source: gmanews.tv
Envision Lebanon’s Fadi El-Khatib, versatile Mohhamad Samad Nikkah or even Jordan’s Mohammad Hamdam playing as imports in the PBA Fiesta Cup next conference?
The possibility of such scenario becoming a reality was unlocked Thursday after the league’s Board of Governors agreed to adopt only players from FIBA-Asia countries as reinforcements for the import-flavored tournament beginning March 2010.
Shortly after approving the ruling, the PBA Board directed commissioner Sonny Barrios to carefully study the feasibility of the matter.
Should the proposal turned out to be good enough, Barrios said a height limit of 6-foot-8 will be set for all prospective imports.
“The Board gave us one month to study if the proposal is feasible or not," said Barrios, adding naturalized players are not qualified.
If ever, this will be the first time for Asian imports in the PBA, the continent's first play-for-pay loop, but actually not the first in the local basketball scene.
Back in 1996, Hapee Toothpaste under coach Junel Baculi tapped Chinese star Ma Jian as reinforcement and went on to win the Philippine Basketball League’s Reinforced Conference that year.
Ma made waves as the first Chinese to play competitive ball in the US, playing for the University of Utah and making it to the preseason roster of the Clippers before being cut in the final line up in 1995.
In the event the PBA’s plan won’t be practical owing to the players’ international commitments, Barrios said teams will resort to “open" recruitment with a height limit set at 6-6.
The Fiesta Conference is tentatively set to start on March 21, 2010.
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Tsk tsk. Ganyan na ba ka desperado ang PBA? Parang binaba na ata nila ang sarili nila. Gaya nga ng binanggit d2 ang Asian Imports pang PBL lng. Kung kukuha sila pra s PBA ibig sabihin nun wla tlga silang kwenta. Pang ASEAN lng. LOLs.
Sisikat ang PBA sa asian region pag ganyan ang nangyari, magkakaroon na ng connection ang Asian Basketball.. I don't think it's a desperate move.
Then, next step, asian team in PBA. Nice.
PBA will grow.
Not Good! They can't afford players with the caliber of El Khatib and Nikkah. They better get imports from D-leauge or NBA Free agents.
What's happening MR Virus?
tama.. dba sinasabi nyo dati we were the best in ASIA.. then why get asian import.. it doesnt make any sense!! remember fadi el khatib stated that our very own Jimmy Alapag is the asia's best piont guard.. and marc barroca is the next to it.. accdg. to news lebanon tried to recruit marc barroca..mas maganda ba ung tayo nagbabayad ng ibang player galing sa asia or un g tayo ang binabayaran..
bat d nalang gumawa ng ASIAN leauge.euro league style. were the best teams in each country in asia will be given a chance to join the big league ASIAN league.. were the best of the best, champions vs. champions battle each other..
Kabaliktaran ang nangyari sa ABL pilipno ang imports sa sa ASEAN teams, ngayon PBA na first play-for pay ng asia mag-iimport ng Asian stars???
Naghihirap na ang PBA kaya mga Asian Import nalang kinukuha. parang sa Telenovela sa TV dati mga palabas puro sa mga Mexico kinukuha tapus naging mga Asian din kasi mas mura ang Bayad.
BAKA MA SCOUT NG MGA ASIAN IMPORTS NA YAN UNG NATIONAL TEAM NATIN..
LOSER TALAGA ANG PBA..SO SAD..
Nagpapatawa PBA. Palagay ba nila papayag mga Fiba Asia stars na mabisto na hindi naman talaga sila superstars kundi team players lang ng kanilang koponan?
Isa pa, duda tiyak ang mga Fiba Asian stars na baka babalian lang sila ng mga PBA players para di na sila makalaro sa kanilang mga national team.
Hahaha kung sino man nakaisip nito palagay ko'y nananaginip ng gising. What a waste of time.
magandang panoorin ang pba kung ang magiging imports ay sina el khatib, bahrami, haddadi at ibang asian superstars. kaso mukhang imposible yan lalo't may ibang commitment ang mga yan na obviously ay mas malaki sa PBA. magiging pipitsugin lang mga asian imports kung sakali.
kala ng PBA babalik sigla ng liga nila by importing asian top players...haha...natatakot na sila dahil yon style nila kasi bulok na...tingnan nyo lagi talo sa international competition...tapos meron na umusbong na mga bagong liga like ABL which is using FIBA rules...Magbago na kayo bago pa huli na ang lahat....wawa naman kayo!!!!
Wahahahaha!
This is so FUNNY! :D
Im so sad about this..May limit pa ang import..6'6" or 6'8" lang?hay nako wala na talaga PBA..Kasalanan talaga ng comissioner to and the board itself..tsk tsk tsk..
Dagdagan nyo team nyo sa PBA tapos unlimited hyt ang imports mga ugag!!Saka hindi yung asian imports kase meron commitments sa kanilang National team ang mga yan na anytime pwede sila tanggalin sa club team nila pag may international game.
Di katulad sa PBA na ayaw mag commit sa national team natin..
Sana dapat instead to get Asian Players as import, mag imbita na lang ng two to three Asian teams to play in the PBA (short tournament)lang siguro mas papatok isama na rin ang Gilas team.
