Team Pilipinas Basketball

[gobster11]

Did you guys hear about some team offcials of Senegal (TOS) bumping into MVP and Smart executives in the streets of Sevilla? TOS asked the MVP group, "are you Filipinos?" MVP group answered, "yes". Then TOS told the MVP group to go home. One of the executives answered, "After we beat you!" and walked away.

 

Let's go GILAS!! Beat Senegal!!!

Edited September 4, 2014 by gobster11

[cyking]

its time na mag all fiba rules ang pba....konting adjustment na lang

[GrandGM]

Pagpanalo, cheers to the players pero pag talo kasalan ng coach. I think Coach Chot did a great job. For me, mental lapsed of our players, dami natin turn over that caused us the game. Kulang pa kasi tayo sa experience, we should learn from it and try to improve.

[RED2018]

Pagpanalo, cheers to the players pero pag talo kasalan ng coach. I think Coach Chot did a great job. For me, mental lapsed of our players, dami natin turn over that caused us the game. Kulang pa kasi tayo sa experience, we should learn from it and try to improve.

 

I remember Coach Ron Jacobs' quote (or was he?)- "Players win games, coaches lose them."

[azraelmd]

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Pagpanalo, cheers to the players pero pag talo kasalan ng coach. I think Coach Chot did a great job. For me, mental lapsed of our players, dami natin turn over that caused us the game. Kulang pa kasi tayo sa experience, we should learn from it and try to improve.

 

We always cheered for the players whether they win or lose...but that game against puerto rico...as you mentioned...alot of turnovers and mental lapses...dapat nagadjust na si coach di ba? Yun mga players nde nman magpapasub magisa...as mentioned before first 3 games you can attribute that to lack of experience....but games like puerto rico without arroyo...dapat sinusungaban na eh...if coach adjusted his rotation especially on barrea...he wouldnt exploded with 30 points...just think if barrea scored 25 points only...i watched the game again...we were ahead by 12-14 pts and we started jacking up threes...not much low post plays, no strong drives to the basket...just dribble drive inside then kicked out to the weakside and shoot 3s...as ive said before...we pinoys love our basketball...we know and appreciate our players...but we also have a little bit of coaching acumen within all of us......coach should just admit that he made a mental mistake on his rotation...

[azraelmd]

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@azraelmd

 

I agree. Chot should have adjusted in the Argentina game too.

 

Thanks mason...

 

Anyway ...2 more hours till senegal vs gilas....still depressed....but Laban Gilas!!!! Lets get a win....let everyone play...let everyone get a feel for international games...japhet chan fajardo and even david....15 days till incheon games....let us show haddadis iran and south korea..that they should be fighting for 2nd-3rd places in Asian games!!!!

[Larry]

Coach chot is an easy target

 

like a poster above said "coaches lose games"

 

It's so easy to second guess Chot's decisions from behind our TV and call out the right plays via twitter.

 

Were there coaching lapses in the game? Sure, there always are, every coach has them, even Coach K has them, even the great Red Auerbach had them. There are always lapses, coaches are human.

 

But should we replace Chot?

 

F*ck no.

 

Chot gave Philippine basketball an identity, he created a style of play that only Pinoys can do, and that no team was prepared for, not one. A game that would give NBA players fits, and leave more experienced coaches baffled.

 

Can the armchair fan do that? Most home coaches don't even know how to break down a game properly.

 

He brought us to Spain, if he wasn't able to setup the Gilas program the way it is now, our players would just be fans watching behind their TV screens.

 

Be sad for the loss but respect the man. He put it all on the line for you, so you could have viewing parties, so you could have a team to cheer for in the World Cup, so you could be amazed at what Pinoy basketball can do.

 

Could Jaworski have done better? I doubt it. It was a different time, a different brand of basketball, and it wasn't at the World Cup. Jaworski wasn't up against Argentina, Greece and Croatia.

