Saturday, August 1, 2009

The "Suckage"[if there's such a word] of Powerade Team Pilipinas

The Powerade Team Plipinas really sucked dick in the previous Jones Cup which was held in some Asian country[I believe that it was Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei or whichever way you wanna call it]. Gabe Norwood told me that the plan was to crush the other countries. but it seemed that it was they who suffered sound thrashings from the other squads.

Foul-mouthed coach Yeng Guiao was always saying that Powerade Team Pilipinas should display speed, accurate shooting, and defense to negate the size advantage of the other countries. Well the problem is that the opposing teams are also fast, if not faster, more massive, deadlier from the outside, and more experienced when it comes to playing international basketball[which boils down to familiarity with the FIBA rules].

To add to that, RP's ball-handling was sloppy at best, and outside shooting was miserably ice-cold. That spelled the death of this futile campaign of ours. I thought this was the team to do the job. But it looks like we still have to wait for 10-15 more years to catch up with the world's style of play.

The only lone bright spot is the emergence of 6-10 Japeth Aguilar. Even with a frame as thin as mine, he showed that he has polished ofensive skills, and was also a defensive threat on the floor. He will be one of the major building blocks for the RP Team in the years to come. Watch out world!! Just kiddin'. It is us who have to do the watching.

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