Waste of time PBA. What's your point? Players like El Khatib can't play in the PBA for one conference because he still have an active contract in a Lebanese ball club. Are you joking....
kung asian import din lang ang kukunin, mag all-filipino na lang at mas exciting pa.
feasibility pa lang mga pre, hindi pa totoo yan!
saka maganda din yang panoorin kasi ung mga star ng powerhouse asian country magaling lang kasi maganda ang team work nila as a team pero pagginamit na sa ibang team, tae yan! paglalaruan ng filipino players yan!
GUSTO KNG MAGLARO C SAM DAGHLES S pba, UNG 6'7 SHOOTER AT SMALL FORWARD NG JORDAN team....mabilis un tumakbo kumpara kay kerby,thoss at kelly williams...sna ma approve na 2 ng PBA boards COZ DIS MEANS GUD BUSINESS FOR THE COMPANY...
I WANT 2 SEE SAM DAGHLES,NIKKAH,SUN YUE,EL KHATIB PLAYING IN THE PBA SOON....-YENG GUIAO
Im excited 2 see other asian players playing in the PBA soon...mapapataas na ang standards ng liga
nice plan PBA...
PUREFOODS 1ST 5:
COLEMAN 7'1-C
RAYMUNDO-6'7-PF
DAGHLES-6'7-SF
YAP-6'3-G
CANALETA-PG
COACH gregorio
hindi ako saludo sa move ng PBA if he get import from ASIA..... hahaha kung mag kuha dapat sa EUROPE star players or sa NBA. we are claiming that we are very best in ASIA ngayon sa bakuran lang magkuha ng import... shit.... hindi ko na pano-orin ang PBA pag ganyan
Ano point nito? Ndi ba binabaan lang nila ang quality ng imports? I mean bakit nila pipilitin yung mga PBA teams na kumuha ng Asian import. Kung talagang may magaling ng Asian import na kaya kunin ng PBA team, e di kinuha na nila dati pa.
Meaning lang nito kahit papano mas magaling paren ang Western na import. So with this strategy binabaan pa ng PBA ang competitive level nila in the global stage.
And etong height limit na 6"8 dapat tanggalin na. Alam naman natin mas maliliit mga Pinoy kaya dapat sanayan sila na may makalaban na mga 7 footers. Para gumaling sila. Kasi height is might sa basketball so dapat matutuo ang mga PBA players how to beat people na mas matangkad sa kanila.
Professional players nga ang mga PBA players pero parang binababy paren sila. Ano ba naman yan.
Dapat ang PBA should invite Asian Club Teams go play sa PBA (Invitational Tournament) siguro it is more viable and papatok ito.
In terms of indiviuals skills definitely we are the best in Asia.Personally I am not impressed with the brand of play of EL Khatib.It just so happened that he is much used to play in international tournament like FIBA.With FIBA rules I am confused with the officiating.El Khatib will not excel that far in the PBA or NBA.Here is my list of past and present FILIPINO players probably had made it big time in basketball as import or in the NBA.
1.RICARDO BROWN-drafted in the NBA, never played
2.WILLIE MILLER-point guard
3.ALLAN CAIDIC-shooting guard
4.JIMMY ALAPAG-better than barrea of Dallas
5.JOHNNY ABARRIENTOS-if it's just a 10day deal
6.DANNY SEIGLE- BACK UP SMALL FORWARD
7.GABE NORWOOD-but must improve his shooting
8.ALVIN PATRIMONIO-if given the height of 6'9"
9.NELSON ASAYTONO-if given the height of 6'9"
10.JUN LIMPOT-if given the height of 6'10"
ok ito...ano inagsasasabi nyo na kesyo makikita o maiiscout. mga ungas sa nba nga kalaro pa nila sa nba mga europeam greats tulad ni novitzki, etc..wala doon yon.. baket sobrang takot at itinatago na lang ba ang laro ng mga pilipino??? sumobra naman ang galit nyo sa pba na dapat magpasalamat pa tayo dahil kahit isang professional league ito e umooo pa sin sa international commitment. baket champion ba palagi ang inaasahan nyo? ang mahalaga nagparticipate at ibinigay ang puso para sa bayan.bilog ang bola...ok yan exciting na import ang asian players at least makikita nila ang tunay na galing ng mga pinoy at mas lalawak ang dating ng pba sa asia dahil dito.
ung no. 10 ng jordAN TEAM...IDOL K UN SNA MAGLARO XA S PBA
ATLEAST 1 AMERICAN AND 1 ASIAN PLAYER
Sa tingin ko mahihirapan humanap ng magaling na asian import ang mga pba teams. Most of the talented asian players are committed to other teams and i think they will not choose over playing to PBA. At iba system sa PBA baka kainin sila ng buo kapag naglaro sila sa PBA. Iba kasi mentality ng ibang players kapag sa tingin nila masmagaling sa kanila tong import na to.
OTHER ASIAN PLAYERS WHO CAN BE POTENTIAL PBA IMPORTS...
