The RP Smart-Gilas team continue to stamp their mark in the 2010 Dubai Invitational Basketball tournament b defeating Al-Gezira of Egypt and clinching a semifinals seat against Al-Riyadi of Lebanon, a team that will be led by C.J. Giles, who was thrown off the Smart-Gilas Team 3 months ago for disciplinary reasons.
This is one of the finest showings by the RP team as they have survived several Middle Eastern teames that used to terrorize PBA teams sent to international competitions.
Here is a clip of the game.
Views of a sports fanatic. For the sports addict.
Friday, January 22, 2010
RP GILAS SOLVES JORDANIAN PUZZLE!
Has Philippine basketball found its saviors?
For the longest time, Filipino pundits have long held that the only way to reestablish our dominance in the Asian basketball scene is through the use of PBA players, widely acknowledged as the best players in the land.
But recent debacles in Asian tournaments have left basketball fanatics shellshocked as Middle East Asian teams who weren't even in the basketball scene a decade ago dispatched the Philippine pros easily.
Enter Rajko Toroman, a Serbian coach who earned international acclaim by bringing Iran's once laughable basketball team into the forefront of Asian basketball. The Iranians, under Toroman's 5 year plan, went from whipping boys to Olympic qualifiers, beating traditional giants like China, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines.
Much hullaballoo was raised over Toroman's hiring, most coming from Filipino coaches who said that the Serbian coach would not make a difference, that the European technique would not catapult the RP team into the limelight once again, that our Asian opponents' height and heft were too much, that we did not have enough Fil-Ams schooled in the NBA, that the collegiate stars who chose to play for Smart Gilas would have been role players in the PBA and that they were of no conzequence to the league...
And so Toroman, former collegiate skippers Chris Tiu, JV Casio, Mark Barroca, Jason Ballesteros, Dylan Ababou and Mac Baracael said "screw you" to the PBA and defeated a Jordanian team that proved to be too much of a Goliath for PBA pros.
Tiu scored 17 points, the Big B's (Ballesteros, Barroca and Baracael) scored 12points each while Casio and former Powerade slotman Japhet Aguilar scored 9points each as they defeated the Jordanians with 4 American imports by the score of 85-82.
Call me crazy but I'll take this bunch of plucky, gritty, hardworking amateurs over bigheaded, me-first millionaires of the PBA. They may be the best players in the land but Smart-Gilas has proven that they are the best team in the land.
For the longest time, Filipino pundits have long held that the only way to reestablish our dominance in the Asian basketball scene is through the use of PBA players, widely acknowledged as the best players in the land.
But recent debacles in Asian tournaments have left basketball fanatics shellshocked as Middle East Asian teams who weren't even in the basketball scene a decade ago dispatched the Philippine pros easily.
Enter Rajko Toroman, a Serbian coach who earned international acclaim by bringing Iran's once laughable basketball team into the forefront of Asian basketball. The Iranians, under Toroman's 5 year plan, went from whipping boys to Olympic qualifiers, beating traditional giants like China, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines.
Much hullaballoo was raised over Toroman's hiring, most coming from Filipino coaches who said that the Serbian coach would not make a difference, that the European technique would not catapult the RP team into the limelight once again, that our Asian opponents' height and heft were too much, that we did not have enough Fil-Ams schooled in the NBA, that the collegiate stars who chose to play for Smart Gilas would have been role players in the PBA and that they were of no conzequence to the league...And so Toroman, former collegiate skippers Chris Tiu, JV Casio, Mark Barroca, Jason Ballesteros, Dylan Ababou and Mac Baracael said "screw you" to the PBA and defeated a Jordanian team that proved to be too much of a Goliath for PBA pros.
Tiu scored 17 points, the Big B's (Ballesteros, Barroca and Baracael) scored 12points each while Casio and former Powerade slotman Japhet Aguilar scored 9points each as they defeated the Jordanians with 4 American imports by the score of 85-82.
Call me crazy but I'll take this bunch of plucky, gritty, hardworking amateurs over bigheaded, me-first millionaires of the PBA. They may be the best players in the land but Smart-Gilas has proven that they are the best team in the land.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
PACQUIAO TAKES ON CLOTTEY!
The fight is set on March 15 and will take place at Cowboys Stadium, in Texas.
Clottey is not as heavily regarded as some of Manny's recent opponents (Cotto, Hatton, de la Hoya) and there is a danger that Manny may take him lightly, what with the elections coming up.But if Freddie Roach can keep Manny's head on straight, Manny should be able to add Clottey's head to his much-notched belt.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
ARENAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY!
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Gilbert Arenas, the sharpshooting Wizards (ironically, formerly known as the Bullets) guard has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA.
Indefinitely. Not a game, not a month, not even a year. Indefinitely. That means until NBA Commissioner David Stern feels like it.
Arenas' suspension stems from allegations that he and teammate Javaris Crittenton pulled out guns on each other in the Wizards locker room. This has led into a federal investigation as well as a possibility that the Wizards void Arenas' gigantic contract.
This means even more trouble for the already troubled Wizards, who have been severely underachieving in a very weak Eastern Conference.
But if the Wizards start winning games without Arenas, then we can safely say that the "Allen Iverson Effect"* is in full force.
*The Allen Iverson Effect is addition by subtraction, meaning a team becomes better because a player has been removed. Think of it as like a cancerous tumor being removed from the body.
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