FIBA ASIA Cup Qualifiers

[Giannis34GOD]

And possibly no ravena bros. No thirdy whose playing his best basketball in his career.

CTC doesn't like Ravena's game style... I'm sure about that... Kiefer was only included in 2019 SEAG because Castro's injury and Scottie didn't join the pool due to "Not ready" yet for PG spot... But Kiefer is not always in CTC's radar since then... He would rather pick injury proned players such as Romeo and Alas than Kiefer... And better not to include them for minus distractions... The bros are one of the most dislike players here by the fans, they will be forever blame / bash by the fans if they included in the pool...

[Silent Killer]

Line up for asia cup qualifiers

Joining Thompson, Oftana, Ramos and Fajardo in the 12-man pool are Chris Newsome, CJ Perez, Jamie Malonzo, Japanese B-League imports Dwight Ramos, AJ Edu, Carl Tamayo, and Kai Sotto, and UAAP champion Kevin Quiambao will be the 11 locals.

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/quiambao-sotto-tamayo-brownlee-beef-up-cone-s-handpicked-gilas-pool-a5172-20240129(

[thatweirdguy]

Line up for asia cup qualifiers

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/...5172-20240129(

No Bollick? And only Scottie as our converted PG? Dunno about this..

[reamily]

No Bollick? And only Scottie as our converted PG? Dunno about this..

Newsome is another, after yesterday games Im surprised ibn isnt batting for Jordan heading..

[thatweirdguy]

Newsome is another

He could be in stretches but Scottie needs a solid backup as he's also our energy guy and one of our better perimeter defenders. I hope this position wouldn't be our Achilles's heel again as Heading etc are also available to play.

[IPC]

Newsome is another, after yesterday games Im surprised ibn isnt batting for Jordan heading..

Some of us were already batting for Heading, even early into the Dubai tournament.

[reamily]

Some of us were already batting for Heading, even early into the Dubai tournament.

We will see if this no non sense I got my 12 lineup of tim cone will stick..

[Silent Killer]

They said “start young” well we have aging brownlee and they rostered newsome who is 33..

line up till 2027 and you include old players.. we’re off to a good start..

[IPC]

They said “start young” well we have aging brownlee and they rostered newsome who is 33..

line up till 2027 and you include old players.. we’re off to a good start..

It's fine, as long as we don't lineup too many old players.

I see your point, though. 35yo Brownlee, 34yo June Mar, 33yo Newsome, and 30yo Scottie and Perez. That's 5 30+ players. Still, we have an average age of 27.7 because Carl, Kai, AJ, and Quiambao are no older than 24.

[IPC]

No Bollick? And only Scottie as our converted PG? Dunno about this..

They said “start young” well we have aging brownlee and they rostered newsome who is 33..

line up till 2027 and you include old players.. we’re off to a good start..

It's fine, as long as we don't lineup too many old players.

I see your point, though. 35yo Brownlee, 34yo June Mar, 33yo Newsome, and 30yo Scottie and Perez. That's 5 30+ players. Still, we have an average age of 27.7 because Carl, Kai, AJ, and Quiambao are no older than 24.

There are a couple more issues.
1. AJ injured his meniscus last November 12. That means he might be out for quite a while. The projection was 3 months, so he might not make it. It would do him good to at least attend practice.

2. Brownlee's status is still pending in FIBA. We run the risk of not fielding him if FIBA rule negatively. Ange needs to be called up from France.

3. With AJ injured, and Brownlee's status pending, we have no defensive players at 4/5. Quiambao at 6'5" might be too small.

4. Malonzo's left knee buckled yesterday, so might need a replacement for him at 2 (Heading), 3, or 4 (Balti, Mason).

5. The pool consists of only 12 players. Might be incomplete. I did read a tweet though that this is the initial pool.

Otherwise, it's good that Oftana, Carl, Kai, and Quiambao are in the pool as future pieces.

OK, as per the SBP statement, the names announced are the CORE group: https://twitter.com/justinebacnis/st...Mnq_6964Q&s=19

Changes may yet happen for this window.

[spaxcundo]

They said “start young” well we have aging brownlee and they rostered newsome who is 33..

line up till 2027 and you include old players.. we’re off to a good start..

We need to give our younger players a chance to play for our national team. SJ Belangel & RJ Abarientos can ball too

[Giannis34GOD]

We need to give our younger players a chance to play for our national team. SJ Belangel & RJ Abarientos can ball too

They are Tab boys and they have a bad relationship w/ SBP - PBA....

[IPC]

They are Tab boys and they have a bad relationship w/ SBP - PBA....

SJ and Abando took shots at Chot and RJ gave Ricky Vargas a clown emoji.

Abando was able to come back to Gilas, though.

[Giannis34GOD]

SJ and Abando took shots at Chot and RJ gave Ricky Vargas a clown emoji.

Abando was able to come back to Gilas, though.

It helped that Abando have close relationship w/ Long Hair (Letran championship run), The other two are not... That's why Abando returns to Gilas, plus he's good guy... Good locker room persona that likens his teammates, either veterans or young players...

[Giannis34GOD]

The 12 players who were selected are having good relationship either SBP , PBA , MVP or SMC... I want Heading from the pool but maybe the reason he wasn't pick because the condition maybe Heading should sign with Terrafirma (He is already drafted by Dyip), And Heading still not yet to sign with them that still triggers PBA.. Baltazar case is already known why he still not pick yet (Hello Delta), While we don't know why Bolick still not pick to atleast in the Gilas pool, especially that he was in the PBA... Maybe CTC doesn't want him (or Long Hair due to declining to be harvest to either SMC teams)...