KIM MIN SOO-KOREA 6'7
JoJI TAKEUCHI-JAPAN-6'8
BRYAN BESHARA-LEBANON-6'8
ENVER SOBZOKOV-JORDAN-6'4
RASHEIM WRIGHT-JORDAN-6'3
JEAN ABDEL NOUR-LEBANON-6'5
ZHU FANGYU-CHINA 6'7
WANG SHIPENG-CHINA 6'6
Tseng Wen-Ting-TAIWAN-6'8
SAM DAGHLES-6'7-JORDAN
AMINI-IRAN 6'5
NABIPOUR-7'0-IRAN
Anonymous // November 26, 2009 8:53 PM
Nagpapatawa PBA. Palagay ba nila papayag mga Fiba Asia stars na mabisto na hindi naman talaga sila superstars kundi team players lang ng kanilang koponan?
Isa pa, duda tiyak ang mga Fiba Asian stars na baka babalian lang sila ng mga PBA players para di na sila makalaro sa kanilang mga national team.
Hahaha kung sino man nakaisip nito palagay ko'y nananaginip ng gising. What a waste of time
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MAS MAGALING PA UNG MIDDLE EAST PLAYERS S PBA KSI DAMI NLANG EXPOSURE SA INTERNATIONAL ARENA AT UNG HEIGHT NILA NA 6'7 AY HND PANG CENTER KUNDI NSA FORWARD AT SHOOTING GUARDS
Jordan coach, mario palma said dat they are not intimidated by the PBA squad ...insted they outclassed,outrebounded and overpowered the pba powerade by 31 pts in a 90-59 win..
vesselin matic, the iran coach,stated dat they are confident and not afraid of PBA powerade,,,as 2 der game,,,werein they led by a wide margin until the end of the game...in the 80-65 win against powerade...
the Korean coach of taiwan was surprised dat his team ranked higher(5th) than PBA powerade(8th) in the FIBA ASIA 2009 TOURNAMENT
WHAT A BIG HUMILIATION 4 THE POWERADE PBA SQUAD an atlitik team dat always does running and running in the court....
JST WATCH SAM DAGHLES # 10 star of Jordan play,against PBA Powerade... at youtube,,,team pilipinas versus jordan (jones cup 2009 highlights) 2/2,,,my alley hoop pA XA pinanis nya ang PBA...
PBA HATERS,,,,,
EAT YOUT HEART OUT,,,COZ' THIS MOVE WILL BE GREAT FOR FILIPINO BASKETBALL FANS AND BASKETBALL ITSELF...
TAMA NA KAHAMBUGAN NG MGA MAPANGLAIT SA POWERADE. E SA HANGGANG DUN LANG ANG INABOT NG TEAM NI YENG GUIAO E.. MALAMANG HINDI SWAK ANG PLAYERS NA PINAGKUKUHA NYA SA SYSTEM NA GINAWA NYA. AT LIMITADO PA PRACTICE...WAG SISIHIN MGA PLAYERS...SYSTEMA NG COACHING STAFF ANG SABLAY DON...MAHALAGA NAGPARTICIPATE AT KAHIT PANO MAY MGA TINALO TAYO AT NAGPAKITA RIN NG HUSAY.
ang ayoko lang dito e may height requirement 6'6 to 6'8 lang ang dapat na height?! dyos ko. kaya pagdating sa FIBA tournament ang tatangkad kasi ng kalaban e. palusot na naman diba. Kung ako lang ang masusunod tanggalin na ang height restriction kung kukuha ng IMPORT kesyo asian pa yan o amerikano etc.
i dont think PBA teams can afford players like el khatib and nikkah
i dont think PBA teams can afford players like el khatib and nikkah
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ano ka, mas malalaki pa nga ang sinusweldo ng mga Pba players kumpara sa ibang asian players sa mother teams nila...date half a million per month sahod ng players dito wala pa yung every game incentives and bonuses...aabot 1 M. o higit pa per month...ang import dito saten 10,000 to 15,000 us dollars ang pasweldo...depende sa credentials ng player..kung asian players lang kukunin cheaper sigurado ang bayad.....
tumpak! go pba! go philippine basketball!
i dont think PBA teams can afford players like el khatib and nikkah
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ano ka, mas malalaki pa nga ang sinusweldo ng mga Pba players kumpara sa ibang asian players sa mother teams nila...date half a million per month sahod ng players dito wala pa yung every game incentives and bonuses...aabot 1 M. o higit pa per month...ang import dito saten 10,000 to 15,000 us dollars ang pasweldo...depende sa credentials ng player..kung asian players lang kukunin cheaper sigurado ang bayad.....
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Oo nga half million ang maximum ng mga locals ng PBA dati. Eh bakit, magkano rin ba ang sa import nuon? As far as I can remember, pangalawang beses na nila binabaan ang maximum pay for import. Yong unang natandaan ko, umabot pa ng $28,000. Then nuong binaba na sa P350K ang maximum ng mga players, binaba rin nila sa $22,000 ang sa mga imports. Tapus ngayon mas binabaan pa nila. Kaya kung mataas ang sweldo ng mga locals nuon, mas mataas rin ang sa mga imports.