What’s Next for Smart Gilas?
After finishing 4th place in the FIBA Asia Championship, the Smart Gilas program must continue even if the core players will go on to play in the PBA. The previous Smart Gilas players can still be used as reinforcements in future tournaments but a new core of players must be trained again.
Next Goal: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship (Top three teams will qualify for the 2014 FIBA World Championship)
Who will leave Smart Gilas?
1. JV Casio (Powerade)
2. Chris Lutz (Petron)
3. Marcio Lassiter (Powerade)
4. Mark Barroca (B-Meg)
5. Mac Baracael (Alaska)
6. Jason Ballesteros (Meralco)
7. Dylan Ababou (Barako)
8. Japeth Aguilar (Talk N Text)
Who will be left?
1. Marcus Douthit – He is now 31 years old and 33 in 2013, he can still play maybe until 35 years old
2. Chris Tiu – He is now 26 years old and 28 in 2013, he still has many years of play and will be able to teach the new core of players
3. Greg Slaughter (Now playing for Ateneo)
4. Aldrech Ramos (Now playing for FEU)
Who might be added to the team?
1. Kiefer Ravena (Now playing for Ateneo)
2. Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (Now playing for NU)
Who might coach the next Smart Gilas team?
1. Rajko Toroman – He must be extended for 2 more years
2. Chot Reyes
3. Norman Black
4. Tim Cone
5. Eric Altamirano
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fajardo, slaughter, parks, ravena.. eto yung mga magbibigay satin ng oly slot. pero palagay ko, hindi lang dapat 2-3 yrs ang program ng gilas.. maybe 5-8 yrs pa. by that time, meron na din tayo pure shooter. more imptly, mas may displina na ang ph basketball. pero for 2013 qualifier, add natin siguro sina norwood, jr reyes, tenorio, alapag, williams, ranidel, james yap, ryan reyes, j wash, arwind.. sure na siguro ang top 2 jan. go gilas, go team pilipinas!
best line-up (WITH HEIGHT)
CENTER – 1. Slaughter 2. Thoss 3. Eman
POWER FORWARD – 1. Douthit 2. Japeth 3. Fajardo
SMALL FORWARD – 1. Jay Wash 2. Kelly Williams 3. Joe DeVance
SHOOTING GUARD – 1. Arwind 2. Lassiter 3. Parks/Lutz
POINT GUARD – 1. Norwood 2. Solomon 3. Castro
This is a very tall line-up who could match height for height in international competition, if these line-up could play together for at least a year, i believe they could play at par (or even dominate) with Asian powerhouses… believe me guys…. if only i have the resources, which MVP has, i will assemble this team. This is an open letter for MVP, pls. sir consider this, the feeling of a filipino everytime we lose important games knowing that we could have done better is untolerable. it hits us straight to the heart… many thanks
I was really disappointed until now, dalawa lng lamang ng korea sa atin, tapos lamang pa tayo ng 13 points nung end of the 3rd quarter, mahina kasi sa free throws sana ma aaus na natin un. si williams. have 1/6 sa free throw lalo na nung last free throw nya. syang dba? kya nga sana pgbutihin pa ang free throw shooting.
As much as I hate reading Recah Trinidad’s Inquirer article because of his often times super negative criticism and Gilas bashing, he always has a point. Like today’s article (Sept. 29 2011) he pointed out that the last 5 shots scored by the Korea squad, 3 out of 5 were shots taken from the so called “wrong foot” practiced by Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and played to perfection by Dirk Norwitzki which in my opinion is Soo True.. If you’re really a fan of basketball and watch the different basketball styles all over the world you will see that majority of the European players use this technique which was popularized by a korean basketball player in the 70’s. I remember back when i was watching the 1990 Asian games and saw for the first time how other asian countries played, my basketball fanatic friends and I would laugh at how funny the Korea and China team played. Their lay-ups and shooting looked awkward and funny (layman’s term “Balibag-Tae”). Unknowingly it would be the foundation of the power house Asian teams like China and Korea and world champoin teams like Spain, Argentina and Germany.. My point is this Basketball Heads in our country should put an end to their useless politicking and have one goal which is to save Philippine Basketball and go straight to the grass roots program. I still hate Recah Trinidad for Being so negative but i still thank him for proving a point and i still read his articles. 😛
CENTER – 1. Slaughter 2. Thoss 3. Eman
POWER FORWARD – 1. Douthit 2. Japeth 3. Fajardo
SMALL FORWARD – 1. Jay Wash 2. Kelly Williams 3. Joe DeVance
SHOOTING GUARD – 1. Arwind 2. Lassiter 3. Parks/Lutz
POINT GUARD – 1. Norwood 2. Solomon 3. Castro
what do you think of this line-up guys?
