"They're not impossible" I love CTC for this.

As long as we maintain Asian dominance, I think we're on the right track. Beating the European and South Americans is considered a level up. The ultimate success for Gilas is to see them beat these countries or give them a run for their money. It woudl've been nice to see the Philipiines qualify for the Olympics, but this tournament is actually a success if you compare to how we were in the Fiba World Cup. It shows we can play with the big boys. I think our core for the next 3 years should revolve around JBL, Kai, Dwight, Perez and Quimbao. Quimbao has some jitters but I see his potential when he played for the Strong Group. Basketball is giving some love back to the Philippines.

Eto yung type of Gilas season na acceptable na as in they exceeded everyone's expectations prior to the tournament. I was one of those pessimists who didn't really expect them to bag a win kase I only literally wanted to see Gilas avoid any beatdown most specially against Latvia. I guess remnants eto nung kalimot-limot na era under Chot. To a casual fan's perspective, eto talaga yung pagpupuyatan mo na team eh, na mapapasigaw ka sa kalagitnaan ng hating gabi. I think it is the beauty of supporting a team, dadaan ka talaga sa period of disappointment and at the same time, mapapa upo ka talaga at the edge of your seat. Kahit may kirot yung talo last night, there's more to come pa rin sa ating Gilas Pilipinas.

The cinematography and the storytelling is on another level. Halata talaga na pinaghirapan ang production. Kudos to you bro!

Hidden gem tong channel para sa mga ballers! Para akong nanonood ng movie ❤️

World no. 38 The Philippines punched well above its weight, Im excited about the future of this team

Gilas program with CTC proved that "Wag mag-alala buhay ay di karera".

It all boils down sa defensive culture, imo eto pinakamalaking pinagkaiba sa prev gilas teams. Their defense is world class if they execute coach Tim’s sets consistently. The next step is to use the learnings from the OQT, lineup tweaks here and there particularly sa shooting and PG spots.

TBH coming from a Filiipino fan seeing all the movements over the last 10-15 years who's also an outside perspective because I am here in Australia, I think they did amazing and this chapter was really nice to watch. The loss to Brazil wasn't bad, yes at times it did look bad but there's so many factors that came to these scenarios & yet we wtill came back to a 9 point loss (I think it was). As you said, we looked like we belong. I actually believe that if we had another quarter we could've adjusted more and won that game despite the mismatch in many areas. We need some bigs that can move & can handle the speed and athleticism of taller countries small forwards and power forwards. Gilas is better of (as I know height is not our advantage naturally as a nation) to train up a shorter, stocky, athletic 6'8, 6'7, even 6'6 that can rough up & bully a 6'10 forward than having luck with our usual slow centres (with all due respect to Mr Fajardo I love your game bro your one of my favourite players). Of course the other alternative is naturalised players or imports but we can't always rely that & shouldn't. All I'm saying is 6'8 / 6'7 / 6'6 is becoming a more regular height for Filipinos that can stay athletic. Ramos would've done a better job guarding the Brazilian player Fajardo was guarding as he has a quicker lateral movement & stocky enough. Filipinos are tough, rough and we're built strong so this isn't going to be a problem IMO. That mismatch was tough for Kuya Jun! I absolutely love Tim Cones system of triangle (I have followed Tex Winters (RIP) success from the early NBA days to todays NBA). I think it's underrated to this day. It worked well and it's just new to the Gilas team so more room for growth and progress there to get comfortable with it. We did choke a bit and I think JB was a little tired being harrased the entire game. The man guarding him was bigger, more athletic & they were doing a lot of subs (which is so good vs a team rotation like ours who relies on 5 to 6 players playing a lot of minutes - the coach even pointed this out). Not having Kai in the middle hurt us also, in international level Fajardo really is a power forward height & from time-to-time he can guard bigger guys just not quick small forwards who are tall. Making Jun play heavy minutes in his older age is tough man as experienced as he is. He is playing against some players half of his age. My last point (sorry for the essay by the way) is my only constructive feedback and I am massive fan of Tim Cone, I was expecting more of an adjustment. Their defence was locking us in, even in our triangle offence. I always go back to the Chicago Bulls days when teams did locked down the Bulls. Of course they did have MJ and Pippen and MJ was a much more versatile offensive player than JB, but what Phil did was stretch the floor by aiming for an open pass on the outside areas, rather than trying to always get the ball inside for a low post or cutting lanes. The effect of this is it creates a human fight-or-flight panic on the defence that there is an 'open man', and even if that players is really out of range for a decent shooting percentage, it psychologcially gives the offence less stress/panic because they are able to move around without the constant press of the defence (in this case Brazil). Hand overs as pointless as it is sometimes, creates this same effect, it ain't really going nowhere but it feels good that as offensive side, you are able to move the ball. What also tends to happen is as the defence stretches out, the inside cutting lane becomes wider, the low post area also results less traffic. I believe Fajardo could've taken his man down low as he is a strong-wide-bodied built and experienced player enough but there were too much help defence that made it tough for Jun to execute this. Fajardo did this vs Latvia and Georgia vs more experienced bigger players when given one-on-one opportunties. Back to my point, this also would've created an easier outside-inside effect, then swing it back to the outside cos players like JB and Ramos eats outside shots for breakfast when they have space. We just never got this space much! We were forced to take a lot of tough shots. Our pick and roll game also needed to happen more or improve, again with missing Kai as he is athletic enough to roll off after a pick, we really missed that part of our game. Jun can lock in screens but his roll offs are a little slower than Kai, plus Kai is way taller and it's easier to give him a lob or pass when cutting in. The other adjustment that could've happened more is if the defence is 'lockdown' tight like that, as a coach myself, I would send my fastest guard to penetrate. I'll tell my player to penetrate & if the shot is there but I know enough that the penetration will be stopped more often than none with a a great defence like Brazil so this would only act as a decoy to break their defensive rhythm, and as you can see every time Perez did this, he either got to the basket (sometimes took the shot & made the shot), but it resulted the defence to collapse a little. In situations like this where the opposing coach is strategic, the D is locked down on our main scorers so my point doing this out of character really changes things up & the attention gets taken away from my main guys a lot less cos they will be forced to help at some point. I loved this Gilas results despite the loss, again sorry for the essay! I hope Tim Cone stays for Gilas! No more dribble and drive please with all due respect!

