maraming magagaling sa mga local natin,nasasayang lang at natatakpan kc mas binibigyna nila ng time maglaro ang fil am,puro showtime lang naman mga fil am karamihan sa kanila wala naman maibuga at wala pang title sa PBA..

only the foreign players will benefit,not the local players..

IMO, this might as well be referred to as the globalization of basketball. Similar to the tritely mentioned concept of globalization in global commerce and trade, the restrictions and barriers of entry to foreign goods and services can only lead if not coerce the domestic market/the locals to keep-up with the level of quality brought in by other cultures, nationalities, races and backgrounds. If you fail to keep-up with the rest of the world, you drift and fade to irrelevance, rejection, and dejection. If we put this in the context of basketball talent, we (Filipinos) are perhaps ill-informed, and dare I say living an illusion, if we still think that we are a basketball superpower in the world, not to mention in our very own region, Asia. We need to keep-up with the global trend. After Croatia, Lithuania and the other basketball nations of the Soviet bloc a few decades ago, countries like Greece and Spain have shown some sparks of brilliance in pitting themselves against USA basketball. And oh, don’t forget South America’s Argentina. I don’t even have to question if Filipinos have the passion for this sport. We obviously do. Is the drawback really perhaps genetic? Then again, we have always been a tolerant and hospitable culture and we do embrace those trickles of assimilated genes to our country’s DNA pool. Aside from this of course, I think, is the mindset of the culture in breeding basketball positions. Percentage-wise, there is no arguing that we have a populace with heights comparably shorter to the average citizens of other countries (I can’t really say people from the West, because China has been parading 7 footers as well). Let me cite an example, supposing we have 10 players on court (it doesn’t have to be some serious hoops session, let’s just talk about some everyday playground basketball), all are just in high school, 7 of these guys are standing 5’7″ and below, 2 of them are around 5’10″ and one is at 6’2″, guess what happens? The small guys force the “bigger” guys to stop trying to dribble and handle the ball. They force the “taller” guys to familiarize themselves in the paint, even if let’s say the 6’2″ guy has been practicing his handles and looking ahead to becoming a guard like the guys he watches on NBA TV. That’s how we end up with 6’3″ to 6’6″ centers. And guess what? In international hoops, 6’3″ to 6’6″ are 3′s/small forwards. Our “bigs”, who aren’t really big at all in fact, are relegated to playing positions that aren’t designed to stand-up against the “real bigs of the world” (I’m talking about the legit 7 footers). And how come through the years, we’ve seen bigs who have good handles and range; seemingly tolerated by the mentality/culture of their societies? Here are a few cases in point to mention, Dirk Nowitzi, Lamar Odom, Boris Diaw, Kevin Durant, etc. I leave these arguments for you to reflect on. Moving on to other aspects, is it perhaps the food that we eat? Rice vs burgers…hmmm…makes you think of some creative solutions indeed. Aside from food, how about flooding the market with some pituitary gland tweaking supplements? In any case, before the discussion gets weird and out of hand, local players undoubtedly have the talent as well, but the critical point in all of this is whether our local guys are prepared to stand-up to the “challenges” and level of play brought in by fil-foreign players. The local players can try protecting their “turf” all they want, but at the end of the day, you end up with mediocre competition and inadequate exposure to the challenges of the real “basketball world” (with emphasis on the word world). We can stay encapsulated and shielded from the truths about how the level of play has gone up exponentially in different regions of the globe and settle to making ourselves believe that we still parade the best Asian talents, coaching, training, conditioning, basketball philosophies, among others and find satisfaction in beating the hapless Vietnamese and Sri Lankan basketball teams (nope, I’m not hating or ridiculing them, they are still young basketball nations at this point anyway) into pulped masses of meat, which probably wouldn’t last in the coming years anyway if these guys found some secret formula to winning in this sport. Just my two cents, though, peace out!

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eon101 pakiulit nga po sinabi mo

hey people, if you have good basketball sense, whether fil-foreigner or homegrown talents, pasok ka..hindi komo fil-am or fil-foreigner ka, lamang ka na, depende yan sa abilidad mo sa laro..marami na rin namang fil-foreigners ang hindi tumagal sa pba dahil sa talagang hindi pwede ang abilidad nila…ung iba, nagpapahinog muna sa collegiate at pbl leagues bago subukang sumabak sa pba..now we have a handful sa national team..i think the entries of these fil-foreigners is a challenge para sa home grown talents to strive even harder.

