What's Stopping the PBA from Implementing International Rules?
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We did not lack in desire and heart, not in skills and obviously not talent. Our defense held up against the offensive machine of SoKor. But in the end, we shall look back at the little things that cost us the silver.
Little things like free throw shooting and motion. Bad habits sprawn out of the PBA and its NBA rules. Its a cycle. The PBA rules proliferates showmanship over precision. individual skill over team play, and personalities over basics. And as the premier basketball league in the country, we cannot expect the next generation of athletes to play differently.
Shifting to international rules has a lot of pros. But I may not be seeing the whole picture, the other side of the coin. So is there any reason why the PBA should keep its system?
We did not lack in desire and heart, not in skills and obviously not talent. Our defense held up against the offensive machine of SoKor. But in the end, we shall look back at the little things that cost us the silver.
Little things like free throw shooting and motion. Bad habits sprawn out of the PBA and its NBA rules. Its a cycle. The PBA rules proliferates showmanship over precision. individual skill over team play, and personalities over basics. And as the premier basketball league in the country, we cannot expect the next generation of athletes to play differently.
Shifting to international rules has a lot of pros. But I may not be seeing the whole picture, the other side of the coin. So is there any reason why the PBA should keep its system?
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As the recent China versus RP results showed, China is way, way ahead of us when it comes to basketball. A 41 point blowout, can anybody imagine that? That would be how much the current RP national team will blow out a country like Burma, or Vietnam in basketbal. And to think that China has perennially at the tail end of international basketball competitions like in the Olympics, for example. 'So anlayo na talaga natin pagdating sa basketball hindi lang kumpara sa Tsina kundi sa mga bansang Europeo, at lalo na sa mga Kano.'
Even if the Fi-B-A adopts international rules, it would be useless in terms of improving the quality of play of Philippine basketball if our best players get to play against the very best of Asia only once every 4 years. Ideally, our best players should play in at least 1 international competition every single year. 'Diyan, talagang mahahasa tayo long term. Mabuti na yung me plano, kahit long term ang ini-expect na results kesa sa wala'.
Now, if the once a year international exposure of our best players is not achieveable at th moment, then the LEAST the country should do is once every 2 years. 4 years is just too long. Every 2 years may not really be that ideal, but it's definitely better than once every 4 years.
When I get angry, Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset. And when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset ... people die!
But as for the adapting the rules, hey, what's stopping them?
rhk111 is right. What we need is more international exposure and greater continuity of initiated programs. Let's build on the advancements we have achieved. Our Busan efforts will not be in vain if from this apparent failure we can plant the seeds of future greatness.
Lessons learned:
1. Let's go back to basics. Two free throws counts the same as a throwdown tomahawk, and more when the game is on the line.
2. Again, like in the recent WBCs, a great team will beat a collection of great individuals.
3. Let's give equal emphasis to other team and individual sports in the same degree we accord basketball.
4. Sports psychologists must find a way to toughen the mental preparedness of our athletes. We lack the toughness to go all the way.
08/01/2009 | 09:29 PM
Filipino-American NBA coach Erik Spoelstra believes every basketball player should get back in learning the fundamentals of the sport.
Started working out on the fundamentals, the basics of basketball. Talent then comes next," said the Miami Heat coach in a recent clinic he conducted with selected collegiate players.
"Basketball is not an individual sport. You need to have a good teamwork. Its not in the way you pass or the way you shoot but how you make your teammate look good."
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/168822/Return-to-basics-of-basketball-says-Fil-Am-coach-Spoelstra
Mas gusto ng pinoys ang one on one plays. Being a commercial/professional league, siyempre dun sila sa gusto ng fans. Which is a shame, IMHO.
But yeah, at the price of the so-called basics.
But really, what are the differences? If you think of it all the major rules (3 points) are the same...
rhk111 wrote those words in 2002. it still applies today. wonder what he thinks of the current direction the pba is heading towards now by banning their best players from participating...
why would they implement the "boring" international rules when they have opted out of joining those international basketball competitions altogether? the should change their name to PBE.
- rectangle yung freethrow zone at hindi trapezoid
- pwede pa rin tumawag ng timeout yung players kahit saan sa court
- 12 min quarters
- 6 fouls to get disqualified, 6 team fouls to be in penalty
about superstar calls in the nba and the pba... mmm not sure kung iba ang fiba at nba/pba sa tawagan. kahit naman sa fiba rules hindi magbabago yan kasi may superstars din at meron din namang mga ****** referee. tignan na lang natin ang uaap for an example. lol.