Can we admire the quality of the content? Deserve more subscribers 👏

For me GILAS PILIPINAS👑😍🇵🇭 has bright future sa kamay ni Coach Tim Cone ang dapat nating palakasin ang Skills, Confident, Maturity ng mga Players na makipagsabayan... More Young Players na magaling na hindi naiintimidate kanino mo itapat ganun dapat ang Attitude gaya ni Ramos etc.😍👍

Kahit natalo sila ngayon, mas masarap panoodin at nakakaproud pa din kasi kitang kita naman na lumaban sila at good game well played, compare sa dating never ending "learning experience" era. Kahit papaano nagkakabright side na yung future ng GILAS .

huhu nakakaiyak. kahit talo kagabi, ang hindi masama sa pakiramdam gaya ng past tournas. salamat, hoops highlights.

Eto talaga nilolook forward Ko lagi eh. Nice one Idol!!! Future is Bright with Aj Edu and everyone getting healthy.

Basta ako ang favorite kong sermon ni Coach Tim Cone ay yung "it's about US, it's not about you" Bagay na bagay talaga siyang mag coach ng national team.Ang takot ko lang ngayon ay kung sino ang susunod kay Justin Brownlee.

With the able stewardship of Coach Tim Cone and his staff and with the composition of Gilas Pilipinas Team this time and additional players in its rooster, Gilas Pilipinas future not only in FIBA Asia but more so in FIBA World is such with tremendous improvement based on their performance in the OQT held in Riga, Latvia.

Sayang malaking tulong sana si kai kaso tinamaan ng injury kayang kaya sanang talunin ang Brazil bawi nalang sa susunod at sana may point guard na mapili yung natural sa pwesto isa yan sa kulang ng team. Proud Pilipino here 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Wala akong masabi kundi SALAMAT GILAS!! Kuods sa lahat ng nagsakripisyo para sa magandang laban.. D man tayo tayo pinalad pero naniniwala ako sa basketball motto na BOUNCE BACK!! Come back stronger..

This campaign proves na talagang kaya ng Gilas manalo at magcompete sa malalakas na sa buong mundo it’s a matter of honing sa players and the program para mas gumaling pa ang team. We came up short but overall it was an impressive run sa buong tournament..

napaka sarap tingnan ng flow ng gilas. sayang dapat sa world cup to nangyari coach tim proved na gilas can compete with the worlds best di lang “Italy is Italy”. Pero hiling ko lang sana sa SBP ang coach tim sana 14 man line-up to para pag may injury may pang palit kaagad tayo.