i believe that douthit can play power forward. with that, we can have a very tall line-up with slaughter at the center.. kaunting praktis pa at experience kaay slaughter ok na…tingan nyo line-up ko, malalaki di ba… di kaya ng china or korea na hanapan ng mismatch yan… sila ang mismatch sa point guard kay norwood… di kayang i-dominate ni daghles si norwood sa PG gaya ng ginawa niya kina casio and company… on the contrary, si norwood ang magdodminate sa mismatch na ito…
Recah Trinidad is in the payroll of SMC kaya puro nega sa Gilas program yan,
kung SMC may hawak ng SBP puro papuri gagawin nyan.. Ignore nalang sya, wala naman bilang yan eh..
Tigilan na sana ng SMC pamumulitika sa sports, nakakasira na sila eh..
Just like kay hontiveros, fatigue daw kaya nag quit sa gilas, not once nakapasok sa finals team nya pano sya mapapagod? Hindi pinayagan ng SMC
kaya iniwan team Phl, sayang malaki sana pakinabang nya sa team.
kaya hindi na rin ako nanonood ng PBA.. dapat palitan ang PBA to SMBA (San Miguel Basketball Association) diba yan din ang reklamo ni Fred Uytengsu at mga ibang owners? pero pamumulitika aside, sa lahat ng sablay ni Recah Trinidad meron talaga syang point doon sa column na yun… yung “wrong foot” isipin mo nalang na para kang bumantay ng kaliwete na hindi… unorthodox at madalas nakakatawang tingnan kasi mukhang balibag-tae pero mahirap bantayan, unpredictable at sobrang effective kapag inaral at ginamit sa tamang paraan.
Kung Ang China nga tinatambakan ng mga European team, Kaya Hinde dapat Ikahiya ang pagkatalo, Buti na lang pinapalabas sa BTV yung mga Fiba Games, napapanuod ang mga laro ng ibang Asian teams na sumasali sa mga European Exibition Games. Sana Ipalabas din sa IBC13/ACtiveTV Sports para naman marami makapanuod na ang China din ay Natatalo sa ibang European Teams, para naman hinde tau malungkot sa pagkatalo ng ating Smart Gilas. Tsaka Sana si Japeth Lumaki na katawan, lahat yata ng naglalaro sa PBA lumalakas ang Depensa, Mahalaga talaga ang PBA, Kumuha din kaya ng mga Free Agents na malalaki sa Smart Gilas, Katulad ni Don Camaso, malaking small forward shooting guard yn.
Wala talagang improvements ang team phil. kahit ano gawin natin naunahan pa tau ng jordan.small country lng d p cla ganun ka addict sa basketball d kgaya natin no 1 sport pa naman ang basketball… bat kaya? sa tagal na natin sumasali sa intl competition laging na lng palpak e.since 90’s napapanood ko na ung intl team natin.. ala dpat tau ika proud sa team natin.d dpat tau maging ok na lng sa pgka 4th. d yan ang goal natin..palitan na lang karamihan sa team. i maintain lng c japeth aguilar, tingin ko cia lng ung may potential, binangko pa ni toroman..haayy…kng di lng kay douhtit sa kangkungan tau pupulutin..
TAMA KA DYAN
@ craig..damn i totally disagree..cmon men are u even a filipino? those guys played their hearts out for flag and country tpos un lang ang sasabhin mo? wow… i understand the disappointments pero para sabhin n ala tyong dapat ikaproud sa team ntin?? that’s wrong..
I’m very proud of our national squad.. on my own opinion this is the best finished by our national team.. although hindi tyo umabot sa olympics or even sa qualifiers marami p nmng time e ..there’s always a room for improvements.. go Gilas
i think toroman should stay. we have a system which is very effective for international play.we have a good coaching staff. a few suggestions for our next gilas team
1. dapat ung next players natin ay 6’5 pataas starting from the point guard postion to the center position who can shoot from the outside, can play defense, and can run the floor of course alapag will always be there..like (gabe norwood). e.g
2. we should train 7 footers who can shoot outside not necessarily threes but can spread the floor.. like aguilar . i believe this young man has a soft touch from the outside
3.we should train greg slaughter for the center position para my kapalitan si douthit sa post..