Future Big Men Of Philippine Basketball

[IPC]

I'd rather see these kids not gifted with height to play a different sport. Play football, volleyball, martial arts, etc instead. Put these kids in a situation where they can actually excel as adults. Cross-training (playing different sports) as children also pays off in the long run. What we need is to encourage a multi-sport youth culture. And when I say youth, youth as in younger than 10 years old.

For majority of the world (except China and India) kids play football/soccer very early. This is the case even in the US. I think because of this, kids develop skills in running, stop-and-go speed, laterals, stamina, etc. Notice how China's weakness is also in these categories. Other sports also add to different countries advantages. American football and rugby develop the right type of physicality, volleyball for hops, baseball for reflexes. Every sport offers something.

And when a kid gets lucky and grows tall after playing multi-sports early...that is how you come up with 6'6"+ guys who move well.

Speaking of cross-training, Ryan Alba says that Pinoy bigs must cross-train in volleyball: https://twitter.com/_alba__/status/1...9jrXZwXGQ&s=19

He says that "Learning to move laterally in short spaces quickly and jumping straight up is an invaluable skill in both sports." Yep, our bigs need to learn lateral movement, especially considering that most of our better bigs range 195-203cm (6'5"-6'8"), so that further increases the need to be laterally quick to keep up in switches.

[ARMIR]

I'd rather see these kids not gifted with height to play a different sport. Play football, volleyball, martial arts, etc instead. Put these kids in a situation where they can actually excel as adults. Cross-training (playing different sports) as children also pays off in the long run. What we need is to encourage a multi-sport youth culture. And when I say youth, youth as in younger than 10 years old.

For majority of the world (except China and India) kids play football/soccer very early. This is the case even in the US. I think because of this, kids develop skills in running, stop-and-go speed, laterals, stamina, etc. Notice how China's weakness is also in these categories. Other sports also add to different countries advantages. American football and rugby develop the right type of physicality, volleyball for hops, baseball for reflexes. Every sport offers something.

And when a kid gets lucky and grows tall after playing multi-sports early...that is how you come up with 6'6"+ guys who move well.

Well in the US its a 4 season country,so the kids play track,baseball during spring,summer to fall American football,fall to spring basketball or volleyball and even soccer.Japan and Korea picked on this and lo and behold they have players in MLB,College basketball,baseball,NBA,soccer and now both of this countries have active American football.

[IPC]

6'8 Jireh Tumaneng of NBTC Pinoy mavs going to Adamson University


image.png

Is he eligible for Gilas U16?

I think he is. Naveen Ganglani said that the kid was born here, so that settles his eligibility.

https://twitter.com/naveenganglani/status/1647817056086269954?s=20

[magic_chiongson]

Speaking of cross-training, Ryan Alba says that Pinoy bigs must cross-train in volleyball: https://twitter.com/_alba__/status/1...9jrXZwXGQ&s=19

He says that "Learning to move laterally in short spaces quickly and jumping straight up is an invaluable skill in both sports." Yep, our bigs need to learn lateral movement, especially considering that most of our better bigs range 195-203cm (6'5"-6'8"), so that further increases the need to be laterally quick to keep up in switches.

didn't work for troy rosario, former varsity volleyball player & has great verticality but still lacking in laterals, especially when defending against wing players.

[alfrancis]

I think he is. Naveen Ganglani said that the kid was born here, so that settles his eligibility.

https://twitter.com/naveenganglani/s...086269954?s=20

Sorry I meant age-wise. Hope he is not turning 17 this year.

[IPC]

didn't work for troy rosario, former varsity volleyball player & has great verticality but still lacking in laterals, especially when defending against wing players.

I blame TNT for that, e. He was 23 when he entered the PBA, so there was time to develop. Unfortunately, all he became there was a stretch 4 with a good motor. Not much of an asset defensively despite his tools.

[magic_chiongson]

I blame TNT for that, e. He was 23 when he entered the PBA, so there was time to develop. Unfortunately, all he became there was a stretch 4 with a good motor. Not much of an asset defensively despite his tools.

good point, troy looked like he had a lot of potential as a wing playing under tab's national teams

[IPC]

Sorry I meant age-wise. Hope he is not turning 17 this year.

Oh, yeah, my bad. Hopefully not.

And if I remember, too bad Joke is the coach for that team.

[TheRodster21]

Tried something out.

[hmbopbaduwap]

Future Volleyball or Basketball phenoms? Mylene Paat is around 5'10/5'11 while Kazakh National Volleyball Team member Sergey Kezanov is 6'5

https://twitter.com/volleytrails/status/1652549773499723777?t=AiMhSThAcmGPbtBkjeXI_A&s=19

[Rds]

good point, troy looked like he had a lot of potential as a wing playing under tab's national teams

If Tab was not replaced in the OQT, Troy might have improved his perimeter defense like Balti.

[IPC]

Enzo Flojo showed a couple of bigs: https://twitter.com/hoopnut/status/1...xBMylwfpg&s=19

Owen Calanasan: 6'9" born 2008
RDO Jr.: 6'7" born 2007
Andwil Yap: 6'8" born 2009

Hope they're good and skilled enough for FIBA, and one of them can make a good youth international league.

[onggok]

Enzo Flojo showed a couple of bigs: https://twitter.com/hoopnut/status/1...xBMylwfpg&s=19

Owen Calanasan: 6'9" born 2008
RDO Jr.: 6'7" born 2007
Andwil Yap: 6'8" born 2009

Hope they're good and skilled enough for FIBA, and one of them can make a good youth international league.

Owen Calanasan has more potential than RDO Jr and Yap because he has the Basketball body... whoever trained Carl Tamayo he need train this kid Calanasan. Imagine a 7ft tall Tamayo he will be unstoppable in Asia

[IPC]

Here's a 6'7" kid born 2006 named Aries Borja.

https://youtu.be/DdV5fjraeAQ

From the clips, looks like he plays more like a tweener forward than a traditional big, which is good. Hopefully he's also laterally quick, and someone can train him.

[sroth3839]

Here's a 6'7" kid born 2006 named Aries Borja.

https://youtu.be/DdV5fjraeAQ

From the clips, looks like he plays more like a tweener forward than a traditional big, which is good. Hopefully he's also laterally quick, and someone can train him.

6’7-6’8 Tweeners looks to be the standard bigs we can consistently produce this generation.