Dati ang linyahan is "muntik na manalo", ngayon "kayang manalo at talunin". Tapos na tayo sa muntik, dito na tayo sa kaya

We should always have a 24 man pool, Even though may final 12 na tayo na magsisilbing core, kelangan parin natin ng reserves for that 12 incase of injuries. Having those 24 players ay ma popolish or ma familiarize sila sa system na tinatakbo kahit may possibility na hindi sila makakatapak sa final 12. I like the mindset about sending 11 man to the OQT, pero iba padin pag complete ang team.

Seeing 3 to 5 players playing above 30mins. or close to 30mins suggests na mababaw yung bench natin. On the bright side, now we know that we have 5 players na kaya sumabay at manalo sa world level. I just hope ma retain yung lineup and mabigyan ng SBP enough time yung gilas para ma develop din yung bench natin.

Moving forward for Fiba Asia Cup next

Hoping for Boatwright's Naturalization process done before November Window. With this kind of injuries we had, we can't afford to lose a Naturalized. I know we still have Ange pero iba pa rin 'yung meron talaga Tayong legit 3 level scorer threat sa team. Future is Bright pa rin talaga. We're getting there na akala Natin dati impossible.

Netflix vibe ang video na to. Super underrated na channel. 🔥

Palawakin ang pool kahit mga 15 man kasi hndi talaga maiiwasan injury! May key player ang brazil na injury rin kaso hndi nag matter sa knla malalim kasi bench nila

Well said!!! Umpisa pa lang ng programa for 4 years!!! They have already exceeded expectations. It is a process!!! There is hope and this team really proved that we belong! That is what is IMPORTANT!!!!

Malalim na ang bench ng gilas. Si coach tim nasanay na 8-10 players lng pinalalaro, siguro kailangan ni nya na gamitin lahat ng players nya sa lahat ng laban to create confidence in them para kapag may injury, malalim pa rin ang laruan ng gilas. Hats off pa ron kay ctc sa layo ng narating ng gilas.😊

Bini track sa outro 🔥

Great vid as usual idol. 😊❤️🙏 Thank you for this. Lets continue supporting Gilas! This stint proved everyone it is possible. And we can compete. 👊 all love para sa gilas!

What if si CTC ang nag coach sa Fiba World Cup? Pwedng posible na qualify na ang gilas sa olympics sayang yung JC sa fiba world cup. Btw good run for gilas!!

Come nxt fiba asian cup on november..hopefully the cadet will play good this time as expected...makatulong na sana cla sa regular ng gilas..balungay i think is a good addition to the team.. plus a legitimate point guard..

Nice notion and work @HoopsHighlights! Thank you Sir! And this is just the beginning of the revamped PH Team Gilas Pilipinas thou we fell short but we know now we are not far from competing to the world!

Its always a learning experience for the team and kita naman ang improvement. I hope the team can pick up sa momentum na ito from the OQT, for me they overachieved. It was a good run! 👏🏻 All out na agad sa Asia Quali! We can do it!

Solid recap & super hopeful sa future ng Gilas. Also bini @ 10:50

My main concern though is tumatanda na ang core ng team such as JB and JMF. Hope we can have reinforcements. Benny Boatwright should get started syncing in to the team as early as now. Excited for the development of our youngsters, Sotto, Edu, KQ, Tamayo, Amos.

Kailangan ni kai magpalakas ng katawan. Kahit balikatad makkapaglaro parin siya. Mag-weights siya sureball yon gayahin niya yung transformation ni giannis o yung training ni Lebron, meron tlg siyang budget for his body ganon ang gawin sureball yan, mkkpasok tayo Olympics niyan o podium finish pa. Bronze, silver ,gold. Good luck

Grabe na ito Ize flores.. from yung Gilas serye ni Chot na puro ang ending ay puso at laban , yung sayo parang ending ng Star Cinema na due to music choice .hahahaha

Work on developing Carl, KQ, Mason, and Kai. Siguro get some other pieces to help out in case of injury. I'm sure the staff knows this. Hopefully, we don't peak too early, and with God's help, we make the podium next year, and we make the 2028 Olympics.

I'm pretty sure this time anticipated na nila na dapat magdagdag na sila ng players sa pool, knowing na yan ang magiging problema ng team, kasi di naman lahat ay laging healthy when fiba competition starts. And I can say that our Gilas is "World level" now. No doubt about it.

