2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

[paliganibossalfrancis]

Counting chickens before they hatch, but if we do qualify for the Paris Olympics, we could have JB and JC playing together right?

Pwede. Kahit isabay sabay mo pa to: Justin Brownlee, Jordan Clarkson, Remy Martin, Michael Philips, Sedrick Barefield, Mikey Williams, Stephen Holt, Benny Boatwright, Jalen Green, Ange Kouame. Haha.

edit: correct me if i'm wrong! I know mas lax Asian Games and Olympic Commitee sa citizenship

[paliganibossalfrancis]

We might meet latvia again in the finals. The reason why latvia went all out to be the host is to play in the olympics.

Gotta play a damn near perfect game to beat Latvia in the finals. They've shown stretches in the game where they shut down ALL five players of Gilas they just can't convert on the other end. This won't happen again especially with so much at stake.

[Giannis34GOD]

I told you so. We have a shot.

But realtalk, FIBA OQT schedule sucks… why putting that horrible schedule for some teams? including us… I don’t know if we can perform the same way we did vs Latvia due to fatigue… Georgia are well rested and they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia, for sure they reserved it against Gilas… next edition of OQT should be revisited… one day rest is enough for every team after the game…

[Giannis34GOD]

Gotta play a damn near perfect game to beat Latvia in the finals. They've shown stretches in the game where they shut down ALL five players of Gilas they just can't convert on the other end. This won't happen again especially with so much at stake.

I think the morale of Latvia is down right now… they are not sure if they can win against either Brazil or Montenegro… actually the OQT in Riga is the most unpredictable who will make it in all 4 stages of OQT events… In Spain, it will be either Spain or Bahamas, while Greece is favored in Greece OQT then either Lithuania or Italy in Puerto Rico edition… In Riga, we don’t know who are the favorites… for sure Latvia is the favorite, but their lose against us will doubt some experts if Latvia can pull thru…

[Giannis34GOD]

Pwede. Kahit isabay sabay mo pa to: Justin Brownlee, Jordan Clarkson, Remy Martin, Michael Philips, Sedrick Barefield, Mikey Williams, Stephen Holt, Benny Boatwright, Jalen Green, Ange Kouame. Haha.

edit: correct me if i'm wrong! I know mas lax Asian Games and Olympic Commitee sa citizenship

Yes it is… check the Nigeria basketball team last Olympics… Gabe Vincent, Jahlil Okafor (he also represented USA in youth category in 2013), Jordan Nwora, Chikezie Okpala, Ekpe Udoh, Chimezie Metu, Miye Oni and Ike Nwamu all played in 2021 Olympics despite they are all born in USA, they also studied in US and learned to play basketball in US… so Clarkson can play in Olympics as local player…

[paliganibossalfrancis]

But realtalk, FIBA OQT schedule sucks… why putting that horrible schedule for some teams? including us… I don’t know if we can perform the same way we did vs Latvia due to fatigue… Georgia are well rested and they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia, for sure they reserved it against Gilas… next edition of OQT should be revisited… one day rest is enough for every team after the game…

It's basketball bro. FIBA is also test of how conditioned and sharp a country's players are for competition hence a pool of players is allowed and the home-and-away format.

I say we have a real shot vs Georgia. Their coach is not as bright as Luca Banchi (Best Coach of FIBA World Cup 2023). Players not as mature and polished as Latvians. We'll be confident and ready later.

