PONG ESCOBAL Will Join The PBA Draft After All

[yvesdrop]

SBC Pong Escobal will join the 2008 PBA draft after all. The Inquirer reported Pong has submitted his papers to the PBA office to make himself elligible for the coming draft. He will graduate or end his NCAA stint this year (even with 1 more elligible playing year?). I thought he will remain amateur for at least one more year before turning pro. What made him decide to turn pro sooner?

[iyurts]

Last year na talaga ni Pong ito because of his age!

[kentski]

nakapagpaalam na **** ba yan sa NCAA? bka makahanap n **** ng paraan ang ncaa mancom at suspend si pong... like ng ginawa nila kay aljamal... mabuti nang nagiingat...:bashful:

[councilor]

anong team kaya maglalaro si pong. yung style of play nya saang team
ba nababagay. goodluck na lang kay pong

[Big Ticket]

since last year na nya this season, it's just the right time for him to apply in the draft...though he's a borderline 1st rounder....TNT team manager and SBC head coach frankie lim might draft him in the 2nd round to join aljamal...

[aryzk]

not interested really in him but goodluck na ***

[Big Ticket]

^why? are you part of any PBA team?

[Ferocious Lion]

since last year na nya this season, it's just the right time for him to apply in the draft...though he's a borderline 1st rounder....TNT team manager and SBC head coach frankie lim might draft him in the 2nd round to join aljamal...

How many first round picks does TnT have? I think they got some picks from the Taulava trade so they might have a couple of picks.

I see them using the second one on Escobal.

[nash_bedista]

mas gusto ko mapunta si Pong sa Red Bull or Alaska

[silent_reader]

ilan taon n b sya? ask ko lang..

[servicelevel]

skills wise and talent, hindi pang-PBA si Pong.

If he does get in the PBA, it's all because of NAP GUTIERREZ!!!!!!!!!!!

[councilor]

skills wise and talent, hindi pang-PBA si Pong.

If he does get in the PBA, it's all because of NAP GUTIERREZ!!!!!!!!!!!
vakit naman?

[redboy]

skills wise and talent, hindi pang-PBA si Pong.

If he does get in the PBA, it's all because of NAP GUTIERREZ!!!!!!!!!!!


Nap Gutierrez? He is not in anyway connected with Pong.

Besides, who is Nap that could guarantee any player to play for the PBA? Gone are the days wherein managers can tilt anyone's chances in making it in the PBA in their favor. PBA teams are spending millions of pesos and with the current pool of players and prospects, it is all about the talent.

[servicelevel]

^ do you know what you're talking about pare? better know the facts between Pong and NAP before posting. that's all i can say. Ask around, a lot of people knows.

sometimes it's not all about the talent, it's all about the advantages and connections.

[shaqmonster]

Last year na talaga ni Pong ito because of his age!

On the contrary, Pong Escobal just turned 23 years old last week.

[shaqmonster]

skills wise and talent, hindi pang-PBA si Pong.

If he does get in the PBA, it's all because of NAP GUTIERREZ!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone is entitled to his wrong opinion.

I did not know that Nap Gutierrez now picks the players in the PBA draft. Or that he can influence team management and coaches in picking players he supposedly endorses.

Anyway, showbiz na ito. Jologs na jologs ang dating pag si Nap Gutierrez and pinag uusapan.

[shaqmonster]

^Eto na lang ang isipin nyo ha?

Escobal has another year of eligbility left. Do you think he will forego that eligibility if there is no assurance from PBA team/s that he will be drafted early in the first round?

[servicelevel]

^exacto punto. there's an assurance because of NAP. What a dismay!

[Ferocious Lion]

^exacto punto. there's an assurance because of NAP. What a dismay!

Are you telling us that Nap G. wields influence over the likes of Cojuangco, Pangilinan, Uytengsu, etc. or respectable coaches like Reyes, Uichico, Tanquincen, etc.? :rolleyes:

[mystical_prophe]

^ do you know what you're talking about pare? better know the facts between Pong and NAP before posting. that's all i can say. Ask around, a lot of people knows.

sometimes it's not all about the talent, it's all about the advantages and connections.



paano nyo masasabi na di kaya ni pong sa PBA e d p nga siya nasusubukan. mahirap kasi sa mga tao e madami kaagad sinasabi.

so isa ka rin sa nakakaalam about sa facts between pong and nap.....



baka ikaw naman si NAP?:rotflmao:*okay*

[toti mendiola]

Mahilig kasi sa tsismis eh. Okay pa argumento, "ask around daw" for the validation of facts. :lol:

[poging_bagsik]

^exacto punto. there's an assurance because of NAP. What a dismay!