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DAMI NGA NAMANG LOCAL STIN Y DONT YOU FOCUS ON LOCAL DEVELOP THEM AND GIVE THEM PRIORITY WER A 80 MILLLION FILIPINO 50 MILLION OF THEM ARE MALE. 5 MILLION OF KNOWS TO PLAY BASKETBALL. NAMAN NAPUPUNTAHAN NIYO AMERICA FOR SCOUTING HOW ABT SA PHILIPPINES PUNTA KAU SA MGA LIGA MAGTANONG KAU. AKO NGA DI NIYO MADISCOVER DISCOVER. IM 6’8 18 YRS OLD AVERAGE 53 POINTS PER GAME, 14 ASSIST, 20++ REBOUND., 5 STLS, 12 BLOCK SHOT.. GANYAN AKO KAGALING SA PSP KAYA DAPAT PROPOSE NIYO ISAMA SA OLYMPIC ANG VIDEP GAMES FOR SURE PANALO TAYO. COME ON! ANG BOBO NIYO….

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Wawa nman mga local players natin. NASASAPAWAN na sila ng mga Fil-am and foreign players. They were picked because in basketball, it was more of a winning factor/ more advantageous to have more height, longer arms, and longer legs. Let’s face it guys: PANDAK-PUNGGOK-BANSOT talaga tayong mga pilipino!!!! Yun ang totoo. Kahit may talent ang mga local players natin sa basketball, dehado pa rin pag malalaki mga nakakalaban natin lalo na sa international tournaments. Kaya masakit man aminin, kailangan talaga natin ang mga Fil-am and imports.

Wag na nga tayong mag-basketbol, mag-boxing na lang tayo! Doon tiba-tiba tayong mga pilipino!

I think the sport is slowly deteriorating in a sense that the sport ( admired by many before the foreign cagers era ) is now dominated by players born to parents of different blood. Maybe a 7/8 Filipino and 1/8 Indian or 3/4 African fused with a 0.25 Filipino blood.. What about our home grown talents trying to find a spot on the big league? are there still good opportunities for them to show or hone their skills especially that the industry is paving the way for foreign cagers, thinking that this could be the solution to be in the olympics few years from now? I mean lets admit it that we have no space for olympic games, we are only fighting a losing battle. Why do we have to put a pressure on these matters as we all know that basketball in our country is only a mere ENTERTAINMENT! This is a sport similar to cockfight wherein imported lines dominated the pit while those native cocks are left behind and the worst part, they all ended up a loser not in the pit but in the roaster..No more chance to show what they got. If we have to recount our history, basketball has never brought pride to our motherland.. We almost pulled off and if im not mistaken during the early 80s.. Now that the sport has been stepping up to a higher level, the more that we will only be overwhelmed with the kind of system that we have. Its very hard to accept the reality and still we are insisting that sooner or later we can be one of those top competitors. I think its way too far from what we really want to happen.. But anyway we have different perspective whether we want to live by or leave behind this maxim since we are bound by our own imaginations and illusions.. Instead of bragging to the whole nation that that we have all those top calibre in this sport but sad to say we can never be and will never be that competitive since this is a fast growing sport and a lot of countries nowadays are into this sport and not to mention those middle eastern countries (who have much more bigger, stronger and faster players) why not just focus on some other sports that we know can give pride and recognition to our country.. What pops out of my mind are the names of manny pacquiao, nonito donaire, aj banal, efren bata reyes, bustamante. Certainly everyone knows them!! Certainly every filipino knows that we have already the edge to winning world titles ( how much more if this sport will be given full support). A sport risked mostly by ordinary men (fighting their way out from poverty )with the heart of a champion. A sport that has already brought recognition, pride ang fame to our country.. PEACE OUT!!!

TO ALL FILIPINOS:

you are very ambitious to a thing which is impossible to you. you dream to be a great basketball player when your height falls short. you should be ashame. you are wasting your time of keep playing it. you are very very short in height. be realistic. you better practice on football theres probability.

dont be like a braggart kid.

dont be shameful internationally. when you are all lazy. you dont have any products at all. see south korea they have kia,hyundai,samsung, etouch sold around the world thats why they are rich. see japan they have mitsubishi,honda, isuzu, suzuki, cameras, cellphones, trucks sold around the world… see germany they have airbus, bmw, trucks and all machineries.. but the filipinos all of them long to buy imported.. too lazy…

I would like to commend the observation made by EON101. He read the situation clear as crystal. What the Philippines need now is a stronger influx of “TALENTS” whichever way it may come from. As long as there’s Filipino blood flowing in his veins, he’s good as one and he should not be discriminated to contribute for a greater cause. We can’t blame everyone’s frustations and fears about the considerable effects of having a tougher, worthier counterparts/opponents across our lands or even outside the Philippines who are known as FIL-FOREIGNERS. We should consider it a challenge and potential for all. We can’t stay “inlove” in our potentials and live to fear of actually having to prove it. Our handicap is also our strength. Capitalize on it. We’re short, but we can DEFINITELY play, use our other strengths, develope it, nurture it… enhance our SPEED and agility… look at other positives… but of course if there’s new talents coming in from offshore, so be it… keep it coming!