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[Metta]

Collegiate leagues using the "amateurism" card is a big part of it. If young players are allowed to go pro, orgs like the US NCAA will lose...

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Experience is also a crucial ingredient.

We can teach 6'5 guys dribbling drills and all but unless he gets to actually use it in a real game,...

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Mike P can be a Rodman type of player because of his motor, length and athleticism.

He will be lethal in the pba setting because he can...

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IMO, the emergence/big leap of the UAAP is a fairly recent thing. I would say it started during that stretch when ADMU dominated (Thirdy era) and now...

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I am all for this. Play Up mentality.

Too many are gaming the system and timing players careers so that they enter college in their 20s....

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JJ Mandaquit.

Hopefully he does something similar to Nico Mannion. Mannion was in the USA U16 pool but eventually played for Team Ital...

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Hopefully, he only stays a year in the UAAP and goes overseas next season. Heck, he can even go now with that length and athleticism on defense....

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For me the replacement of Dave and BJ's production won't be a player-to-another-player replacement. Instead it will be by committee. Like I said, bigger...

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It's illuminating that one of the players in our GOAT conversation was a 6'3-6'4 power forward....

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If we analyze the roster, aside from Ange whose shoes Obasa will not be able to fill anytime soon, the rest of the spots are pretty much covered.
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That is the impressive part, the speed of his improvement. To think he had a long layoff, imagine if he was continually playing and training at a high...

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And this is made possible by having legit-big FSA and skilled-big Filfors.

We've touched on this before...since our system is too incompetent...

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These Filfor Philippine passport holders are Filipinos....

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Damn, Francis Lopez should be playing US D1. His development is hitting that sweet spot.

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If that is his real motive then that's a losers' mindset. If roster spots are hard to get, then get better.

This is especially true for our...

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Like in preseasons past, it is not accurate to gauge ADMU just yet. They don't like showing their cards in preseason. The biggest loss is really Kouame....

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Those consecutive years that ADMU dominated UAAP elevated the standard of that league. We're now seeing how UP, DLSU and the rest have raised everything...

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We need to do a better job with enabling Gilas prospects (yes I see Policarpio as one) to gain the necessary experience in their crucial development years....

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Like last year, I think Ateneo is not using these local tournaments as their primary preseason preparation.

We'll probably see a more complete...

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Personally, I think that is a good thing. He'll never be a 5 internationally like Draymond. They can force him to be an undersized 4 but developing...