Baka naging papa mo si Nap kaya ganyan nalang ang pagseselos mo.:lol:

[Big Ticket]

^Eto na lang ang isipin nyo ha?

Escobal has another year of eligbility left. Do you think he will forego that eligibility if there is no assurance from PBA team/s that he will be drafted early in the first round?

it's his last year already...remember, pong is a transfer student from mindanao...

[toti mendiola]

with the amendment of rules to be implemented next year. pong would still be eligible

[PULL OUT!]

@servicelevel

is it not that the burden of proof is on you since you're the one who brought this NAP-PONG to the table? why do we need to "ask around" like a gossipmonger?

enough of this NAP-PONG gossip! (well it is a fact for servicelevel)

[tulf]

Ang pagkaka alam ko mas parating makasama si Nap at si KDP (kaya siguro sumasakit ang likod).
Ibig bang sabihin nito si KDP sure na din sa PBA?

[shaqmonster]

post deleted. kawawa naman si Nap. ;)

[shaqmonster]

it's his last year already...remember, pong is a transfer student from mindanao...




If you ask Pong if he will still play for the RLs next year, he won't say: I will no longer play next year because I am no longer eligible.

His usual answer is: I will no longer play for the RLs next year because I will join the draft this year.

[redboy]

^ do you know what you're talking about pare? better know the facts between Pong and NAP before posting. that's all i can say. Ask around, a lot of people knows.

sometimes it's not all about the talent, it's all about the advantages and connections.

Go wield your showbiz tsismis somewhere else. Ask around? That's a great way to know your own version of "facts" huh?

Advantages and connections? You crawled from a rock or something? You are probably stuck with the Patrimonio era.

[ncaa_fun]

skills wise and talent, hindi pang-PBA si Pong.

If he does get in the PBA, it's all because of NAP GUTIERREZ!!!!!!!!!!!
baka gusto mo sabihin kung kanino mo nalaman yung information. malay mo kilala ko rin yung nagsabi sa iyo

[francky]

Phone Pals eyeing 2nd Fil-Am tyro


By Jasmine W. Payo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:23:00 08/12/2008


Close this MANILA, Philippines—A day after Welcoat expressed its intention to make Gabe Norwood the No. 1 rookie pick, Talk ’N Text also eyed another Filipino-American as its second choice in the PBA draft set on Aug. 31 at Market! Market! mall in Taguig City.

“We’ll get whoever Welcoat doesn’t pick,” said team manager Frankie Lim after the Phone Pals earned the second and fourth selections.

The Phone Pals are similarly looking at Norwood—the versatile 6-foot-5 guard who starred for the Philippine team—and Jared Dillinger, a 6-foot Fil-Am point guard playing for the Pampanga Buddies in the Liga Pilipinas.

“There are still so many what-ifs, what if Norwood and Dillinger don’t make it,” said Lim of their top two choices, who have yet to complete the draft requirements for foreign players with Filipino roots.

“We have our top five. We’re also looking at (Jason) Castro, (Solomon) Mercado and Pong (Escobal). They’re all 1-2 guards. Even if we need a big man, there’s no big man in the lineup. So maybe we’ll go for a 3 spot (small forward) and a point guard.”

Magnolia got the third and eighth picks, while Alaska earned the No. 5 selection

Purefoods will either choose sixth or seventh, depending on Air21’s fate in the ongoing Smart Fiesta Conference finals against Barangay Ginebra.

Red Bull picks ninth, followed by Philippine Cup champion Sta. Lucia Realty

[francky]

i think the theory that pong, who just turned 23, is joining the draft this year and not later, because he is assured of being picked high, has some credence.


joel orellana wrote today in business mirror:

Picking second are the Phone Pals, who have been very vocal in picking another Filipino-American cager in Jared Dillinger, also a six-foot-five guard from the University of Hawaii ang currently playing for the Pampanga Buddies in Liga Pilipinas.

Talk 'N Text is also picking at No. 4 and word spread around the league that the Pals are eyeing San Beda guard Pong Escobal to be their fourth selection overall.

[servicelevel]

NC. :lol::lol::lol:

[servicelevel]

on the other note, i'd rather pick Jason Castro over Escobal.

[redboy]

As proven once again, spite and emiticons are the refuge of those who can't retort.

[NYHC]

good luck pong! and thanks!!

pero isa pa! bago ka umalis!

sana hope so!

Animo San Beda!

[iyurts]

Ogie di ba gusto na din nya magpadraft, so this means na lalaro pa sya next year sa SBC?

[chellotte8]

Ogie di ba gusto na din nya magpadraft, so this means na lalaro pa sya next year sa SBC?

Sana maglaro pa sila hanggang maubos nila ang limit ng playing years nila dahil kailangan pa sila ng RL.

