Filipino Players in Foreign Leagues

[BJ_Reloaded]

In reality the Kid will eventually play at the NBA moving forward because that’s his dream, his motivation, we’ve seen how the kid works and he keeps on grinding day in and day out. The important thing is hindi batugan ang bata sa pag pa praktis now if we’ve seen, read, and heard that the lad is such a lazy dog during team practices and workouts then forget it wag na tayo umasa pa ganun ka simple lang yun.

[DAdmiral]

Question: this one is about Ray Parks. He was a rotation player in his lone season with Texas Legends at 13 MPG. Assuming that NBL was already allowing SRP that time, do you think Parks will experience the same fate Kai with Adelaide?

parks as a rotation of the bench defensive player like Baba for Melbourne is indeed possible . his playing opportunities comes down to if the team is loaded in the position. the unfortunate part with Kai is 3 quality bigs . DJ. Cam and IH are in the team..
if Parks is in a team that has a role for a 2nd unit wing player , it is indeed possible. it's up to the team to construct a team well. so the Parks sign-up is valuable .
Let's face it , the 36ers signed both Cam and Harris late, that was a surprise and it's totally closed any real opportunity for Kai to play .

BTW who has better Texas legend stats, baba or Parks ?

BTW i'm not saying pakrs is better than Kai, but a 22 year old parks is more ready to contribute , compared to a 19 year old Kai .
a 22 year old Kai on the other hand is NBL starting potential.

[Silent Killer]

parks as a rotation of the bench defensive player like Baba for Melbourne is indeed possible . his playing opportunities comes down to if the team is loaded in the position. the unfortunate part with Kai is 3 quality bigs . DJ. Cam and IH are in the team..
if Parks is in a team that has a role for a 2nd unit wing player , it is indeed possible. it's up to the team to construct a team well. so the Parks sign-up is valuable .
Let's face it , the 36ers signed both Cam and Harris late, that was a surprise and it's totally closed any real opportunity for Kai to play .

BTW who has better Texas legend stats, baba or Parks ?

BTW i'm not saying pakrs is better than Kai, but a 22 year old parks is more ready to contribute , compared to a 19 year old Kai .
a 22 year old Kai on the other hand is NBL starting potential.

yudai has better stats than brp jr. and much better PT.. he’s playing well for legends this season..

[ja.he]

yudai has better stats than brp jr. and much better PT.. he’s playing well for legends this season..

Well, Baba first came in Texas Legends at age 24 with already two years of professional experience from the B.League. Parks came in Legends at age 22 and this was his first professional experience.

What I like about Parks is that he is really a player that prefers to play within the team concept. His coachability is criminally underrated, imo.

[Jupitersa]

yudai has better stats than brp jr. and much better PT.. he’s playing well for legends this season..

I checked Yudai Baba's averages in G-League and his averages and more importantly his shooting splits has been extremely impressive to me. 12.5p/5.4r/1.6ast/1.8stl on 55/41/92 shooting. He basically doubled his output compared to his rookie season. That 1 year on NBL did wonders on his progress.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/b/babayu01d.html

[IPC]

Intere4sting development, I hope this pushes through, and pls I hope the KBL players wont end up like Sanchir Tungalag

https://www.pba.ph/news/possible-tie-up-pba-kbl-to-exchange-players?fbclid=IwAR3MgMKjCAJZocmXrmaayAhzYKFoj0Wd3w2nqU2n5X68Cy4EmU1_MUKVv0s

Possible tie-up: PBA, KBL to exchange players

"Gusto nila ng cooperation, strengthening relations and friendship. Gusto nila magusap ang PBA at KBL kung ano ang pwedeng gawin," said Marcial on a recent communication with the Korean league well received by the PBA.

"Ang sabi ng board okay yan. (Let's) engage," said Marcial, looking forward to forging partnership and cooperation that would be beneficial to both leagues.

What PBA players can be possible KBL candidates? Who are good enough? I think some of our best FIBA-eligible guards are good enough for the KBL. Terrence Romeo, CJ Perez, Matthew Wright, and Robert Bolick are the first names that pop up. Kaso, guards lang.

I can't think of anyone good enough or available enough on the PBA wings and bigs front. I think the Gilas boys will be the ones going to Korea from those positions.

