Not Quite Good Enough... Yet.
Team Pilipinas beat China but fell to Jordan and were consequently eliminated from the 2007 FIBA Asia Basketball Championships. With elimination goes our chances at competing in the 2008 Olympics.
I'm absolutely gutted. The boys fought hard but that's sport: you win some, you lose some.
We've 4 years to get ready. That's more than enough time for a nation with as much basketball talent as we have. We need a young team; a team that does nothing else but represent the country in international tournaments. They need to have a singleness of purpose--no pro contracts, no endorsements, no nothing. Spartans of basketball, if you will. We need a clean slate. A set of players we can mold specifically for the international game: disciplined, technically sound players whose only goal is to bring Asian basketball supremacy back to our shores. It can be done.
To Team Pilipinas: Well done, lads. We'll get 'em next time. Maraming salamat sa inyo.
I'm absolutely gutted. The boys fought hard but that's sport: you win some, you lose some.
We've 4 years to get ready. That's more than enough time for a nation with as much basketball talent as we have. We need a young team; a team that does nothing else but represent the country in international tournaments. They need to have a singleness of purpose--no pro contracts, no endorsements, no nothing. Spartans of basketball, if you will. We need a clean slate. A set of players we can mold specifically for the international game: disciplined, technically sound players whose only goal is to bring Asian basketball supremacy back to our shores. It can be done.
To Team Pilipinas: Well done, lads. We'll get 'em next time. Maraming salamat sa inyo.
posted by CSG at 7:30 AM
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