UAAP Season 88

[athleticmind2005]

Gemao wasnt really a great prospect for D1. Not much of a shooter despite the athleticism.

His shooting’s actually quite okay. His handles and passing aren’t enough to make him get into the US NCAA, though. That plus he’s also too thin for the physicality.

[thatweirdguy]

Pretty sure he is a D1 Caliber. I feel like he just ran out of time to get scouted. He was not really given a big opportunity with Veritas, and he is just starting to have a role with Royal Crown. He won't be able to get to those team by trying out had he was not capable at all.

I feel like he deserves atleast to be in a low-major college program. Hell, I feel like he can also keep up with mid-major college programs.

I mean Caelum did get to the Nevada team, some eligibility shit just happened.

They don't have the same playstyle and position but I think Andy's ceiling is higher than Caelum's.

Andy just ran out of time. Which is why I think if Keifer Alas still wants to get to the USNCAA, he should be playing in US by now.

There were ( premature) talks of him being another homegrown NBA prospect..

Looks like we have a longer wait ahead of us.

[Sikatrix]

His shooting’s actually quite okay. His handles and passing aren’t enough to make him get into the US NCAA, though. That plus he’s also too thin for the physicality.

Pinoy standard yes but the american standard for guards is quite high.

[inghinyero]

The likes of Jacob and QMB couldn't even penetrate the big leagues.
Racism and discrimination is the issue here. That's why even if they get to D1, they don't get full minutes.

Anyway, I think the NU Bullpups boys are untouchable.
Expect several departures from the third stringers for UP (I'd assume Belmonte and Briones are probably thinking about moving to the NCAA).

Tbh, there's not a lot of money in UP. There are sponsors but they're mostly to fund the big names, not the entire team.
Unlike La Salle, that funds the entire team. Even if Mans is the 4th biggest backer like what people here are claiming, the amount he gives is still a lot bigger than UP's biggest backers in Gov, Robina and PalawanPay

[live_evil]

Sad for Belmonte and Briones. They were not used in the finals. Belmonte had stretches when he was showing great potential. Briones if he can't shoot his threes then he won't be sent in.

[Silent Killer]

His shooting’s actually quite okay. His handles and passing aren’t enough to make him get into the US NCAA, though. That plus he’s also too thin for the physicality.

he should have the body built of a kawamura, campazzo, to an extent fred vanvleet..

[Athrunzala]

Sad for Belmonte and Briones. They were not used in the finals. Belmonte had stretches when he was showing great potential. Briones if he can't shoot his threes then he won't be sent in.

UP just has too many weapons, and the fact that they were hoarding talent to sit in the bench in case their starters get injured

[Metta]

A good comp for Gemao is Korean-American Xaivian Lee of Princeton who is doing very well in D1. In terms of physical and skill aspects, there's no reason Gemao can't approximate Lee's performance.

The big difference though is the mental/confidence aspect. While Lee has no problem playing with swag, Gemao is not playing with the same confidence as he had before. He shows flashes of it, like when he recently matched up with Mikel Brown who is a legit blue-chip PG of his class. Brown scored in the 30's but Gemao wasn't a pushover and scored 16, most of which was from the 2nd half/endgame. That right there shows he can hang with the best of them.

He's not a D1 blue-chipper but he's certainly worthy of D1. His limited time spent in the US is the disadvantage. He's constantly been trying to fit in, and it's hard to be comfortable (green-light mindset) when that's the situation.

I think an extra year doing prep or juco will be the best move for him. This is what Tominaga did and it enabled him to find a healthy dose of confidence. Plus the extra year gives him time to work on his body.

I've mentioned before that his dad is a good trainer, he can make good money doing that on the side. They should stay an extra year and see what happens. UP offer will always be there and would even increase if he delays.

[Sikatrix]

A good comp for Gemao is Korean-American Xaivian Lee of Princeton who is doing very well in D1. In terms of physical and skill aspects, there's no reason Gemao can't approximate Lee's performance.

