Team Pilipinas Basketball

[photographer]

One thing I appreciate Taulava is, although he is Fil Tongan, ang puso niya parati sa Pinas. Kapag tinawagan mo ito to represent the Philippines, nandun kaagad siya walang ano-ano! Hindi kagaya nina Ildefonso, Marlou at Dennis Espino, ang dami daming dahilang para hindi masali!

[crystalyx]

yes youre an asi fan. dont deny it. you dont have to defend him. his performance will speak for itself. no offense meant to asi but i called asi lolo asi bec of his age. and i questioned kung anu pa maitutulong niya, he answered me with superb performances. sa madaling salita butata ako sa ginawa niya.

 

masyado atang malalim sinasabi mo, its out of topic na yung support those who are willing to make sacrifices or existing programs... this is also applicable to the daily Filipino lives... hindi kasali sa usapan yun. dont get so emotional.

 

and about "TALANGKA MENTALITY", look at my avatar. you know which team uses that. im just a smart gilas fan as you are.

 

by the way, are you an italian? cause you said ciao instead of bye. just kidding.

 

peace my brother. lets support smart gilas with or without asi.

 

Kapatid the Talangka Mentality wasn't meant to pin you down but I used it to generally coin us Filipinos including me sorry for that, if you will insist I'm a fan of Asi because of his willingness to represent us anytime he is called upon in international tourneys with his whole Filipino heart not the same with the other PBA "professional basketball players" who plays halfheartedly in international games thats why we are in a current slump. Pinoy din akong proud to be pango...hehehe

 

Anyway mga kapatid talo SG sa Qatar NT (or should I say naturalized Africans Qatar Team) by only 5 points, and Asi only scored 6 points, sayang if he could have scored 6 more points SG would have won it. Good news is SG is still qualified for the quarter finals and maybe facing either Chinese Taipei or Iran in the next game...

 

Salamat

[howarddeduct]

asi.bmp

Asi is the Undertaker!

[rafael77]

kung pilipino.

 

Mabuhay si Asi Taulava! A Filipino Patriot

[howarddeduct]

Talo Gilas

[RED2018]

Talo Gilas

 

We made the quarters, 'though!

 

The bad news is that we'll face Iran (No.2 in the other group). The good news is that the team they sent is their Team B (kaya pala nasilat ng Iraq).

[howarddeduct]

Let's bomb Iran!

[kanski]

^

 

kaso mo, magtaas pa lang kg kili2 yang mga yan, a-bomb na! la panalo smart-gilas.

[RED2018]

Any cable sports channel covering this Fiba-Asia Stankovic Cup?

[alpardpba]

iran? hmmmm.... sana asi has a whale of a game

[master13]

phil vs. iran??????

hell no....

[catsumhoto]

kala k b developemental team eto gear for the qualifying rounds s 2012 olympics.... bakit sinama nila c asi? no offense meant to the fans of ASI..... however if you want to develope the team you should stick with its original personnel.... we keep on plugging holes to improve the team by hiring old players... e d n eto developemental team.... nasaan n yong essence of having them play as a unit since day one.... as of now the composition of the team is uncertain.... might as well disband the team and do it the PBA way of getting the best players to compete.... e puro bangko naman yong mga originals n nagsign up with the team.... and SBP is allowing them to play in their respective team in the collegiate level.....

[crystalyx]

kala k b developemental team eto gear for the qualifying rounds s 2012 olympics.... bakit sinama nila c asi? no offense meant to the fans of ASI..... however if you want to develope the team you should stick with its original personnel.... we keep on plugging holes to improve the team by hiring old players... e d n eto developemental team.... nasaan n yong essence of having them play as a unit since day one.... as of now the composition of the team is uncertain.... might as well disband the team and do it the PBA way of getting the best players to compete.... e puro bangko naman yong mga originals n nagsign up with the team.... and SBP is allowing them to play in their respective team in the collegiate level.....

 

yes SG is a developmental squad but as of now they are undermanned at the Center Position for the FIBA - Stankovic Cup due to the unavailability of Douthit (due to the naturalization procedures, Philippiine passport is not yet issued), Rabeh and Slaughter (due to academic commitments, Rabeh also wants to be released from the squad to join the PBA draft). With this only leaves Ballesteros at the Center Position and an injury to Aguilar is also a factor why they requested PBA to loan Asi to SG. Asi's current role to the team is a player / mentor for the regular big men of SG, as of now Asi is only for the Stankovic Cup. This tourney also affects the FIBA rankings of the participating team that affects the seedings of every team in the Asian games and other FIBA tourneys.

[amante]

phil vs. iran??????

hell no....

that's Iran's team B.

In the recent tourneys, Team A ang nakakalaban ng SG sans Haddadi and some other mainstays.

 

In short, merong pagasang makasilat pa din ang SG, even with its depleted lineup.

 

kala k b developemental team eto gear for the qualifying rounds s 2012 olympics.... bakit sinama nila c asi? no offense meant to the fans of ASI..... however if you want to develope the team you should stick with its original personnel.... we keep on plugging holes to improve the team by hiring old players... e d n eto developemental team.... nasaan n yong essence of having them play as a unit since day one.... as of now the composition of the team is uncertain.... might as well disband the team and do it the PBA way of getting the best players to compete.... e puro bangko naman yong mga originals n nagsign up with the team.... and SBP is allowing them to play in their respective team in the collegiate level.....

 

i think cryalx explained it very well.

importante ang participation ng RP para sa FIBA rankings. There was a plan to pull out but was deferred due to warnings of sanctions from FIBA.

 

Asi is temporary until Slaughter and Douthit can get back into action with the team.

 

Malabo na si Rabeh. Maski naman dati parang not his cup of tea talaga ang maglaro with SG.

 

But in a sense, I feel for the other players. Baracel, Casio, Tiu and Ballesteros, These guys delayed being drafted for the sake of playing for Gilas. They should at least be secured a slot with the team until 2012 regardless of who and how many players are inserted between today and next year.

[Liar]

Kindly enlighten me about the essence of FIBA rankings? Ang pagkakaalam ko it is just but a ranking and wala naman talagang benefit ito. Every tournament by drawing of lots to determine groupings. I may be wrong though.