PBA 49th Season

[FilWelsh]

What can the pba do to win back the fans this 2025?

I think many fans are missing budding rookies age 22 or 23. These age range are a draw for the Gen Z fans. The PBA should make amendments with draft policy as players must be eligible to be drafted once they age 22 regardless they graduate and finish their college studies or not. And also there should be an option that they prospects can withdraw their application at least 24 hours before draft day. And for those who would not be pick an option to return and play for their remaining collegiate years. The situation in PBA atm is we have 26-27 rookies who already either married men or young fathers hardly to elicit excitement or “kilig” with Gen Z young ladies spectators.

Revert back the PBA’s policy of enlisting a maximum of 5 Fil- foreigners each team. Look at crowd favourite Ginebra’ games setting aside semi-finals or Finals games it seldom fill the arenas to full capacity. I believe Ginebra in particular and PBA in general are losing its fans and followers. Homegrown players are more appealing with fans as these players can always relate to them.

Control the proliferation of farm teams as such the top four picks of each draft cohort must stay with the teams that drafted them for at least 3 years. And scrutinise lop-sided trade deals among teams.

No restrictions on hiring foreign coaches anyway it is an established fact that these foreign coaches are much better than local coaches who are archaic and insular on their mindset…

Re-introduce the handicapped system in season opening Governor’s Cup to which teams which finished last bottom 4 in a preceding Philippine Cup will have a privilege or an option to enlist an Asian import or a former FSA with Philippine collegiate system.

Invite a Philippine Select team (whose players may come from UAAP, NCAA and abroad - homegrown or regardless of FIBA eligibility as long as they have Philippine passports) to play as a guest team in Philippine Cup and they may backed by Mighty Sports or SGA.

Institute review of PBA’s salary cap of players regardless of tenure. I think it’s been awhile PBA had done so. Current salaries I believe not adjusted inflation wise.

Those players who played in other Asian professional leagues must be accorded fair treatment as if they play 3 years there since turning pro they should not be subject to PBA rookie salary scale if decide to return home and play in PBA. Yes, 1 year in B.league, KBL or European leagues could be considered as 1 year in PBA.

[Giannis34GOD]

I think many fans are missing budding rookies age 22 or 23. These age range are a draw for the Gen Z fans. The PBA should make amendments with draft policy as players must be eligible to be drafted once they age 22 regardless they graduate and finish their college studies or not. And also there should be an option that they prospects can withdraw their application at least 24 hours before draft day. And for those who would not be pick an option to return and play for their remaining collegiate years. The situation in PBA atm is we have 26-27 rookies who already either married men or young fathers hardly to elicit excitement or “kilig” with Gen Z young ladies spectators.

Revert back the PBA’s policy of enlisting a maximum of 5 Fil- foreigners each team. Look at crowd favourite Ginebra’ games setting aside semi-finals or Finals games it seldom fill the arenas to full capacity. I believe Ginebra in particular and PBA in general are losing its fans and followers. Homegrown players are more appealing with fans as these players can always relate to them.

Control the proliferation of farm teams as such the top four picks of each draft cohort must stay with the teams that drafted them for at least 3 years. And scrutinise lop-sided trade deals among teams.

No restrictions on hiring foreign coaches anyway it is an established fact that these foreign coaches are much better than local coaches who are archaic and insular on their mindset…

Re-introduce the handicapped system in season opening Governor’s Cup to which teams which finished last bottom 4 in a preceding Philippine Cup will have a privilege or an option to enlist an Asian import or a former FSA with Philippine collegiate system.

Invite a Philippine Select team (whose players may come from UAAP, NCAA and abroad - homegrown or regardless of FIBA eligibility as long as they have Philippine passports) to play as a guest team in Philippine Cup and they may backed by Mighty Sports or SGA.

Institute review of PBA’s salary cap of players regardless of tenure. I think it’s been awhile PBA had done so. Current salaries I believe not adjusted inflation wise.

Those players who played in other Asian professional leagues must be accorded fair treatment as if they play 3 years there since turning pro they should not be subject to PBA rookie salary scale if decide to return home and play in PBA. Yes, 1 year in B.league, KBL or European leagues could be considered as 1 year in PBA.

Better scrap the draft.. it's useless anyway... So that farm teams will leave eventually and other interested companies will join and bring their desired players from overseas Pinoy players... I'm sure 90% of overseas Pinoy players will be back here since they will get their desired salary since it will be an open competition to everyone...