[sigmaroh123]

sana alalay na lang maglaro si pong kasi baka ma injury pa, sayang naman ang PBA dreams at future niya. well concern lang naman ako. right mga bedans.

[bebe_]

Pong will not play anymore for RL. Since he is not anymore eligible to play. If you will watch the SBC-JRU post-game interview we had with Coach Frankie Lim, he said there that this year's ending will be a good send-off for Pong who will turn pro next year. So that's it.
Magpapadraft na si Pong... coming from Coach Frankie himself. I don't think there should be hush hush about it na... Its final na. The team would still be intact since it will only be Pong and Sam who's leaving the RL.

[nash_bedista]

Si Ogie hindi nag pa-draft ngayon, meaning he will play 5th year as Red Lion... together w/ Tecson, Gamalinda, Tirona, Taganas...

[DonLabaro]

on the other note, i'd rather pick Jason Castro over Escobal.

hmm... Talk N'Text has Jimmy Alapag.. as a player, Castro is definitely a better catch than Pong, but if we evaluate the roster of the Phone Pals, Pong will be more effective

[iyurts]

Si Ogie hindi nag pa-draft ngayon, meaning he will play 5th year as Red Lion... together w/ Tecson, Gamalinda, Tirona, Taganas...
Good news ito!!!!

[RedRidingDragon]

Si Ogie hindi nag pa-draft ngayon, meaning he will play 5th year as Red Lion... together w/ Tecson, Gamalinda, Tirona, Taganas...

AHHH! Together with Borgie, it's the same team that won HS trophy back in their junior days. Power house Red cubs!

[nash_bedista]

ang kulang na lang sa kanila si James Martinez e, kaso
nsa kabilang liga sya na pula rin. Red Warriors.. kung nag kataon...

G-Borgie Hermida
G-James Martinez
SF-JR Tecson
PF-Ogie Menor
C-Shaq Taganas..

[dindo23]

sure na ba na magpapadraft si pong?! kelan ba? this coming draft naba sia papadraft?!

[nash_bedista]

yup sir, this year rookie draft

[chellotte8]

ang kulang na lang sa kanila si James Martinez e, kaso
nsa kabilang liga sya na pula rin. Red Warriors.. kung nag kataon...

G-Borgie Hermida
G-James Martinez
SF-JR Tecson
PF-Ogie Menor
C-Shaq Taganas..

Nagtataka lang ako kung bakit Red Warriors and UE, samantalang parang hindi naman Red ang color ng school nila. And I heard that in the past, their team was only called Warriors, without the red.

Hmmm...;)

[tulf]

wala pa kasing ibang red school sa uaap naiwan sa ncaa! siguro kun di lumipat ang ADMU at DLSU, meron ng FEU Green Tamaraws at Adamson Blue Falcons.

[TheBedan]

ang kulang na lang sa kanila si James Martinez e, kaso
nsa kabilang liga sya na pula rin. Red Warriors.. kung nag kataon...

G-Borgie Hermida
G-James Martinez
SF-JR Tecson
PF-Ogie Menor
C-Shaq Taganas..

No worries nandyan naman si "The Prince".
Sana next year kumpleto na.

[RedRidingDragon]

No worries nandyan naman si "The Prince".
Sana next year kumpleto na.

Pare idol yan si "the prince". I hope he recovered well from the injury he got back then.

Hermida and Principe, together, are fastbreak machines back in HS days...

[pakito]

sayang si bam bam, hindi na gano nagagamit. sawsaw nalang siya sa rotation ni coach. may size pa naman siya, tumitira sa labas ang marunong mag dribble. pang match up problem sana

[MakaveliLives]

^ mahirap din kase na sabay si bambam at si ogie sa loob eh..halos pareho sila ng laro..ma sa sacrifice interior defense kung malaking tao ang ilalabas mo para kay bambam..ma sa sacrifice naman ang speed kung maliit na tao ilalabas mo para kay bambam

[lions_r_king]

ang lakas ng current line up ng tnt. plus 4 na magagaling na players ang na draft. sigurado na kaya si pong escobal na makapaglalaro sa tnt. sa position nya kasi na guard 1-2 parehong loaded ang tnt alapag ritualo cardona etc. baka si aljamal matangal pa kasi ka position nya yung dalawang draft pick.

[69galaxy]

aljamal still has a year to prove himself and perhaps grow an inch or two hehe.. he's too undersized for his position in the PBA.
pong better make an impression before castro comes into the picture. pero tingin ko kakayanin kung mabibigyan ng tiwala at PT.

[jmmdg]

magamit kaya si pong? with alapag castro cardona and ritualo around