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Originally posted by Giannis34GOD
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And no Lin Tingqian a. k. a. "Benson Lin" as well. Artino, Abbasi & Benson Lin are for me Taiwan's top 3 players at present. Also absent are Taiwanese veteran national players Chen Ying-Chun, Liu Cheng, Hu Long-Mao, & Chou Yi-Hsiang."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IV -
Maybe they accept that their best possible finish will be 3rd in our group… just beat Hong Kong then focus on the next round of qualifiers for all 3rd placed teams in every group… then they will go all out for remaining slots against Guam and Indonesia/Thailand… but a full force Guam and Indonesia is not guarantee win for Taiwan… both are tough when complete…they just narrowly escape vs Guam in their final qualification for Asia cup.. it will be different if Cruz, Ross and Washington played that match…Originally posted by JAMSKIE View PostComment
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My concern in this 1st window is that both games will be boring. Boring in the sense that Gilas would hardly encounter any resistance from both Hong-Kong & Chinese Taipei. While we want to win, the wins will have bearings if we get thenm over oppositions that can give us good competition kahit papano. The way I see it, we'll beat Hong-Kong & Taiwan by an average margin of 30+ pts."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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why is Amos in fiba roster listComment
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I don't want to just jinx our team but I can't see us losing to them. The only question is how bad we're going to beat them. Japeth and Kai are going to look like Usain Bolt against Duncan Reid. And they're going to make the Taiwanese bigs look like kids. This will be a clinic. I just hope we don't go all out to avoid injuriesOriginally posted by JAMSKIE View PostComment
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https://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2025/qualifiers/team/Philippines#|tab=rosterOriginally posted by xenoloxy View Post
Yeah. Amos is in the list. Coach Tim has a high on Amos whom he described as a 6-foot-7 Allan Caidic."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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even with Taipei at full strength i wasn't really worriedComment
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I meant for the games being played, I do want him in the nt pool for sureOriginally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
Yeah. Amos is in the list. Coach Tim has a high regard about Amos whom he described as a 6-foot-7 Allan Caidic.Comment
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Actually I’m looking for other games outside Gilas this window:Originally posted by JAMSKIE View Post
Indonesia vs Thailand
Japan vs China
Japan vs Guam
Guam vs Mongolia
Saudi Arabia vs Iraq
Saudi Arabia vs Jordan
Iran vs Qatar
Kazakstan vs Qatar
Iraq vs Palestine
India vs Kazakhstan
Bahrain vs UAE
UAE vs Syria
Lebanon vs Bahrain
those match ups likely go into distance or atleast competitive match.. if you are truly a FIBA basketball fan, this is a worth watching (maybe better than the recent NBA all star game)….
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10 years ago (2013-2014), Gilas and Taiwan in basketball are in equal strength… they beat us at home in FIBA Asia championship… Taiwan also beat mighty China in the QF and settled for 4th place, the highest position Taiwan got since 1960s… after that, Taiwan was on their downfall since then… they didn’t develop the successors for Lin Chie Chien (their star scorer), Tseng Wen Ting (big man w/ long hair), and their 2013 cast… no one in their current pool can match their legacies in Taiwan… I was surprised because Basketball in Taiwan is very huge… this is their 2nd sport after Baseball, when they beat China in 2013, the whole country rejoiced like they were already champions (since they have political rivalry with China)… I don’t want one day even Indonesia or Thailand beat them because of their management failure… they still have talent but they have to replace all of those people in their federation… they killing the development of basketball in Taiwan and cost of Taiwanese people to lose interest in the sport of basketball…Originally posted by xenoloxy View PostComment
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Gilas has a history of playing to their opponent’s level. I hope both opposing squads offer some kind of resistance before succumbing to the overwhelming disparity in talent.
Needless to say, this window serves no more than a test of character for our team. Do we pounce early and relentlessly and show discipline all throughout? Or do we “play with our foods” and simply go in there for the show? I hope it’s the former even if it means a boring game. Develop winning habits rather than a penchant for showmanship.Never look too far ahead. You might stumble on a block right in front of you.Comment
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But tim cone teams since 2019 sea games he really consistent on pouncing teams that we are ahead of.. even iran when we had a slight edge last asiad we even led up to 20 plus.. so that might be a good test for us where we experience meldowns or periods of adversity like that but i doubt the hk and taipei rosters are capable of pulling that.. maybe can pull a thailand in 2023 asiadTo becomes Asia's Best, we need to compete against the World's Best..
1 Big 4 small > 5 out offense.Comment
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Iraq vs Palestine tune up game:
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Just avoid any injuries then I’m ok with that… sometimes non crucial games are those situation injuries happens… Just take care and play avoid injuries…Originally posted by NOiNU View PostComment
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This is my projected rotation:
1st 5:
C Kai
PF JB
SF Dwight
SG CJ
PG Scottie
2nd 5
C Jap
PF Jamie
SF Oftana
SG KQ?
PG Newsome
3rd
C Tamayo
On the first look, we lack high FG 3 pt shooting. There is no high 3FG shooter in the roster. KQ is still a big question mark here. In the drills that I saw, Dwight would need to hit a high rate in the corner.
I think this is a glaring weakness. Even Tab had heading. Even though he preferred taller defensive lineups, Heading was an important player for him for spacing.Comment
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