[CoJ]

What PBA players can be possible KBL candidates? Who are good enough? I think some of our best FIBA-eligible guards are good enough for the KBL. Terrence Romeo, CJ Perez, Matthew Wright, and Robert Bolick are the first names that pop up. Kaso, guards lang.

I can't think of anyone good enough or available enough on the PBA wings and bigs front. I think the Gilas boys will be the ones going to Korea from those positions.

our bigs like Junmar and Greg will be eaten alive by KBL imports, so guards would be our top exports including Pogoy and Paul Lee. Cant think of FIBA eligible wings right now, Malonzo, Newsome, Perkins are all ineligible. Maybe Abueva? God he might cause a international incident lol

[The_Big_Cat]

What are the chances of Kai getting benched in back to back games? Maybe tomorrow he’ll get some floor time

[Silent Killer]

What are the chances of Kai getting benched in back to back games?

if the game between melbourne is closed like the perth game then kai won’t see some PT.. if it’s lopsided then he has chance to play.. melbourne is the defending champions and currently on a winning streak..

[DAdmiral]

Very likely. He's playing Melbourne with good bigs and Humpries would be in better shape recovering from Covid. (He played 5 min vs Perth

[IPC]

our bigs like Junmar and Greg will be eaten alive by KBL imports, so guards would be our top exports including Pogoy and Paul Lee. Cant think of FIBA eligible wings right now, Malonzo, Newsome, Perkins are all ineligible. Maybe Abueva? God he might cause a international incident lol

I was thinking of Abueva a little. However, Abueva would need big-time discipline to stay in SoKor. Plus, he's 33. Sucks, because he's our best FIBA-eligible wing. Him and Gabe are aging already. Oh, yeah, I forgot about Calvin Oftana. If he gets good enough in the PBA after a year or two, he might be considered.

As for bigs, yeah, they have to contend with imports, whether on the pick-and-roll or in the low post. Greg and June Mar will get pick-and-rolled or pick-and-popped to death. Same with Ian Sangalang. Japeth has just signed a 3-year extension with Ginebra. Raymond Almazan and JP Erram, sure they're mobile, but are they good enough, and is TNT willing to give up Erram?

[ja.he]

I think it is unlikely he will get minutes against Melbourne tomorrow. I think CJ will keep Bairstow in the starting line up and Humphries continues to come of the bench. Even if Kai does get some playing time he will have to go up against the physically imposing Hukporti and I think Kai will really struggle in that match up.

I think Kai will have a better chance to get minutes on Monday night against the Illawarra Hawks. If Andrew Ogilvy gets a few spot minutes, I think CJ will see that as the perfect time to give Kai some playing time. Note AJ Ogilvy is a shell of his former self and is really playing a 4th String big role for the Hawks this season, a far cry from his All NBL days. I think Kai will be able to do decent in that matchup.

If Kai is tasked to guard Harry Froling, I think he would do ok as well. If somehow has to defend Duop Reath or Sam Froling he will get smoked.

Isaac Humphries is out tomorrow.

[The_Big_Cat]

Matt is correct in pointing out the flaws of Kai that he is not physical enough. Same old red flags.

I didn’t know there was a “unfollow adelaide” movement. How ridiculous these rowdy pinoy fans are? Very embarrassing.

[IPC]

I think it is unlikely he will get minutes against Melbourne tomorrow. I think CJ will keep Bairstow in the starting line up and Humphries continues to come of the bench. Even if Kai does get some playing time he will have to go up against the physically imposing Hukporti and I think Kai will really struggle in that match up.

I think Kai will have a better chance to get minutes on Monday night against the Illawarra Hawks. If Andrew Ogilvy gets a few spot minutes, I think CJ will see that as the perfect time to give Kai some playing time. Note AJ Ogilvy is a shell of his former self and is really playing a 4th String big role for the Hawks this season, a far cry from his All NBL days. I think Kai will be able to do decent in that matchup.

If Kai is tasked to guard Harry Froling, I think he would do ok as well. If somehow has to defend Duop Reath or Sam Froling he will get smoked.

Isaac Humphries is out tomorrow.

Great. Hope my exam tomorrow's over by then, and I can watch the game.

[PaulLee3]

Matt is correct in pointing out the flaws of Kai that he is not physical enough. Same old red flags.

I didn’t know there was a “unfollow adelaide” movement. How ridiculous these rowdy pinoy fans are? Very embarrassing.

Pinoy are notorious bandwagon fans. Most of these rowdy fans never play or understand professional basketball.