What's Wrong with Philippine Basketball?

**pajerokid** · July 11th, 2005 03:13 PM

Filipinos are masters of the local game, but we try to copy the nba style of play pero wala naman yung height and athleticism. hayun e di por nada.

We should try to patter our team play with our sea neighbors who obviously have more success with short-ball. Tapos manalangin tayo na may sumipot na homegrown 7 footer para may matinong centro tayo.

BBall politicks? Blame Puyat guys. He's the reason my the players way back then put the PBA together and started all this.

**RedHorse** · July 11th, 2005 03:19 PM

ooops that is voluntary information of your age he he he

**mazdamazda** · July 11th, 2005 03:19 PM

Well said PK...

From my observation, our shooting abilities are slowly dropping. When would the likes of a new Allan Caidic emerge? We are also a bit lax on D.

Just observe S. Korea, they don't even have an inside game to speak off yet they are really deadly on the perimiter.

**mantoy** · July 11th, 2005 03:22 PM

oo nga eh. sa present crop of players natin no one is close to caidic's shooting skills. or maski na kay bogs adornado.

**pajerokid** · July 11th, 2005 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by RedHorse

ooops that is voluntary information of your age he he he

Kuwento lang sa akin ng lolo ko sir. hehehe

**pajerokid** · July 11th, 2005 04:38 PM

Yup. We need players in the mold of Caidic and Ricardo Brown (personal idol ko), heck kahit na Al Solis pwede na e. Players nowadays, puro showtime... saksak ng saksak. Sana kung mala-Samboy sila.

OT: Nung isang praktis game namin, nakilaro si Jerome Ejercito ba yun? Potek, ginawa akong asintahan sa tres.

FrankDrebin · July 11th, 2005 04:47 PM

Isa lang ang ibig sabihin niyan. Puro pa-istar ang lahat ng PBA players. Gusto lahat sila ang bida. Nawala na yung basic elements ng basketball which are shooting, ball-handling and team-work.

**woulfe27** · July 11th, 2005 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by ownertype

brod, you cannot take away the filipino's love and passion for the game. This is a basketball crazy country.

hey, i like basketball, too. i even bought an orig nba 2k5 for my PS2. but to waste taxpayer's money in the hope of getting worldwide recognition in a game designed for big men is totally idiotic.

maybe pinoys have a passion for lost causes. that's why we're always lost.

**nicolodeon** · July 11th, 2005 05:00 PM

The younger players nowadays do not have the fundamentals set to heart like the players of old e.g. Mumar St., Loyzaga, Jaworski, Fernandez, Ocampo, and the other greats.

**ILuvDetailing** · July 11th, 2005 05:02 PM

Yup masyadong westernized ang style dito, lahat gusto maging Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson puro one on one. Although we have good athletes, but none of them are in the caliber of their NBA counterparts. We need a pure point guard, in the mold of a Hector Calma. Yan ang kulang natin aside from a dominating bigman, which is ofcourse wishfull thinking.