UAAP season 86

[r1ck]

if you look at his batang gilas performance as well as being invited to play for gilas, he cant be just a troy rike 2.0 as the kid is capable. one can argue that in his previous games in uaap he was hesistant and lacks aggressiveness overall but then again the potential was there as his skills was already known before. maybe they did not expect him to do a lot. but then again this is still the first round and next ateneo games, for sure amos will be marked. however one player that seems lackluster is geo chiu? is he injured or something? i expected more of him this season.

I think earlier on the season Tab tried fielding a lineup with a frontline consisting of Balunggay, Koon and Amos. In that line up Amos was the one playing the small ball center which is something he isnt comfortable with and Balunggay was still their PF. I think Amos playing out of position contributed to his early season struggles and might even made him lose some confidence in his game.

[The_Big_Cat]

I think earlier on the season Tab tried fielding a lineup with a frontline consisting of Balunggay, Koon and Amos. In that line up Amos was the one playing the small ball center which is something he isnt comfortable with and Balunggay was still their PF. I think Amos playing out of position contributed to his early season struggles and might even made him lose some confidence in his game.

What position did Amos play in Australia? Did he play wing there all his life?

[digitalsuperman]

I think earlier on the season Tab tried fielding a lineup with a frontline consisting of Balunggay, Koon and Amos. In that line up Amos was the one playing the small ball center which is something he isnt comfortable with and Balunggay was still their PF. I think Amos playing out of position contributed to his early season struggles and might even made him lose some confidence in his game.

then i guess that makes a lot of sense on his struggles. and quite scary that ateneo found their footings in the first round. seems like they are on track to peak just for the second round going to playoffs. UP i think still has a lot of things in their arsenal for sure they will bounce back hard on this defeat.

[Ijnusnoc31_]

Pag lumipat si Gagate sa adu for sure sobrang gamit siya hehehe pero malabo hahahah.

[mrjumbo03]

indeed. it looked like balungay played a bad game but he was really covered defensively well. UP really did prepared for him. including Obasa, UP prepared for him. ateneo adjusted and placed Amos against diouf defensively. obasa did well off the ball as well but wasn't much of a factor. it was amos who really stepped up and to some extend brown as well. im quite impressed with ateneo at this stage.

Obasa had foul trouble. Picked up 2 quick fouls in the first minute of the game, proceeds to sit on the bench for the rest of the half. Come 3rd quarter, he scores quick 5 pts (including a beautiful and-1 against Diouf), then gets called for his 3rd foul for the accidental trip of Alarcon (if I remember correctly), within the first 2 minutes of the 3rd. Obasa eventually fouled out with 13 points (5/6 2fg), 8 rebounds, 5 blocks in 16:09 of game time, which is pretty great all things considered (compared to Diouf who had 13 points (4/11 2fgs), 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists in 26:29 of game time).

Obasa is deceptively good. He's strong, has good footwork and low post moves (sometimes too good for his own good, as he ends up traveling), and a great rim protector. But he's still not Kouame though, who was just a different monster defensively (the Kouame-led Ateneo defense was hell to play against because of how he can switch and recover). If you really think about it, I think Obasa is a more polished offensively, but Kouame had a bigger impact on defense. One factor going for Kouame is how he also had better PGs than Obasa (Nieto, Tio, Belangel, all 3 playing pro ball, and Padrigao, who was 2nd in MVP voting last year), and overall, a stronger, more veteran team than now.

[mrjumbo03]

if you look at his batang gilas performance as well as being invited to play for gilas, he cant be just a troy rike 2.0 as the kid is capable. one can argue that in his previous games in uaap he was hesistant and lacks aggressiveness overall but then again the potential was there as his skills was already known before. maybe they did not expect him to do a lot. but then again this is still the first round and next ateneo games, for sure amos will be marked. however one player that seems lackluster is geo chiu? is he injured or something? i expected more of him this season.

Ditto on Geo. Expected more from Geo since I think this is his last year. But for this game, I think he got injured tripping on his own foot (or cramped up?) but he didn't go back in anymore. Hopefully it's not too serious.

[mrjumbo03]

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They moved the UP-Ateneo and NU-DLSU games to the weekend.

[Ijnusnoc31_]

Btw di naggamit si cyrill gonzales rin ng UP noh?

[spaxcundo]

Pag lumipat si Gagate sa adu for sure sobrang gamit siya hehehe pero malabo hahahah.

He is a Phenom guy, so if he will transfer, maybe just maybe its going to be in DLSU or CSB? Plus it doesnt hurt that he is from LSGH

[Ijnusnoc31_]

He is a Phenom guy, so if he will transfer, maybe just maybe its going to be in DLSU or CSB? Plus it doesnt hurt that he is from LSGH

Sabagayyyyy. May point. Nasasayamgan lang talaga ako sa mga ibang talents. Na dapat productive of may playing time

[Crustacean]

He is a Phenom guy, so if he will transfer, maybe just maybe its going to be in DLSU or CSB? Plus it doesnt hurt that he is from LSGH

He won't get playing time in DLSU either. Mike Philips is still there, and they have a new FSA (who is much better than their current one) coming in.

[IPC]

They are not deep in the front court though. After Malick, big men rotation is thin. Alter is too raw and there's a reason Pablo and Gagate are not given significant minutes (they're both too slow for the seniors game, defensively).

I've always thought the thin big man rotation of this UP team will be the reason why they wouldn't sweep this season, and this game showed exactly why. They also had a hard time against DLSU for the same reason. Make Diouf work on defense and his offense suffers greatly.

Teka, other posters in other threads said that Pablo could switch onto guards, and I believed them. So, how is Pablo slow? Is he slow, period, or is the seniors' game too quick for him?

[Crustacean]

Teka, other posters in other threads said that Pablo could switch onto guards, and I believed them. So, how is Pablo slow? Is he slow, period, or is the seniors' game too quick for him?

Seniors game is too quick for him. From the games I have seen, both he and Gagate cannot keep up yet.

[IPC]

Seniors game is too quick for him. From the games I have seen, both he and Gagate cannot keep up yet.

Oh. Thanks. Hopefully, they can be physically quicker as they go on.

[totoy123]

Seniors game is too quick for him. From the games I have seen, both he and Gagate cannot keep up yet.

Gagate, Pablo, and Demisina can transfer to SBU (libre lang mangarap hehe). CNB is waiting for them. Haha