Looking forward, I hope the program considers the age factor if Gilas is aiming for the LA Olympics in 2028. They will need a young naturalized player to eventually replace Brownlee. If SBP is serious about Boatwright, they should start his naturalization process now so he can join the pool, familiarize himself with the system and team, and contribute in upcoming tournaments. Additionally, SBP should look for a replacement for Junemar. Natural shooters like Heading and Wright, along with a natural point guard, would also make the Gilas roster more deeper and competitive.

this should be a movie/documentary. Well-written 💯

Ganda ng story telling, parang official feature documentary ng FIBA

Ganda ng edit mo lods. Sana lang hindi totoo yung kumakalat na balita na gusto daw tumakbo ni chot chot para maging presidente ng SBP dahil pag natuloy yun, back to 0 na naman. Anyway, maganda pa din amg pinakita mg gilas. With good management and less politics, there will be no place to go but up! Cheers 🍻

I love your channel! Yeshkel, bakits at hoops highlights! Ito ang mga legit ! #fortheloveofthegame

Given a short time prep. And considering a depleted line up, Wala si AJ Edu reliable bigman pero natalo natin Latvia, sadly na injured su Kai Sotto na iba sana kwento kung fit to play sya against Brazil....may be luck is not on our side because of many injuries along the way, pero still Good Job for the whole Gilas team!!!!💪😉

Galing ng pagka edit lods. Quality docu and video.

I salute you coach Tim Cone.You are such a brilliant and wise coach of the Philippine team.Thank you.

ganda ng biglang bassline ng karera at salamin references hahaha great video as always! keep it up, sir ize!!!

This channel deserve more subs apaka effort sa mga contents masipag mag research,editing 🙌

Very Nice! It feels like we're watching a documentary. This is like the early 2000's NBA vcd's and dvd's.

Niceeeee, deserve mo nang maraming subscribers❤❤❤

For me, optimistic ako sa future ng Gilas. Big leap sa mga previous campaign but I'm hoping we reach Top 3 status sa Asia. And that must start hindi lang sa mga current players natin but also sa grassroots and the cadets. I know na sina Brownlee at Fajardo, may ibubuga pa... but we must anticipate also na meron tayong new breed of big men na hindi lang malaki kung kayang sumabay sa pace ng laro ngayon. Ito lang yung nakita kong issue this campaign. Quite unfortunate with Kai, but hoping we bounce back in the next olympiad.

This documentary needs more part 2 I love this kind of positivity in our favorite sport as filipinos. Thanks for this Hoops Highlights! The best ka gumawa ng gantong contents no bash in our gilas program specially right now with the bashing one of the players in gilas. PUSO!!♥

The tune up games vs Poland and turkey proved to be effective..dpat sna consistent Ang gilas s mga gnitong tune up games..mlaking bgay n nkakapa ntn Ang laruan ng European countries..just look at gilas after the friendly matches .sobrang comfortable n nila mglaro kc alam n nila play style ng klaban..kumpyansa n dn Sila kc n feel n nila ung game ng mga European teams.and look where we ended..kailangan lng kc tlga may mga dedicated players Tau s pool n Sila lng Ang pglalaruin PG fiba games..pra ung consistency andun

Solid mo bro! Mala-documentary ung pag kakagawa! 👏

Sana mag expand pa si coach tim sana kunin nya talaga mga legit PG andyan naman si abbarientos at Panopio eh mga legit na PG talaga

sana makuha c lolo baldwin as asst. coach or consultant para hnd lang triangle offense ang kyang ibitaw ng gilas

Impressive editing skills. Love it! Thank you for making this

nice editing, storytelling documentary style. more vids like this bro💪🏽

Very nice upload sir 👍 I am a huge fan of your content on gilas since 2021 😁

🔥🔥🔥 Kuddos, sir Ize. Solid talaga ng mga channels mo. It could have been different if Aj and Kai were able to play against Brazil.

Ganda ng sound design. Well done pati story telling

Sayang lang talaga at wala ang mga key players ng gilas. Sobrang taas ng chance nila makapasok sa final if andiyan Edu and Scottie also kung nakasama din yung ibang gilas boys such as Heading. Sayang din na injury si Kai laking tulong niya din sana against Brazil.

Ang Ganda ng video gawa ka pa ng madaming ganito content :)

I just wanna commend the editing skills bro such a pro to watch.

Great video. Subscribed. Keep it up.

Very good content. Kudos

Qualityyy content!

Kudos sa pag kwento mo sir! Halatang pinanggugulan ng oras! Bukas kay yeshkel and bakits. Add kna sa favorites hehe

Kung ako sa SBP at gilas coaching staff, hanap sila ng consistent scoring machine na pinoy, ung pwede katuwang ng naturalize player natin, dahil sa totoo lang, simula sa gilas no toroman upto cone, ung naturalize player natin lagi main guy.

