What Gilas needs to improve after China pocket tournament
Spin.ph Editor-in-Chief Dodo Catacutan talks about what he saw from Gilas Pilipinas during its games in the China pocket tournament. #gilaspilipinas #fiba
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00:00 They're allergic to wort, but honestly that's what they're doing right now.
00:05 As far as the China tournament is concerned, I think we've seen some encouraging signs.
00:17 In fact, for the first time in months, we've seen some good plays here, especially on defense.
00:25 But we can see that we're still far from the team that we want to be going to the World Cup.
00:31 Or the team that we need for that matter, to even have a chance against the teams that we're fighting in the World Cup.
00:39 Our shooters are so inconsistent. Our offense is so inconsistent. It's so predictable, it's so inconsistent.
00:49 We must remember that we're a very small team in the World Cup level. At this level, we're a very small team.
00:56 And to even have a scent of a chance against these teams, our shooters should be a bit more aggressive.
01:03 We can say that maybe it wasn't a good day for us, but it's just right that no one is playing aggressively.
01:10 I think that's a major point of concern right now.
01:14 Number two, from all the point guards that Coach Chott experimented with in China,
01:22 I don't think anyone played well enough to claim that position right now.
01:26 I think that only shows that despite the injury, Scottie Thompson deserved that.
01:30 For the simple reason that I think it's the best for that gap right now, unless we go outside the pool.
01:37 Which I doubt we would do. Or which I doubt Coach Chott would do right now.
01:41 If you look at China, why did they say that? It's both an encouraging side, but at the same time, it's an eye-opener.
01:53 All the things we still need to work on. Now Jordan Clarison is coming in, Scottie Thompson I think hopefully is coming back.
02:01 As usual, we're cramming.
02:04 Despite the objections from Coach Chotto and SBP when we say cramming, they're allergic to the word cramming.
02:12 Honestly, that's what they're doing right now.
02:15 For the sake of GILAS and for the sake of Philippine basketball, I hope we do it right.
02:20 Right now, GILAS is still a work in progress.
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