The big difference though is the mental/confidence aspect. While Lee has no problem playing with swag, Gemao is not playing with the same confidence as he had before. He shows flashes of it, like when he recently matched up with Mikel Brown who is a legit blue-chip PG of his class. Brown scored in the 30's but Gemao wasn't a pushover and scored 16, most of which was from the 2nd half/endgame.

The biggest difference is being exposed to American/Canadian basketball at a young age. Same reason Dwight is a Gilas starter. The longer you stay here, the more you play catchup. Just the luck of the draw.

[Metta]

The biggest difference is being exposed to American/Canadian basketball at a young age. Same reason Dwight is a Gilas starter. The longer you stay here, the more you play catchup. Just the luck of the draw.

Filams are usually dominant when they move here because of athleticism and work ethic. Gemao has a good amount of both, he developed a lot like a filam. He's always played up levels also so he made the most of his competition even if it was local.

The biggest hurdle for him is that confidence thing, he's such a cocky player that it is vital to his game. He has to be himself.

Another thing that will help him with an extra year is his transition into a full-time pg. He's slowly figuring it out but needs more time.

[lem0nadi]

I mean if Andy pushed the UP decision, and he somehow dominated the UAAP on his rookie year, those international offer will appear anyway. He can just do the same path Kawamura did, dominate the BLeague, and get a chance to have a two-way contract. Better if he enters the NBA draft actually, since he will not be a US high school graduate, hence he is consider an international prospect. A gilas stint would be useful too.

Because if players like Dwight, Schonny, Heading, and Wright became worthy of playing USNCAA D1, I can't see how Andy does not deserve it. He might be on par or even better than those players at his age right now.

[TheRodster21]

Filams are usually dominant when they move here because of athleticism and work ethic. Gemao has a good amount of both, he developed a lot like a filam. He's always played up levels also so he made the most of his competition even if it was local.

The biggest hurdle for him is that confidence thing, he's such a cocky player that it is vital to his game. He has to be himself.

Another thing that will help him with an extra year is his transition into a full-time pg. He's slowly figuring it out but needs more time.

The problem I think with his playing up competition, from what I’ve seen of him playing up it’s usually some inter barangay league where the players are barely taller than him. Something that’s apparent with Andy is he’s not used to scoring on bigger with legit size and athleticism. He doesn’t have a counter for taller guys protecting the rim and that hurts him, in the NCAA jrs he could get away with it since there weren’t any real bigs and rim protectors but it’s harder internationally

[gospursgo]

The problem with andy is that he either has to be so good that it makes him a cant miss prospect or be mad athletic with superb size to really make it, even in the d1 level. He is neither those things now, just somewhere along the middle.

How tall is andy nowadays? Last i checked he's only 6'0 on a good day. Had he grew up to 4-5 more inches im sure he wouldnt have trouble getting offers. Lets also remember no matter how good our homegrown guards are, us based guards will always have the advantage when it comes to skill, competition sometimes even the size.

As for the other guys, like kawamura, even when he lacked the height, he made up for it with his superb playmaking ability and basketball iq. While other players that has the same size that made it to D1 were mostly superb playmaking or scoring guards, guys that will either average 10 assists or 25+ pts regularly, neither are andy at the moment so im not saying he totally has no chance of making it, but as of right now, its probably the reason why he wasnt able to fetch any real offers.

[Silent Killer]

not set in stone

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/andy-gemao-verbal-agreement-to-play-for-up-maroons-in-uaap-a1374-20241223?utm_source=Facebook-Spin&utm_medium=Ownshare&utm_campaign=20241223-fbnp-basketball-andy-gemao-verbal-agreement-to-play-for-up-maroons-in-uaap-a1374-20241223-fbnew&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0qhwzhV55DlHHp-SBGVKOhLjqA27EV7DogwuZt85ktnabQJi5WRficck4_aem_dM9SOSMXumy2GUwrAwi9xQ

[Joe Yabuki]

not set in stone

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-...umy2GUwrAwi9xQ

I imagine Gemao will probably spend a year or so in Canada or whatever NA school he joins, if he still is not able to crack the rotation will probably join UP.