[Larry]

Anyway,

 

You can't play Blatche and Kraken together, it would slow down the pace considerably, Gilas' game always looks for the first shot, bring it down quickly and take the first shot opportunity before the defense gets setup, because you might not be able to get a shot off by the time the defense is there. IF they're slow on the break it severely limits the first shot opportunity.

 

Japeth should have never been on the team. 6'9 and you can't make your presence felt? I'm disappointed in his play, he should have asserted himself more, if he could take away some of the pressure to score from Blatche, that gives us 2 inside/perimeter options every possession, plus three more from outside. He could have contributed more, instead he only served to slow the team down. Uninspired play from Japeth.

 

Jeff Chan was already scouted, all games after Croatia, Jeff Chan wasn't a factor. LA had a breakout game, because he was one of the few players who wasn't already scouted, they weren't ready. But by the time the second half of PRxGilas rolled in, his game was already figured out too.

 

I agree, Gary David should have been in the mix if only to create confusion with PR, I can't see why he wasn't in any of the games' rotation.

 

as for the future

 

The future looks very bright for Philippine basketball, already you have very good prospects from the UAAP, a Keifer/Jeron tandem would be fantastic, two guys who won't take no for an answer and who's used to taking games over. AVO who has transformed beautifully from a center who couldn't play with his back to the basket (which was the strangest thing) to a legit 4 who can post up or take the ball to the hoop. He's getting better as the years go by.

 

Kobe Paras, I really can't comment on as I haven't really seen him play. He's good no doubt, but is he good because he's the biggest and most athletic on the floor, or can he match up well with someone his own size and ability? We'll see.

 

things are looking up for Gilas, they can only get better from here.

 

what the current team right now needs is to refine the run and gun/larong buko game a bit more. in the past 4 games in the WC, Gilas always has a lot of turnovers, and that's mostly because of the scrappy and lightning quick offense they always run, if you run it like that every time, you will make mistakes unless the degree of familiarity is so high that you already know what each other is thinking.

 

Also a frenetic run and gun game, requires a huge gas tank from the players running it. Everyone should have the cardio to run the whole 40 minutes. Conditioning is a huge factor and not all Gilas players have the cardio for it. Blatche always looks so tired by the time the 4th quarter rolls around.

 

You can see it in the boxscores too, Gilas always starts white hot (reference the Korea game, and all 4 games of the WC), and then plateaus by the 3rd quarter, by the time it's the middle of the fourth, they're already running on adrenaline and pride. Which makes them error-prone, people passing to the crowd, fumbling the ball, etc. Whoever the conditioning coach is, has his work cut out for him.

[junix]

I'd still bat for the inclusion of greg to the national team...and how about sangalang as an additional big guy as backup. for PG let's see how the highly touted stanley pringle will do in the pba. if he is really that good as reported then he may be considered or maybe chris banchero. i'm not sure how old will gabe and ping be come the next fiba world, if ever we qualify again. but this is looking far ahead. kailangan manalo tayo mamaya sa senegal...and should we win, at least gilas exits on a high note. LABAN PILIPINAS!!!

[ppdd]

end of 3rd qtr

Gilas 49 - 44 Senegal

[ppdd]

4th Qtr

Gilas 58-56 Senegal

 

shet eto na naman.... grrrrrrr

[ppdd]

4th Qtr 2:44 remaining

Kraken hurt Dieng

 

Gilas 60 - 59 Senegal

 

kapit.....

[ppdd]

BLATCHE DELIVERS. GILAS IS UP 64-61! (from rappler)

 

wooohooooo!!!!

Edited September 4, 2014 by ppdd

[ppdd]

game is tied 64 all

33 secs remaining.. Gilas ball.. Chot calls for a timeout..

 

edit: now 7.9 secs remaining...

 

edit 2: OVERTIME!!!

Edited September 4, 2014 by ppdd

[ppdd]

Gilas 66 - 67 Senegal