19th Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou China

[gilasfan]

Many rookies applying for the draft right? Better form a team from there....balti, kobe, ricci etc

[Giannis34GOD]

Some of these players would probably skip the Asian Games to rest their tired & weary bodies. Ok lang sana kahit napagod sa World Cup for as long as the team did well naman sa World Cup, problem is, the team sucked so these guys are tired & down as well.

Well, most of them were benched by chot, so they are not tired anyway… they can bounce back there in Asian games w/ brownlee… I have no expectations here in Asian games… We were grouped with Jordan, Bahrain and Thailand… I will expect to lose vs Jordan w/ RHJ, while getting wins vs Thailand and Bahrain… I see we will be QF only but lose after that… korea, China, Japan and either Lebanon or Jordan will be semifinalist… don’t expect too high for Asian games team… i will temper my expectations and start over again in February 2024 Asia cup qualifiers.. I hope that time, they already have a set of core to prepare themselves for 2027 FIBA WC in Qatar…

[JAMSKIE]

Many rookies applying for the draft right? Better form a team from there....balti, kobe, ricci etc

Agree.

Balti, Schonny Winston & Ken Tuffin are good Asian Games prospects.

What I don't like is the idea of filling the roster with lots of ineligibles like Standhardinger, Pringle, Mikey Williams. 2 or 3 ineligibles for me would be good enough.

[gilasfan]

https://www.philstar.com/sports/2023/09/02/2293230/marquee-players-eye-pba-draft

Hope they get the asian games pool here....1 week practice is fine just a temporary measure and adjustment from the World cup

[Kaireem]

mi asian games pool

bigs
kouame
edu
junmar
kai

small forwards
brownlee
tamayo
balti
oftana

shooting guards
dwight
abando
parks
newsome

point guards
bolick
abbarientos
heading (if healthy)
1GDL (if interested)
kiefer

"ineligibles" pool
cstand
mikey williams
sedrick barefield
scuba holt

"why not?"
scottie (maybe he'll be more effective here)
james canlas
winston
roosevelt adams
michael philips
chris koon'
luis villegas
gutang (if only for his hustle and defense)

thanks pogoy, japeth, malonzo, cj perez and thirdy but give chance to others

hope the pba won't ask for special concessions (translation: all PBA selection ) and that the sbp will have free rein on forming the team

p.s. - coaches pool

jong uichico
rajko toroman - why not? he's in town anyway
aldin ayo - you asked for new blood right?

tim cone won't coach any national team, yeng forget it, tab? good luck with that

[greenarcher]

No Japan guys because of B. League?

[greenarcher]

If LA Tenorio is healthy, just send Ginebra with reinforcements. Tamayo? Balti? SJ? RJ? KQ?

[JOI2dWorld]

If LA Tenorio is healthy, just send Ginebra with reinforcements. Tamayo? Balti? SJ? RJ? KQ?

i think LA is still doing some chemo session in singapore, and we don't know yet what kind of eligibility rule that China will impose as a host, after an embarrassing world cup fuckers for sure will try as hard as they can to favor their team, so i am thinking they will use fiba eligibility as if they will not other teams can take advantage by fielding multiple naturalized player

[IPC]

what happened to that outstanding goalkeeper in the world cup? not invited? i wonder why.

Only 8 from the WC team were invited. Most likely for development.

Looks like Torcaso wants many WC holdovers in the Asian games: https://www.philstar.com/sports/2023...ed-asian-games

Liv and Bolden might be part of his plans.

[CoJ]

i think LA is still doing some chemo session in singapore, and we don't know yet what kind of eligibility rule that China will impose as a host, after an embarrassing world cup fuckers for sure will try as hard as they can to favor their team, so i am thinking they will use fiba eligibility as if they will not other teams can take advantage by fielding multiple naturalized player

im sure China is preparing for a massive scale home cooking by China as retaliation for their embarrassment

[JOI2dWorld]

im sure China is preparing for a massive scale home cooking by China as retaliation for their embarrassment

for sure them and South Korea are the dirtiest MF's when it comes to hosting sporting events, i was not born yet that time but as a boxing fan i read that Roy Jones Jr. was badly robbed in the olympics in South Korea, i will not be surprised if they will impose a no naturalized player rule

[Hoax]

No overseas guys since it’s still unclear whether the release for Asian games is part of their contract since AG is not FIBA sanctioned. Moreover, B.League starts the same time as the opening of AG. UAAP/NCAA season would also be starting simultaneously with the opening of AG. Core would probably be PBA guys.

Assuming OCA rules would be applied, this is my pool:

JMF
Japeth
BGR
Go (if fully healthy since I can’t think of any other PBA big who at least have the tools to compete internationally)

Malonzo
Oftana
JB

Pogoy
Mikey W.
Lassiter

Newsome
Scottie
Ross

Add some from the incoming draft class:
Luis Villegas
Schonny Winston
Ken Tuffin

Obviously we’re lacking quality bigs since Kai and AJ won’t be available.

[OstinYorHim]

Beating China tonight had me thinking too how badly they would want to get back for revenge through the Asian Games. LOL. We'll see.

[hmbopbaduwap]

for sure them and South Korea are the dirtiest MF's when it comes to hosting sporting events, i was not born yet that time but as a boxing fan i read that Roy Jones Jr. was badly robbed in the olympics in South Korea, i will not be surprised if they will impose a no naturalized player rule

Even he's opponent in that gold medal bout, Park Si-Heon believes Roy won that game and up to now still felt shame on what the Korean sports officials did

[OverratedTabBaldwin]

If LA Tenorio is healthy, just send Ginebra with reinforcements. Tamayo? Balti? SJ? RJ? KQ?

KQ

Dude can't dribble/shoot to save his life. Francis Lopez toyed with him a pre-season tournament and all of a sudden he'll have a spot in the Asiad? Jesus, La Sallians and their delusions of grandeur know no bounds. LMAO