateral speed can negate wingspan. Also, I think June Mar's standing reach is not impressive for his 6'10 height. I think somebody here posted that Greg Slaughter's jumping standing reach is 6 inches higher at 11'6 than June Mar's which is just 11. He and June Mar have the same wingspan. Greg's official height is 6 '11 5/8 to JMF's 6'10. Caveat that the PBA's height measurement may be slightly inflated as some cursory checking of mine before with imports is they got around 0.25-0.5 increase when measured lying down in the PBA compared to their last official measurement.Originally posted by JAMSKIE View PostComment
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Originally posted by Metta View Post
This for me is the most realistic goal. Talking about leveling up with world-tier teams, that is why I made it a big deal those "moral victories" we had in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in our loses to Croatia, Argentina & Puerto Rico. Some Pinoy basketball fans are downplaying those "moral victories" saying like, "A loss is still a loss regardless of how close the game was & regardless of the quality of the opposition".
That's oversimplifying things while ignoring the merits of the fact that Gilas was able to put some scare against world-tier teams which are supposedly significantly stronger than us. I have to commend coach Chot Reyes & our Gilas players for that. For me "moral victories" are confidence booster. It make us believe that we can really upset/beat world class teams if we do things right with our national team & of course, we get some luck.
Among our moral victories aside from those we had in the 2014 World Cup, are the close loss to Serbia in the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament with an all-amateur Gilas team handled by coach Tab Baldwin & those close loses we had against Georgia & Brazil in last year's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
A lot of people here would disagree with me but I still see our close loses to the Dominican Republic & Italy in the 2023 World Cup as not bad loses. But our loss to Angola was the one that's really frustrating."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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Junmar isn't known as a good shot blocker, right? Could it be becoz his hop isn't that impressive & his reflexes is slow. I think shot blocking isn't just about hop, timing & having an impressive wingspan. It is also about having quick reflexes. I think AJ Edu & QMB are good shot blockers not just becoz they are high leapers, have good timing & good wingspan, I think both Edu & QMB have quick reflexes.Originally posted by Rds 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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The video says "Speed Over Size."Originally posted by Rds View Post
Speed is the primary ingredient. From there...Short is usually speedier than Tall. So OKC found "shorter" guys with insane wingspans. So it was a bunch of speedy guys not necessarily tall but long. Now if there's a tall guy with speed and length, then by all means that's the best alternative (Wemby, Chet).
It's basically Small Ball Warriors 2.0 where Draymond (another wingspan over height guy) was the defensive anchor. OKC's Microball just takes it to another level.
Guys should not now go overboard on just pure wingspan like how it is when guys go anal about pure height. Wingspan is maximized in horizontal ground coverage, and for that, foot speed is needed.
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Ok. Had seen enough, gonna unfollow gilas completely until Kai returnsComment
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Oftana's a wing. We drop him, that kinda lessens our FIBA-eligible options at 3, which are already him, Dwight, Malonzo, and maybe Quiambao. At least with CJ, you replace a guard with a guard.Originally posted by NOiNU View PostComment
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Why is Malonzo there? Shouldnt he just be rehabbing amd preparing for the next Gins game?Originally posted by IPC View PostComment
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I used to like Oftana for Gilas. But now I’d rather try KQ and to some extent, Tamayo, at the 3. Ramos remains our steadiest option at the position and should command the bulk of the 3 minutes anyway. Idk, but with Heading you add a steadier playmaker and shooter, things we evidently miss. It doesn’t matter if they’re not playing the same position, if it were me calling the shots, I’d make that switch asap.Originally posted by IPC View PostNever look too far ahead. You might stumble on a block right in front of you.Comment
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Tim should look on navarro.Originally posted by Rds View PostPhilippine Malditas to FIFA Womens World Cup 2023
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