2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[CoJ]

yes, if he likes the game of Amos, now the stakeholders in Philippine Basketball need to workout on how Kouame will be able to play regulary in the Philippines for him to be granted an exemption as he is the perfect replacement for Junemar, i think the last hurrah for Junemar and Brownlee will be in FIBA Asia cup 2025, after that Boatwright will take over the naturalized spot so it's really a must to get an exemption for Kouame

kouame would be the perfect successor to JMF, a edu-kai-ange frontline will work well in CTC’s triangle and defense schemes

[IPC]

yes he likes the game of Amos, now the stakeholders in Philippine Basketball need to work out on how Kouame will be able to play regulary in the Philippines for him to be granted an exemption as he is the perfect replacement for Junemar, i think the last hurrah for Junemar and Brownlee will be in FIBA Asia cup 2025, after that Boatwright will take over the naturalized spot so it's really a must to get an exemption for Kouame

kouame would be the perfect successor to JMF, a edu-kai-ange frontline will work well in CTC’s triangle and defense schemes

If Bennie gets the NP spot, we really need another defensive big, because defense is not Bennie's strength. Ange might fill in if exempted. We really need a defensive big, because AJ is injury-prone.

As we saw today/tonight, scheme can only do so much. We need the personnel to make it work.

[JOI2dWorld]

kouame would be the perfect successor to JMF, a edu-kai-ange frontline will work well in CTC’s triangle and defense schemes

yes, i read Quinito's article that the easiest way for a foreign-born player to get an exemption is by playing in the country they choose to represent for a long period of time, half of that was already achieved by Kouame with his Ateneo stint, if he can play as a local in PBA it will really help his case, as he has more reps in the Philippines compare to someone like QMB if he will be an option for exemption

[ja.he]

Georgians in their official page of their Federation are mad right now. They cannot believe that their team had a hard time against Gilas. To be honest, I felt like Tim Cone intentionally threw the game in the final minutes.

[CoJ]

If Bennie gets the NP spot, we really need another defensive big, because defense is not Bennie's strength. Ange might fill in if exempted. We really need a defensive big, because AJ is injury-prone.

As we saw today/tonight, scheme can only do so much. We need the personnel to make it work.

And unlike 10 yrs ago we do have the personnel to make it work, we need to pull a lot of strings though to get ange exempted

[noyce]

KQ and Tamayo strikes me as dudes who are way too excited to make a difference, to the point they make boneheaded decisions or get ruined by nerves. This game is a testament to how much Cone trusts these 2 raw af players because a lot of crucial misses and turnovers were on them, which is good to me in the big picture, it shows this system has no favoritism and expects everyone to play their A games. I think these 2 will be invaluable pieces to Tim's gameplans once they discover the nuances to their games

was worried that CTC would stick the first 5 the whole game, but the Kai injury changed the circumstances. playing zone defense the whole 2nd half allowed minutes for Tamayo and KQ, plus more Perez minutes. i'd take that in a grander scheme of things perspective.

[magic_chiongson]

what's the news on sotto's injury? is it minor?

[lem0nadi]

Slovenia are killing the Kiwis

[Joe Yabuki]

Georgians in their official page of their Federation are mad right now. They cannot believe that their team had a hard time against Gilas. To be honest, I felt like Tim Cone intentionally threw the game in the final minutes.

casual racism lol, either way, let these teams underestimate a lowly country from southeast asia

[ja.he]

casual racism lol, either way, let these teams underestimate a lowly country from southeast asia

Yeah, keep on underestimating the Filipinos in basketball and it will backfire on them. Haha

[ccharmed]

The sheer irony of it all was the georgians arrogantly accusing the latvians of tanking their pinoy game. Instead, they got a philippine team that could have easily beaten them, but were not interested in doing so. Bwahaha ...

The brazilians definitely do not have a size advantage over pinoys. They are not slavs who have too many bigs. A physical pba-like style is something i am seeing in the next game...

[lem0nadi]

Is georgia a basketball country?

[CoJ]

Lol, this will be viral for a long time

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[lem0nadi]

This guy demanding a good naturalized player using the words black man is CRAZY LOL.

[reamily]

Even the likes of luka will get rattled if you need handicap to get to the next round.. they lead by 8(-2)