For example:
- yung 3 point distance kasing layo na ng sa PBA yung white line.
- meron ng semi circle sa paint for a no charge zone.
- rectangle na ang paint area or freethrow area.
Pero yung system of playing ang dapat talagang matutunan at baguhin ng PBA at mangyayari lang to kung ang namumuno at ang board ay may guts to implement this. Pero as of this moment mukhang bahag ang mga buntot ng namumuno especially the commissioner.
The PBA should accept some of the responsibility in helping the national team and not completely dodge it as what they're planning now.
I'll say it again can we call the Gilas team the true national team? For me, no. we are still not united parang pinabayaan lang ng PBA na SBP ang maghandle when we all know we could use the services of several players in the PBA. Tayo lang yata sa Asia ang may problema na ganito considering na mahal natin ang sports na ito.
Ang nakakapanghinayang lang may mga fans parin na napakababaw ng pananaw para sa liga kaya ang PBA ay patuloy parin sa kahibangan nila.
While we may laud the PBA for carrying the flag for past international competitions, it is true that lending their players would conflict with the league's schedule and practices would always be arranged so as not to overlap or conflict with the player's mother ballclubs. In short, there would always be a conflict of interest and their efforts would always be just a band-aid solution at best.
While the PBA does have the best players (for now) we cannot force them to play for the country and disrupt their calendar.
The PBA set-up has no continuity and is not sustainable.
The thing is, if the PBA cannot give it their 100% then let someone else have that responsibility.
i think we should stop participating in these major international basketball tournaments na lang if we're not serious.
mag-SEABA na lang tayo.
The companies should also realize that they're into sports iba ang pagentertain sa mga sports aficionados hindi lang local pati international.
Kaya nga, instead of having the PBA a hundred percent full control of preparation, creation, funding of the team ay dapat ishare sa SBP. Kasi yung mga quality players nasa PBA na and I'm sure merong mga players dyan kung napasama lang sa Gilas team ay malaki ang mako-contribute.
Kung ayaw ng PBA mag contribute sa RP team ay dapat wag silang mag draft ng potential and talented players sa amateurs para sa RP team pero alam naman nating imposible ito. Maraming basketbolista dito sa atin pero ang tanong yung mga may future talaga ay di ganun karami especially ang mga giftted sa height. Example na lang si Japeth.
Sinabi ng PBA na hindi nila pakikialaman ang nasa pool ng RP team pero ang tanong hindi naman nila mapipigilan ang mga club team to lure the player to join the draft mga under the table kumbaga.
Sino ba namang tao ang magkakagana pang manood ng PBA kung alam naman nating low quality basketball lang ito, maliban na lang kung ikaw ay fan kagaya ng nasa LMTV section kasi puro kababawan lang ang habol.
Do you think with these kind of setup they're planning the PBA will last long? I'm sure the fans will realize it, maybe not now pero in the future sigurado yan.
If there is one kind of Play that best suites the PBA, it must be the play of the Phoenix Suns at the time when Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Boris Diaw, Rajah Bell or even Leandro Barbosa and Steve Nash were there. It was fun Basketball indeed. It was exciting and also thrilling. There were no big men indeed if you would compare them to other NBA team. Their average height could closely be compared to some PBA teams.
Why not play that kind of ball or which others call "small ball"? Personally, I don't watch PBA that often nowadays. Schoolwork is keeping me busy plus some other things in life. It wasn't like watching it 1999-2004. Even though I had Periodical Exams or Monthly Exams I still would make a schedule in order for me to watch it.
But now, it isn't effective no more. I don't see no trill. When me and my father would talk about Basketball, he only tells me one thing, "The kind of Philippine Basketball that I want is from an era that is Long Gone, the only player that he remember dying for the ball is Rudy Distrito".
The PBA is lacking players that are DYING for the Ball
Watching Collegiate Ball seems so much fun. Players are part of something. Unlike the PBA, players can't jump and are afraid of injuries.
HELLO. That's the profession you chose, Now be ready to die for it.
it won't work. pba players in general are not efficient shooters.