[Giannis34GOD]

If hypothetically Georgia wins by 19 (God forbid)
Then
Georgia: -28+19= -9
Gilas: +9 -19=-10
*Edited
Then Georgia now has the differential in that scenario.
That's why lowkey I wanted them to get a shot or a drive with less than 10 secs left just to try to pad our quotient

I’m worried here.. Georgia have their 1 day rest, we are tired, they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia to be prepared for their big game vs Gilas… this scheduling sucks.. FIBA organizers should notice this.. it’s brutal to schedule some teams not more than 18 hrs in games between…

[paliganibossalfrancis]

I think the morale of Latvia is down right now… they are not sure if they can win against either Brazil or Montenegro… actually the OQT in Riga is the most unpredictable who will make it in all 4 stages of OQT events… In Spain, it will be either Spain or Bahamas, while Greece is favored in Greece OQT then either Lithuania or Italy in Puerto Rico edition… In Riga, we don’t know who are the favorites… for sure Latvia is the favorite, but their lose against us will doubt some experts if Latvia can pull thru…

Latvia w/o Porzingis ain't it. System too reliant on threes ala 2018 Houston Rockets without isolation. I think the toughest team in this tournament is Brazil. Not sure how we're gonna match up with their speed and athleticism. Unlike the Euro-teams, brazil is NBA-esque. Who's gonna stop Bruno Caboclo?

How can Newsome guard Marcelino Huertas and Yugo Santos?

Who will contain Raul Neto?

[Giannis34GOD]

It's basketball bro. FIBA is also test of how conditioned and sharp a country's players are for competition hence a pool of players is allowed and the home-and-away format.

I say we have a real shot vs Georgia. Their coach is not as bright as Luca Banchi (Best Coach of FIBA World Cup 2023). Players not as mature and polished as Latvians. We'll be confident and ready later.

Not this era bro.. if players before agree with this schedule, players today and some fans are not agree with this stupid scheduling… next OQT should be revisited… make it atleast 1 day rest every match… players are not robots… Croatia also complaining with their schedule, that cost their lost vs NZL… even Bahamas coaching staff didn’t agree with their schedule …

[paliganibossalfrancis]

I’m worried here.. Georgia have their 1 day rest, we are tired, they didn’t played Shengelia against Latvia to be prepared for their big game vs Gilas… this scheduling sucks.. FIBA organizers should notice this.. it’s brutal to schedule some teams not more than 18 hrs in games between…

Players in this tournament do this for a living bro. They can handle. Ball is life.

[Giannis34GOD]

Latvia w/o Porzingis ain't it. System too reliant on threes ala 2018 Houston Rockets without isolation. I think the toughest team in this tournament is Brazil. Not sure how we're gonna match up with their speed and athleticism. Unlike the Euro-teams, brazil is NBA-esque. Who's gonna stop Bruno Caboclo?

How can Newsome guard Marcelino Huertas and Yugo Santos?

Who will contain Raul Neto?

They were not scouted last year, that’s why Latvia surprised everybody… I also admit it that I overestimated Latvia.. No one knows that Gilas can beat this tough team

[paliganibossalfrancis]

Not this era bro.. if players before agree with this schedule, players today and some fans are not agree with this stupid scheduling… next OQT should be revisited… make it atleast 1 day rest every match… players are not robots… Croatia also complaining with their schedule, that cost their lost vs NZL… even Bahamas coaching staff didn’t agree with their schedule …

They can complain all they want but it's the competition schedule. Intrams nga sa school 2-3 games in a day sunod sunod. They are professionals bro.

[Giannis34GOD]

I will never, ever forget coach seyer's "bahala na kayo". The last stupid coaching? Nope. His son's basura team got bulldozed by 96 points.

I can stop watching basketball. Marunong ng maglaro at manalo ng basketbol na mga pinoy. But, i can still travel to europe when they go up against the top five teams.

I respect Josh Reyes to his contributions to Gilas program.. but he has to go after this event… he can be scout manager to find fil-foreigners overseas… that should be his role… sakit sa mata plays nya… we are better than these.. we looked like Maldives against team USA

[ja.he]

So Japan and the Philippines can do what Asian teams can't do for a very long time - beating European teams in men's basketball. The shorter Asian teams just did what Middle Easterners and China supposed to do.

[Giannis34GOD]

They can complain all they want but it's the competition schedule. Intrams nga sa school 2-3 games in a day sunod sunod. They are professionals bro.

But next time it should be revisited and have rest to any teams… they have to protect the safety of our players… some of those players are playing for free or little money….