[hmbopbaduwap]

Trivia from PBA Rush analyst and former Toroman deputy Jude Roque: The Meralco-Eastern game today features two coaches who were teammates in the Yugoslavia national youth team in Nenad Vucinic and Mensur Bajramovic.

[Joe Yabuki]

Meralco beats Eastern, defense really is just the key to stopping eastern

[Silent Killer]

Meralco beats Eastern, defense really is just the key to stopping eastern

Meralco has the personnel to counter Eastern team. hodge and newsome guarding the perimeter

[hmbopbaduwap]

Rosario's breakout game in Ginebra uniform.

[IPC]

Rosario's breakout game in Ginebra uniform.

His effort was amazing. A lot of Ginebra's offensive rebounds came off his efforts.

[IPC]

That's why I think there will be a reckoning. If you're bringing back Japeth's retired ass everytime but saying that the pool is just fine means the pool is not fine. Tim Cone is just walking the fine line of bringing a good team and pleasing SMC. When losses start we will reexamine the NP slot. If you want height bring Chiu. If you want some rim protection bring in Balti. It doesn't mean that because there is no other 6'9 guy with longs arms and good hops that you bring the same retired guy all over again. There is more than one way to skin a cat but TC's answer all the time is un-retire Japeth.

Oo nga pala, how has Balti been on defense so far?

[Rds]

Oo nga pala, how has Balti been on defense so far?

Pretty decent I think. He seems to have made it a point to maintain the "switchability" or at least good hedging that was taught to him by Tab. He has gained a lot of minutes actually. Many from Arana, some from Brian Santos. He is not as strong or on point at the post as Arana. His 3 pt shooting is practically nonexistent. But he gets a lof minutes because of his defense, rebounding and passing. Switchability, some rim protection. Danny I seems to be bent on making him stronger in the paint. I hope it doesnt slow him down though. He was never a strong post defender but scoring on Converge is a nightmare part of it is because of him. Imagine thinking you got away from the long arms of Check Diallo and then you have 6'7 Balti to contend against.

[IPC]

Pretty decent I think. He seems to have made it a point to maintain the "switchability" or at least good hedging that was taught to him by Tab. He has gained a lot of minutes actually. Many from Arana, some from Brian Santos. He is not as strong or on point at the post as Arana. His 3 pt shooting is practically nonexistent. But he gets a lof minutes because of his defense, rebounding and passing. Switchability, some rim protection. Danny I seems to be bent on making him stronger in the paint. I hope it doesnt slow him down though. He was never a strong post defender but scoring on Converge is a nightmare part of it is because of him. Imagine thinking you got away from the long arms of Check Diallo and then you have 6'7 Balti to contend against.

Balti gaining strength is fine as long as that strengthening doesn't slow him down. If he slows down, it might affect his defense and thus his usability for Gilas.

[IPC]

This UP alum noticed that the faces used for the PBA games tomorrow are all UP players: https://x.com/9xxx148/status/1876112548044661073

Will the UP community bite?

[hmbopbaduwap]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/nenad-vucinic-talks-about-friendship-with-mensur-bajramovic-that-survived-war-in-yugoslavia-a795-20250106?ref=home_featured_big

“It's one of those things that define you as a person in a bad way,” said Vucinic, when asked how difficult it was dealing with the war in their country. “I really suffered because the country broke up and I have still a lot of friends from other countries. And there was a war, there was killing between nations, between his nation and my nation because we have different religion. It was stupid, and it was tough for us,”

“I only contacted him about 10 years ago. And I didn’t know what happened in between,” said Vucinic. “Maybe some of his people, family died in the war. So I wasn’t sure how he was going to react when I contacted him."

Vucinic admitted it felt surreal that they only faced each other as coaches now.

“It’s weird because I was coaching (the) New Zealand national team. He was coach of Bosnia national team, Syria national team, Kuwait national team. And we never crossed paths," Vucinic said.

"He coached in Lebanon a year after I coached. So it was like we never crossed paths. And of all (places), (they) come to Philippines, this team came to be a guest team in the PBA is great,” Vucinic added.

[Giannis34GOD]

Trivia from PBA Rush analyst and former Toroman deputy Jude Roque: The Meralco-Eastern game today features two coaches who were teammates in the Yugoslavia national youth team in Nenad Vucinic and Mensur Bajramovic.

Serbian coaches are the best in the world, better than majority of NBA coaches all time (except Phil Jackson and Greg Popovich)...

[hmbopbaduwap]

Philsports with a brand new flooring.

[greenarcher]

Erick Arejola involved in brawl with high school kids. LOL