Let's face it. There's a reason why most Gilas teams have a lot of players from the PLDT bloc and barely any from the SMC group, so I'm not going to expound on that here.
Instead, I set upon pondering a different problem. With the looming FIBA sanctions, given the "Brawl In Bocaue", there is a big chance that most of the players from that Gilas team won't make it to the next version.
So what if the PLDT group hands off the reins of the national team (which I'm sure won't be named "Gilas" nor would it have the battlecry "puso") to their rivals? What would that roster look like?
Here's my guess:
Starters: JuneMar Fajardo, Ian Sangalang, Marcio Lassiter, Paul Lee, LA Tenorio.
This is an extremely versatile starting five, with heady guardplay, tough perimeter defense, and long range sniping. The biggest problem of this lineup is interior defense, as Sangalang just doesn't have the length or heft to battle internaitonal PFs, and Fajardo has many strengths but defense isn't one of them.
Instead, I set upon pondering a different problem. With the looming FIBA sanctions, given the "Brawl In Bocaue", there is a big chance that most of the players from that Gilas team won't make it to the next version.
So what if the PLDT group hands off the reins of the national team (which I'm sure won't be named "Gilas" nor would it have the battlecry "puso") to their rivals? What would that roster look like?
Here's my guess:
Starters: JuneMar Fajardo, Ian Sangalang, Marcio Lassiter, Paul Lee, LA Tenorio.
This is an extremely versatile starting five, with heady guardplay, tough perimeter defense, and long range sniping. The biggest problem of this lineup is interior defense, as Sangalang just doesn't have the length or heft to battle internaitonal PFs, and Fajardo has many strengths but defense isn't one of them.
