BASKETBALL Thread

[coldfire083]

Sana makasama si Ray Parks sa Gilas next year. Laki ng advantage nya sa playing position nya.

[doctor joe]

gilas 3.0 na si rayray,

parks
abueva
teng
ravena
sangalang(reserve)
slaughter
salva
ellis
hodge
fajardo
lee
buenafe(reserve)
alas
fil-am player(reserve)
mcgee

[gmaer]

Originally Posted by doctor joe

gilas 3.0 na si rayray,

parks
abueva
teng
ravena
sangalang(reserve)
slaughter
salva
ellis
hodge
fajardo
lee
buenafe(reserve)
alas
fil-am player(reserve)
mcgee

Sinong McGee yan?

[hakz2007]

Si Jayvee...hindi pa aprubado sa congress ang naturalization papers niya....

[hakz2007]

Lebanon, Uzbekistan next in line Gilas faces China in opener

MANILA, Philippines - Smart Gilas Pilipinas will be tested right in its first two games in the fourth FIBA Asia Cup in Tokyo, Japan as it plays China on opening day Friday then Lebanon the following day.

The Nationals complete their stint in the Group A elimination-round play in taking on Uzbekistan on Sunday then Macau on Monday.

Team Pilipinas needs to make the top four in its group to qualify for the knockout stage of the 10-nation event originally named Stankovic Cup in honor of the longtime FIBA official from Serbia.

Other teams vying in the tourney are Iran, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Qatar and India

Read more

[coldfire083]

Parang hindi na nag-improve si Ravena this season....plus sa size niya ay dapat pointguard ang nilalaro niya since sa international play ay lalamunin ng offensive player ang depensa niya.

[gmaer]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

Si Jayvee...hindi pa aprubado sa congress ang naturalization papers niya....

Thanks! Akala ko si JaVale McGee ng NBA eh

[RonnieR]

Senate honors newly crowned Jones Cup champ PH Smart-Gilas
By Matikas Santos
INQUIRER.net
4:37 pm | Monday, September 10th, 2012

http://sports.inquirer.net/61554/sen...ph-smart-gilas

[doctor joe]

Originally Posted by gmaer

Thanks! Akala ko si JaVale McGee ng NBA eh

si javale mcgee nga... 2014 or 2015,sa ngayon kaya pa naman ni douthit at pang world championships yung hanganan niya, 2015 fiba olumpic qualifying ay si mcgee na ang naturalized player ng pinas

[gmaer]

Originally Posted by doctor joe

si javale mcgee nga... 2014 or 2015,sa ngayon kaya pa naman ni douthit at pang world championships yung hanganan niya, 2015 fiba olumpic qualifying ay si mcgee na ang naturalized player ng pinas

Is Jayvee his nickname?

[gmaer]

Brandon Roy returns from retirement!

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/0...#?cid=nba.2013

[BergenScooterPatrol]

Originally Posted by doctor joe

si javale mcgee nga... 2014 or 2015,sa ngayon kaya pa naman ni douthit at pang world championships yung hanganan niya, 2015 fiba olumpic qualifying ay si mcgee na ang naturalized player ng pinas

Javale signed a monster contract with the Nuggets. In order to get his services, SBP must pay insurance money to the Nuggets proportionate to the contract he signed. Say if per year, he gets like $10 million, SBP must pay $1 million insurance money to get him to be released. so imagine if 2013 he plays for us in the FIBA Asia, then we qualified to the Worlds in 2014, so that's a good $2 million na agad. Eh hindi naman $10 million lang a year ang sweldo ni Pierre!


Just go for the cheap, young commodity. Like Denzel Bowles!!!

[anak_mm]

maghihigpit na daw ang FIBA sa eligibility rules ng mga duals... kailangan may pasaporte ng pilipinas ang player bago mag 16?

http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorn...bcategoryid=69

[anak_mm]

LA VS Chinese player

http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv...s-a-tall-order

[3cr]

Originally Posted by BergenScooterPatrol

Javale signed a monster contract with the Nuggets. In order to get his services, SBP must pay insurance money to the Nuggets proportionate to the contract he signed. Say if per year, he gets like $10 million, SBP must pay $1 million insurance money to get him to be released. so imagine if 2013 he plays for us in the FIBA Asia, then we qualified to the Worlds in 2014, so that's a good $2 million na agad. Eh hindi naman $10 million lang a year ang sweldo ni Pierre!


Just go for the cheap, young commodity. Like Denzel Bowles!!!

Yup Javale McGee signed an $11+M/year contract w/ the Nuggets. He is a high salary low IQ basketball player. He may be tall and full of potential but will also now cost a lot really just to play part-time. Not a "Smart" move imho. Gilas team should not go after this guy as they will not get the best bang for the buck so to speak. There are other players out there that cost less but just as talented and even better fit for our Philippine team.

[1100]

Originally Posted by anak_mm

maghihigpit na daw ang FIBA sa eligibility rules ng mga duals... kailangan may pasaporte ng pilipinas ang player bago mag 16?

http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorn...bcategoryid=69

Yep. Same problem yan nina Lassiter at Lutz last year.

