2024 FIBA Asia U18 Championship

[lem0nadi]

Somehow, Jordan managed to get into the U19 WC. The team whom we almost beat with Josh Reyes as coach and losing 2 of our best players with Andy and Kiefer, also without the other good players like LJ Daep.

I feel like every batch of U16 and U18 in the post-Kai era, we could have been qualified in WC as a 4th placer atleast but the basketball gods won't let us have the best team and right coach.

It is just too sucks because the youth WC is the best place for our players to get scouted when they don't have the opportunity to play in the US.

[live_evil]

Somehow, Jordan managed to get into the U19 WC. The team whom we almost beat with Josh Reyes as coach and losing 2 of our best players with Andy and Kiefer, also without the other good players like LJ Daep.

I feel like every batch of U16 and U18 in the post-Kai era, we could have been qualified in WC as a 4th placer atleast but the basketball gods won't let us have the best team and right coach.

It is just too sucks because the youth WC is the best place for our players to get scouted when they don't have the opportunity to play in the US.

That is why the idiots of SBP should realize the damage that Joke Reyes has done to our youth players.

[JAMSKIE]

Somehow, Jordan managed to get into the U19 WC. The team whom we almost beat with Josh Reyes as coach and losing 2 of our best players with Andy and Kiefer, also without the other good players like LJ Daep.

I feel like every batch of U16 and U18 in the post-Kai era, we could have been qualified in WC as a 4th placer atleast but the basketball gods won't let us have the best team and right coach.

It is just too sucks because the youth WC is the best place for our players to get scouted when they don't have the opportunity to play in the US.

I think Jordan has become serious with its youth program in the last 2 years or so. Looking at the history of Jordan basketball, prior to the current Asian U-18 tournament, it hasn't figured well in Asian youth tournaments in the last 25 yrs or so. But I think the Jordanians have become serious now with their grassroots program. If U will notice, the head coach of Jordan's U-18 team is many time national senior team point guard Weesam Al-sous who is also the coach of Jordan's senior national team. I also saw many time Jordan senior national standout Zaid Abbas as part of the coaching staff.

[sroth3839]

So Jordan will have their replacements, contrary what others said Jordan will have hard time to replace their current players.. most of them are shooters that for RHJ loves to be his teammates since his playstyle needs a kickout shooters around him... Like Lebanon, they are not done when guys like Ibrahim, Abu Hawas will retire....

They currently don’t have a replacement for Al-Dwairi.

He’s a big loss once he retires.

[sroth3839]

I think Jordan has become serious with its youth program in the last 2 years or so. Looking at the history of Jordan basketball, prior to the current Asian U-18 tournament, it hasn't figured well in Asian youth tournaments in the last 25 yrs or so. But I think the Jordanians have become serious now with their grassroots program. If U will notice, the head coach of Jordan's U-18 team is many time national senior team point guard Weesam Al-sous who is also the coach of Jordan's senior national team. I also saw many time Jordan senior national standout Zaid Abbas as part of the coaching staff.

It remains to be seen.

The only guy who is assured of a senior men’s team call-up is Saleh. The rest are role-players at best.

[Giannis34GOD]

It remains to be seen.

The only guy who is assured of a senior men’s team call-up is Saleh. The rest are role-players at best.

That's is more important, the role players... They will do the dirty work.. you don't need many stars in a team, especially in national team set up... Look at Gilas, they didn't get most of well known local stars... What team needs is they know their roles

[Giannis34GOD]

They currently don’t have a replacement for Al-Dwairi.

He’s a big loss once he retires.

Well, he's still young at 31.. he can play 2 more cycles until 2032 or beyond... Jordan can easily find his replacement in the future since they have taller population than let's say Japan or Philippines...