Fiba Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers

[judasmartel]

In the meantime, Panlilio said the five special Gilas draftees in Isaac Go, Rey Suerte, Allyn Bulanadi and brothers Matt and Mike Nieto, along with other non-pro standouts, will continue to train ahead of the Thailand contest under Alex Compton, who has been named to the full-time assistant coaching post with the national team.


Great.

If Thailand did not make Korea shake in their boots we did not have to prepare this hard against the Thais. As my favorite oligarch once said, "Bibitayin tayo ng mga Pilipino pag natalo tayo [sa Southeast Asia]. The Filipinos will crucify us if we lose [in SEA]."

[B L A C K S U N]

Does anyone know the average age of this team? Seems like this the youngest men's team since the original Gilas.

[CoJ]

If the senate in the 90s can grant amnesty law to illegals, there's no reason they can't push for legal integration of Philippine-born aliens.

We're talking about people who grew up in the Philippines, speaks Tagalog, eats sinigang, cheers for the Philippines but can't be legally Filipinos due to citizenship laws and the sheer expense for naturalization (almost Php 500,000)


The senate will have to amend the citizenship laws. But IMO, this is a longer-term solution and cheaper in the long run than naturalizing mid-30s
(nearing retirement) American athletes all the time. Also, naturalization a la Douthit is also decided bt the senate. So why not just amend our citizenship laws. FIBA can't argue now who is Filipino and who is not. We instantly have non-Malays who are natural-born Filipinos.

It's also a way to "circumvent" the FIBA Hagop rule in some aspects.

Many of these Philippine-born foreigners are culturally Filipinos. They're just not "legally Filipino".

And SBPs suggestion to use DNA test as prove of descent is a joke. Our law does not define who is Filipino by genetic ancestry but by citizenship of their parents.

Going by DNA to prove Filipinoness is like saying Chris Tiu who played for Gilas is not Filipino because he is full-blooded Chinese

a bit OT, but I envy the World Baseball Classic's citizenship criteria

Tim Tebow will play for the Philippines in World Baseball Classic qualifying

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tim-tebow-will-play-for-the-philippines-in-world-baseball-classic-qualifying/

imagine if FIBA would do the same, though it will definitely be abused (ehem Qatar ehem)

[mathematicianrcg]

If Thailand did not make Korea shake in their boots we did not have to prepare this hard against the Thais. As my favorite oligarch once said, "Bibitayin tayo ng mga Pilipino pag natalo tayo [sa Southeast Asia]. The Filipinos will crucify us if we lose [in SEA]."

So Thailand scaring korea is actually good for us. Of korea dominated thailand, SBP will give 10 day preperation again. Haha

[reamily]

Why people hee overrate thailnd too much?

[JAMSKIE]

Why people hee overrate thailnd too much?

We/they see it as it is bro.

Thailand losing to South Korea by only 7 points is something that could not be ignored. Even if we say, Korea didn't have some of its top National players in that game (for one, Ricardo Ratliffe didn't play), still South Korea is South Korea. Its talent pool is deep, so even Korea's National team-B is strong.

And considering that we won't have a National team that could really train & practice full-time for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers (Only "some" of the college players & the PBA special draftees would train full-time, right?), then you can't blame them (or us) for be wary of the Thais.

Also, we most likely won't have a Junmar Fajardo, Marcio Lassiter, Japeth Aguilar, Robert Bolick for the qualifiers, so we won't really have the strongest Gilas team for the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.

BTW bro, overrate & respect are two different things.

[digitalsuperman]

Question is will our senators do that????. They vary their opinions in literally every topic in the senate.
Good thing, tito sen. Is a fan of basketball

haha hell no.

[digitalsuperman]

Why people hee overrate thailnd too much?

di kasi sila tinambakan nang korea. they performed well against korea.

[digitalsuperman]

So apparently, There was an invitation from Gilas for Calvin Abueva to join but Marcial and PBA is blocking it. Based on Sam Abueva's IG post.

grabe naman.

[thatweirdguy]

grabe naman.

Would you want Abueva to mentor these kids? Personally I don't want him back even as a practice player.

[reamily]

di kasi sila tinambakan nang korea. they performed well against korea.

Indonesia performed well the first time they met in jones cup may ratliffe pa yun.. and its almost a no bearing tournanent for them( this qualifiers).. kumbaga sa sasakyan naka segunda lang korea

[reamily]

We/they see it as it is bro.

Thailand losing to South Korea by only 7 points is something that could not be ignored. Even if we say, Korea didn't have some of its top National players in that game (for one, Ricardo Ratliffe didn't play), still South Korea is South Korea. Its talent pool is deep, so even Korea's National team-B is strong.

And considering that we won't have a National team that could really train & practice full-time for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers (Only "some" of the college players & the PBA special draftees would train full-time, right?), then you can't blame them (or us) for be wary of the Thais.

Also, we most likely won't have a Junmar Fajardo, Marcio Lassiter, Japeth Aguilar, Robert Bolick for the qualifiers, so we won't really have the strongest Gilas team for the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.

BTW bro, overrate & respect are two different things.

Korean treat the game as like theyre in scrimmage halos nakak score si suttisin at jaisanuk

[RV65]

Would you want Abueva to mentor these kids? Personally I don't want him back even as a practice player.

I agree. His misery is his own doing.

[digitalsuperman]

Would you want Abueva to mentor these kids? Personally I don't want him back even as a practice player.

yes actually. well minus the antics im sure he learned his lesson and the kids wouldnt want to be banned by the pba. but his drive to don the national colors and his motor and his hardwork on the court can be a good inspiration for these young kids.

[yogaflame]

Why people hee overrate thailnd too much?

Because Tyler Lamb is a world class player. Even against Team Gilas with MVP Fajardo and the best defensive player in PBA Chris Ross, he still scored 33 points.