[BergenScooterPatrol]

Originally Posted by anak_mm

maghihigpit na daw ang FIBA sa eligibility rules ng mga duals... kailangan may pasaporte ng pilipinas ang player bago mag 16?

http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorn...bcategoryid=69

Collateral damage tayo ng Hagop Rule, named under FIBA Asia director Hagop who dissallowed "instant" citizenship rules abused by countries like Qatar. Qatar kasi grants citizenships to tall, athletic "mercenaries" from Africa ina an instant. What Qatar is doing is making these africans as natural-born Qataris.

Now, this is practice by Qatar is different from the "naturalization" process similar to Marcus Doughtit.

In the Philippines, if you're born outside of the Philippines, and your parent(s) has pinoy blood, then you're entitled to be called Filipino and reap its benefits (if there are any )..So the case of Lassiter and Lutz, in the eyes of our laws, it is permissable. But it hardly passed FIBA Asia's own eligibility rules (napagbigyan lang kasi napakiusapan kasi nagalaro na raw sa SEABA).

In the eyes of FIBA Asia, any foreign born, playing as a citizen (not naturalized) must have a passport of the country before he turns 16. The real loss are the talents of Chris Banchero, Stanley Pringle and Scuba Holt and also Sol Mercado. They are half filipinos and can play in the PBA, but wont be eligible to play in FIBA Asia tournament because of the Hagop Rule.

With this rule, even Jeremy Lin cannot play for Taiwan!


*- noticed that im using FIBA Asia. because other continents' FIBA federations don't discriminant with players playing for their motherland.

[1100]

Hagop Khajirian Logic.

[3cr]

Yikes Knicks implosion waiting to happen! What is the Knicks thinking? A team of headcases and social security recipients!

Knicks looking at Kenyon Martin
https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/st...81311307546624

Free-agent rumble: Knicks continue to rate Kenyon Martin as vet free agent they like best but NYK, to date, haven't sold him on vet minimum.

[3cr]

Aguilar's hope of becoming first Filipino NBA Player still alive
http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/news/nba-...e-try-out.html

The NBA D-League dream of Japeth Aguilar stayed alive over the weekend after the six-foot-nine big man made it through the first wave of tryouts of the D-League team Bakersfield Jam.

According to an article by Joseph Pimentel in the Filipino-American community newspaper Asian Journal which was also featured in a video on the local cable channel ANC, Aguilar was among 20 hopefuls who survived the open try out conducted by the Jam at East Los Angeles College which attracted over 80 players, most of whom came from NCAA Division 1 Pac-12 schools.

Aguilar, according to the report, scored 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting, and added five rebounds and four blocks in a scrimmage. His performance earned him a spot in the "All-Star scrimmage", which will bring together the best players of that particular try out, as well as soft praise from the Jam coaches.

Jam head coach Will Voigt, quoted by Pimentel, called Japeth “an intriguing player” who has length and athleticism. Voigt sees Aguilar as a possible small forward, in contrast to the positions he played in the PBA and Smart Gilas 1. “He’s been playing as a four or a five (power forward / center) in the Philippines we’ll have to transition him into a three (small forward),” Voigt told Pimentel. “It’s going to be a process for him. But he’s shown flashes throughout the weekend that makes you want to see more.

“I thought his athleticism really stood out. He didn’t really shoot the ball as well as he has in the past. But his size and length, the way he moves, I think he just made a lot of plays just based on that.”

Jam assistant coach John Bryant echoed Voigt’s observations about the length and athleticism, but at the same time said Aguilar had to address the one thing that critics back home have repeatedly said about him.

“I think right now he’s a little too passive,” Bryant said, quoted by Pimentel. “He has to be the man. He has to be able to knock down that corner three [pointer] consistently and if that corner three is not working, then a one or two dribble pull up and shoot…I want to see him throw an elbow or something. Get out of his shell a little and play loose. [Then] I think he’ll really be something special.”

The coaches also said Aguilar, a former PBA no. 1 draft pick by Burger King, has to work on his ball-handling and outside shooting and needs to be more aggressive, while on defense he needs to learn how to guard small forwards. Bryant told Pimentel that Aguilar was a “raw talent” and that he “needs to bring all his skills” every day.

But before Filipino fans get excited, this particular try out was just one of four that the Jam will be conducting as they search for players to beef up their roster for the coming D-League season. The team will probably look at 400 or 500 players throughout the entire process. Last year, Byrant told Pimentel, four players on the Jam roster came from the try outs, of which two made it through the entire season.

In other words, the odds are still stacked against Aguilar. But the 25-year-old, whose contract with Talk ‘N Text expired recently, remains undeterred as he continues to pursue his dream of becoming the first full-blooded Filipino player of making it to the NBA.

“I can’t live without trying,” Aguilar said when interviewed by Pimentel. “I’m very determined to improve every day. I’m doing workouts everyday and spending a lot of time in the gym doing everything I can improve on.”

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