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I have an absurd idea. Jaylen Brown’s disappointment with USA Basketball may turn him to consider nationality switch. We know he harboured some unconventional ideas from being a vegan to his coversion to Islam. I am not surprised that he may bite if offered Saudi citizenship by Saudi crown prince MBS…
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It's fine. His defender just has to make him go left lol.Originally posted by FilWelsh View PostComment
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Maybe possible, Kyrie is now nearing his transfer from USAB to Australia Boomers... Who knows?Originally posted by FilWelsh View PostComment
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Almost all national teams in the Middle East now have naturalized players - Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar (2 pa nga actually), Palestine, Syria, Iraq & Saudi Arabia. Iran nalang ang walang naturalized player."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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JB playing for Saudis will not happened as crown prince MBS is not much on basketball. But nevertheless with his financial clout he drew King James business manager’s attention on planning to form a new international basketball super league. Read the following article.Originally posted by FilWelsh View Post
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A LeBron - MBS business partnership will be a force to reckoned with. An imminent threat to NBA.Comment
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both Kyrie and JB are Muslims and staunch vocal supporters of Palestinian people…Originally posted by Giannis34GOD View Post
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And Saudis can potentially have more than 1 NP in the near future if not in coming months. And there is nothing the rest of the world can do about it. MBS > FIBA. Yeah, it sucks but that’s how money plays…Originally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
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What is day like for MBS, the most powerful man in Arab world… and basketball is part of it… Read the ff. link:
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Schedule for Final Qualifiers for 3rd place teams
March 19-21 : Taipei (Taiwan, Guam, Thailand)
March 21-23 : Manama (Bahrain, India, Iraq)
Who will make it?
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Well, their current naturalized player is Muhammad Ali Abdur Rahkman, former Michigan stand out.. he's OK in his 2 game stint last window.. much needed scorer for them.. Khaled Abdel Gabbar, who was considered naturalized in their past years now become a local player after serving residency in Saudi for 7-8 years, or since 2017... I still think they are still better than Qatar, who is much hype here because of having 2 Americans in their roster... In last Gulf cup, Saudi beat them despite they played those 2 Americans together on the floor while Saudis don't have Abdur Rahkman yet...Originally posted by FilWelsh View PostComment
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No surprise there... Actually they are building basketball as their 2nd most popular sport out there.. with football is their king sport, only 3 games fighting for 2nd.. which is basketball, volleyball and handball.. but it seems basketball is winning numbers for viewership, fan experience and international exposure among those 3 sports... The Jeddah derby between Al Ahli (led by big man Al Suwailem) and Al Ittihad (led by Marwani bros) atmosphere is like Manila Classico of 2010s between Ginebra and San Mig coffee... Basketball is now growing there and likely continue to the next generation or so....Originally posted by FilWelsh View PostWhat is day like for MBS, the most powerful man in Arab world… and basketball is part of it… Read the ff. link:
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I believe MBS will sweetened the pie or amplify the prize money for winners and participants of this year’s FIBA Asia Cup. With his global clout he will make sure that the tournament will be a massive spectacle so for this reason some NBA players from Australia and Japan will answer call-ups from their respective federations.Comment
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What, 9 days of training prior to the 2025 Asia Cup?
I say good luck with that. PBA never learned its lessons."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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Newest FIBA rankings are released.. so the possible draw LOTS will be like this, unless Saudi Arabia, as host will put themselves in POT 1 due to privilege as host team.. It will be:
POT 1: Australia, Japan, NZL, Iran
POT 2: Lebanon, China, Philippines, Jordan
POT 3: Korea, KSA, Syria, either Bahrain (if qualified), Taiwan (if qualified and Bahrain didn't qualified) or India (if Bahrain and Taiwan didn't qualified both)
POT 4: Qatar and whoever qualified in FQT mid March (either Taiwan, Guam, Thailand, India, Iraq)
If KSA put themselves in POT 1 due to privilege as host, it will be:
POT 1: KSA, Australia, Japan, NZL
POT 2: Iran, Lebanon, China, Philippines
POT 3: Jordan, Korea, Syria and either Bahrain, Taiwan (if Bahrain didn't qualified) or India (if Taiwan and Bahrain didn't qualified both)
POT 4: Qatar and whoever qualified in FQT mid March (either Taiwan, Guam, Thailand, India and Iraq)...
Depending what will Saudi put themselves, Our group mates will determine after the FQT later this mid March... But for sure, we will not face Lebanon and China since both those 3 will stay in POT 2 not matter what will happen... If KSA put themselves in POT 1, I want them as our group mates for sure and Syria in POT 3.. Toughest teams in POT 4 will be Qatar and Taiwan... Possibly 2 group of death scenarios because of them being in POT 4 despite very competitive teams...
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