2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[reamily]

So dweet playing for levabga a low level b league was a blessing in disguise as it pushes dweet to be a scorer..we all knew how kai performed with yuki kawamura nad both are in a mid level b league team.. too bad for thirdy san en was good they just faced the eventual champions early

[ja.he]

Even this isn't a proper comparison. Brownlee being an import regardless of nationality while the others are there as asian imports. If that was Barefield or Brickman, who are good enough to be imports regardless of nationality then fair but situations are different obviously. Them not having to compete with products of top basketball countries for their spots being the big one.

Asian import quota is similar to quota set by many European leagues for EU citizens. Same quota set by the Mexican league to South Americans. It is also the same with SRP in NBL.

Asian imports cover atleast 10 countries with Philippines having the most number of them. Same is true with the KBL but Filipino players cover them all. I mean they have a competition in the East Asia and ASEAN but Filipino players are dominating this quota. Tell me if it is not cut above the rest.

Asian leagues may not be European level but an import is still an import and that's the point and still a good first step for every Filipino players aspiring to play overseas. Before we try to go Europe, we need to conquer Asian leagues first.

[Sikatrix]

Asian import quota is similar to quota set by many European leagues for EU citizens. Same quota set by the Mexican league to South Americans. It is also the same with SRP in NBL.

Asian imports cover atleast 10 countries with Philippines having the most number of them. Same is true with the KBL but Filipino players cover them all. I mean they have a competition in the East Asia and ASEAN but Filipino players are dominating this quota. Tell me if it is not cut above the rest.

Asian leagues may not be European level but still an import and that's the point and still a good first step for every Filipino players aspiring to play overseas. Before we try to go Europe, we need to conquer Asian leagues first.

I think if we want to improve, its not about conquering these leagues but rather our youth ending up in D1 programs or the equivalent in Europe/Australia. KBL and BLeague have yet to prove to send talent to the top level and I dont see it anytime soon in the KBL's case.

Also yes we dominate our subregion but that has been the case since you and me were born.

[paliganibossalfrancis]

I think if we want to improve, its not about conquering these leagues but rather our youth ending up in D1 programs or the equivalent in Europe/Australia. KBL and BLeague have yet to prove to send talent to the top level and I dont see it anytime soon in the KBL's case.

Also yes we dominate our subregion but that has been the case since you and me were born.

We have/had bunch of D1 players in Gilas. Lassiter, Lutz, Pringle, Kelly, Ahanmisi, Gabe, Dillinger, Standhardinger, Japeth, Asi, Ross, Dwight, AJ, Kobe, Jamie, Rike... D1 doesn't matter that much in FIBA, it's your professional pedigree. How does the market appraise a player's value in the pro ranks? Pang PBA lang ba or pwede sa mas competitive na league? Sadly a lot of our D1s are international league/NBA rejects.

Plus it's a long shot for our youth to end up in D1 since these programs will always prioritize American citizens, we should rather focus on improving our domestic competition from grassroots to pros. Problem is we get too complacent because tayo tayo lang naman ang naglalaro. Really, Philippine basketball is only for local consumption, too insular. Also be open to players playing overseas if our leagues have no vision on how to increase level of competition. Bleague has done it in a very short amount of time why can't PBA at least try?? PBA has to improve its league. Its marketability and profitability so our players don't leave. Our players are improving because we continue to play but the cream of the crop opt to go outside because of better competition and opportunities. We have to entice them and give them a reason to stay home. If we wanna be the "best league in Asia", PBA needs to market itself as such. Find ways to increase audience locally/internationally and revamp the whole concept of the league. BLeague and NBL's beeen doing this and look at their growth. Astronomical.

[ARMIR]

Yeah… Japeth should be gone for national team.. I respect him and passion to play for national team but he should give way to others… Castro before take early retirement for Gilas in early 2019 before the World Cup even we all know he can still play.. he knows that he needs to give his spot to the younger players and not to rely on him… We have Baltazar as the best replacement for Japeth but he was politicised… Baltazar is a great fit for triangle because he’s like a younger Joe DeVance.. can shoot threes, versatile, agile player and very talented player.. I hope once Baltazar enters the PBA this season then SBP and CTC give him a chance… he’s the first one should be priority for additional players.. Please Japeth, retire now with Gilas… You done your part already…

With Balti,CTC will be confident enough that when he sits AJ,for longer minutes,he has a competent player that he can play combo forward,we just have to convince Long Hair to eat humble pie and extend a hand to his benefactor,who also have other players that can be tapped.

[C2Hamm]

We have/had bunch of D1 players in Gilas. Lassiter, Lutz, Pringle, Kelly, Ahanmisi, Gabe, Dillinger, Standhardinger, Japeth, Asi, Ross, Dwight, AJ, Kobe, Jamie, Rike... D1 doesn't matter that much in FIBA, it's your professional pedigree. How does the market appraise a player's value in the pro ranks? Pang PBA lang ba or pwede sa mas competitive na league? Sadly a lot of our D1s are international league/NBA rejects..

but out of all those you mentioned, its only Japeth and Kobe who were products of PH basketball. everyone else learned basketball in another country before going here. what some posters here are hoping, is we(and SBP and all other stakeholders) find a way so we can develop D1 talent in country. will they dominate FIBA or even D1 games? we dont know, but having that confidence we can develop to this level gives both our youth and senior teams a steady stream of potential talent that is above what we have now.

