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Is #GilasPilipinas coach Chot Reyes cursed by his support for Leni Robredo?

August 26, 2023 benign0 2 Comments

Most basketball fans are a superstitious lot. Following an embarassing loss to the Dominican Republic in one of the first games of FIBA Basketball World Cup hosted in the Philippines this year, old questions regarding the competence of Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes are being raised again. Observes social media personality Mark Lopez, “it was…

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Pinoy Culture Is To Blame For The Gilas Gnashing Of Teeth

September 12, 2019January 5, 2021 Gogs 55 Comments

I can’t believe in 2019 where we have so much access to information that people still love to play the genetic victim card or some other excuse why the only country on Earth with basketball tunnel vision is so inept once they leave the country:. “Other teams are taller” “Height is might.” “There’s no question…

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Japan and the Philippines A Contrast in Pansin

January 31, 2019 Gogs 21 Comments

Naomi Osaka has now won two Grand Slam ( major) tournaments. She is now the #1 ranked woman’s tennis player in the world. This incredible athletic achievement has served to divide Japan like a Wall along Mexico. I ran across this interesting article in the Australian ( speaking of racially divided) website Nine. Despite flying…

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Filipino pride and ego delivered NOTHING to Gilas Pilipinas

July 5, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

A common argument I’ve been seeing directed at people who dare write about Filipino-style basketball in a critical way comes in the form of this statement… You probably don’t play basketball so you won’t understand where we are coming from. Funny that. If there is anything more bizarre than Filipino exceptionalism, it is Filipino Basketball…

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Gilas-Aussie brawl proves basketball is a TAMBAY sport in the Philippines

July 4, 2018 Kate Natividad 19 Comments

What can I say? Philippine sports mirrors Philippine life. The unclassy behavior of Gilas Pilipinas broadcast to the whole world the other day reflects the way Filipinos regard their national sport. This is, after all, a sport played on any large enough hard surface that could be found across the country. Watching a barangay league…

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Mediocre Filipino basketball followed by shameful Filipino-style brawl

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 benign0 20 Comments

It comes down to a single Filipino word that encapsulates everything that could be gleaned from the now viral footage of the brawl: pikon. In that melee was exhibited a representation of how Filipinos represent their country and the renowned lack of a sense of proportion applied to their collective notion of “national pride”. Perhaps…

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Filipinos are using Gilas Pilipinas’s win over China to feel like they REALLY won against China

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

If Filipinos can’t win where it really counts, they will declare themselves winners where it does not count. That’s pretty much the sad space social media “influencers” from the Opposition camp have been playing lately. Following a win chalked up by Team Gilas (the pride of Filipino basketball of the moment) against China in this…

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Gilas Pilipinas and the Filipinos’ continuous tradition of ZERO results inspiration

September 29, 2014May 16, 2023 FallenAngel 16 Comments

As I write this, the Philippine men’s national basketball team, better known as Gilas Pilipinas, has just won against Kazakhstan in the 2014 Asian Games basketball tournament currently being held in Incheon, South Korea. According to reports, however, Gilas needed to win by eleven (11) points in order to advance to the semifinal round. They…

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