Monday 29 July 2013

How do we defend against, 6’6” – 6’9 imports?



Qatar has 6’7” Jarvis Hayes, Jordan has 6'6" Jimmy Baxter and Chinese-Taipei has 6'9" Quincy Davis.  It’s not the first time our team has had to face these types of scoring  import  wings or bigs. To name a few: 6’8" Kareem  Johnson and 6'9” Euro shooting-type big man Darko, who were both from the Hawks, 6’7” scoring Barkley-like  BJ Anthony, who played for the NBL select and Tall Blacks, and  6’7" swingman Saints’ import Bryant Markson.  Both Kareem and Markson put big numbers on the Philippines  while Darko outplayed Marcus on back-to-back games.  BJ Anthony with his physicality and speed was a real headache for Gilas. It’s interesting to note that what slowed BJ down in the Tall Blacks' game was a physical game with hard fouls.  BJ had to leave the game with blood on his face and a fight almost broke out.  I think this is Gilas' only resort or recipe to counter these big, speedy imports.  We have no choice but to really play tough and physical against our rivals' naturalized players.

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