[ja.he]

Do you guys watch Brazilian league NBB? A little boring league but still levels higher than the PBA. Format is like those in B.League - promotion-relegation. Louzada, Lucas Dias and De Paula are playing in this league.

[Sikatrix]

We have/had bunch of D1 players in Gilas. Lassiter, Lutz, Pringle, Kelly, Ahanmisi, Gabe, Dillinger, Standhardinger, Japeth, Asi, Ross, Dwight, AJ, Kobe, Jamie, Rike... D1 doesn't matter that much in FIBA, it's your professional pedigree. How does the market appraise a player's value in the pro ranks? Pang PBA lang ba or pwede sa mas competitive na league? Sadly a lot of our D1s are international league/NBA rejects.

Plus it's a long shot for our youth to end up in D1 since these programs will always prioritize American citizens, we should rather focus on improving our domestic competition from grassroots to pros. Problem is we get too complacent because tayo tayo lang naman ang naglalaro. Really, Philippine basketball is only for local consumption, too insular. Also be open to players playing overseas if our leagues have no vision on how to increase level of competition. Bleague has done it in a very short amount of time why can't PBA at least try?? PBA has to improve its league. Its marketability and profitability so our players don't leave. Our players are improving because we continue to play but the cream of the crop opt to go outside because of better competition and opportunities. We have to entice them and give them a reason to stay home. If we wanna be the "best league in Asia", PBA needs to market itself as such. Find ways to increase audience locally/internationally and revamp the whole concept of the league. BLeague and NBL's beeen doing this and look at their growth. Astronomical.

The fact that you put Rike in there means you don't really understand D1. And to be clear Im talking about homegrown talent since we cant really control the development of FilFors.

[Metta]

but out of all those you mentioned, its only Japeth and Kobe who were products of PH basketball. everyone else learned basketball in another country before going here. what some posters here are hoping, is we(and SBP and all other stakeholders) find a way so we can develop D1 talent in country. will they dominate FIBA or even D1 games? we dont know, but having that confidence we can develop to this level gives both our youth and senior teams a steady stream of potential talent that is above what we have now.

Very important point. Developing homegrown D1 players means we have gotten over the hump of developing players with height and athleticism with the right amount of skill.

It is a very good barometer of the quality of our local youth development system.

Also...there should be a distinction between which D1 teams our players make. There are more than 300 D1 teams with a wide variety in quality.

[paliganibossalfrancis]

The fact that you put Rike in there means you don't really understand D1. And to be clear Im talking about homegrown talent since we cant really control the development of FilFors.

He's still D1. He still was part of Gilas and was a non-factor. Aside from naturalized players we've always counted on D1 players to save our a$$es because our homegrowns and local pro league players are underwhelming. My point is in the international scene it does not matter whether you're D1 D2 D3, we had an NBA player and d1 Gabe Norwood in 2014 and we were still considered underdogs... what matters more is where our players play professionally. The main question we should be asking is do they play against top international talent on a regular basis? That's what happened with Dwight, Kai, KBL and the BLeague boys, not all of them came from D1 but most of them play against some of the best in the world professionally hence there's no more element of surprise or intimidation.

[Sikatrix]

He's still D1. He still was part of Gilas and was a non-factor. Aside from naturalized players we've always counted on D1 players to save our a$$es because our homegrowns and local pro league players are underwhelming. My point is in the international scene it does not matter whether you're D1 D2 D3, we had an NBA player and d1 Gabe Norwood in 2014 and we were still considered underdogs... what matters more is where our players play professionally. The main question we should be asking is do they play against top international talent on a regular basis? That's what happened with Dwight, Kai, KBL and the BLeague boys, not all of them came from D1 but most of them play against some of the best in the world professionally hence there's no more element of surprise or intimidation.

Let me explain. There is a massive difference between a walk on and a scholarship athlete. The NCAA only allows 13 scholarship athletes and schools allow walks on to complete the squad, almost always as practice players. They have to pay there own way and that means spending about 2 million pesos a year just to be part of the team.

Walk ons like Rike are mostly there for the education and arent really that good. Same with the Ronzone twins and Ryan Wetherell. They dont deserve to be put in the same category as the scholarship athletes to put it bluntly.

[hmbopbaduwap]

Abay 2- Latvia 0

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[live_evil]

Please have her children, Junemar! And let them train in Europe but be part of our youth team. hahaha

[CoJ]

Abay 2- Latvia 0

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Dont forget to get pinoy passport for your kids before they turn 16

[sroth3839]

Please have her children, Junemar! And let them train in Europe but be part of our youth team. hahaha

Junemar’s bastards should have last names: saging