Huge fan of ctc "batang 90s" alaska and si tim cone lang yun always ko na nilook up. Live and die by triangle offense specially na nag coach ng mga kids the same time nag lalaro naman sa seniors

sheesssh, basketball and bini in one video. Moreeee!

Yung huling pagkatalo is also another learning experience pero to level up, wala na sa kangkongan ang Gilas Pilipinas program unlike nung time ni Coach Chot, unpredictable ang programa ngayon may winning formula na with Coach Tim Cone kaya mas confident ang fans

Coach Tim Cone missed to include Abando and Abarrientos in the line-up. When I watched the qualifying game I felt that something was missing and the good reason why they won against Latvia was simply because Latvian players were already exhausted in their prior game with Georgia. Gilas can still improve their game by including some of motivated players like Abando and Abarrientos. Abando, as a forward, can augment in the defense and offense helping JB and others. He has also the confidence and the motivation to play well and stick to the game plan. Abarrientos on the other hand, can be a helping hand to JB. He has good skills in passing and controlling the ball way ahead of the other local players. Players like Tamayo and Oftana must be polished more since their shooting skills are not refined (suntok sa buwan) and these players because they're young they usually don't have the confidence to step-up for the game.

Thank you Gilas

find replacements for fajardo, aguilar they are not getting youmger, need to cultivate for the future. also we need more offensive game plan the lack of offball plays and individual iso plays kill the mindset of other players to contribute we cant always rely to a one man show

Based sa recent performance nila eh there's no way to go but up. Actually papunta na sana yung Gilas dun nung nakapag qualify pa lang sa World Cup kaso biglang pumanget sistema nila. Madami nang matatangkad na players ang pinas kaya kung sa height wala ng problema siguro kelangan na lang idevelop eh yung play-style ng bawat players. Yung mga bigs turuan tumira ng tres tapos maging positionless na din para lahat makasabay.

Would love to watch a video about what our "future" holds! Specially where do we go from here? Brownlee now 36. Junemar is 34. Japeth 37. Big shoes to fill. (literally & figuratively) Potential pool, ideal program, HC, perfect fit naturalized player (JC ain't the best fit for us IMO) etc Would be fun to hear theories on those things! Anyway. Love ur stories pare! Go get it💪 P.s. Rooting for new channel name. 😭😭

kung may AJ and kung hindi sana nainjure si Kai

I like the Salamin Salamin bgm 😂 anyways, I believe Gilas is in the right path right now. Magdagdag lang ng pure PG who can control the tempo of the game tsaka isang solid na bigman alongside Kai and Edu eh magiging cohesive ang Gilas. Napansin ko kasi in their game against Brazil na natataranta sila pag nag adjust ang defense which is what Brazil did to Brownlee and Dwight nung dinodouble team na sila. Si CJ Perez parang di na alam gagawin sa court kapag hindi si JB and Dwight ang nagset ng play kasi more on SG kasi si CJ. Hindi siya combo guard eh and it shows na kailangan ng tulong ni Newsome para magset ng play kapag nagadjust na ang defense sa scorers natin. Kailangan na din i-consider na kumuha ng mas batang PG kasi Scottie and Newsome are not getting younger anymore. Might as well ihanda na natin yung ibang batang players na may potential para sa future competitions. Hopefully, Scottie, Edu and Kai were good to go sa November dahil malakas din na team ang New Zealand.

now I'm optimistic about Gilas. 💯

"Kahit tanungin pa natin ang mahiwagang salamin." Damn.............. Binified HAHAHAHA pero this is a proof na with the new era of Gilas under Coach Tim, we can expect much better outcomes for the national team.

I think maganda ang future ng Gilas, yung nga lang so much expectations ng mga fans... Di ka pwede magkamali or matalo yun mahirap sa Pilipino Fans eh, yung nga malalakas na team natatalo eh Gilas pa kaya?

another banger from my beloved hoops highlights.

Chills, man. Bro was so busy with the other channel I didn't something was cooking over here. Great lessons all around, and the brightness of the future is justly highlighted by this video. Maraming salamat Gilas at sir Ize sa "correspondence" this oqt. To add and for future reference na lang din, Marcelinho is pronounced Marceliño. Kasi in Portuguese, -nh ay binibigkas na ñ. Katumbas ng ninho ang niño sa kastila, so kapag ginawang nickname, ganun din ang pronunciation. e.g. Marcelo ay naging Marcelinho (Marcelo talaga pangalan ni Huertas), Ronaldo ay naging Ronaldinho Sana nakatulong :)

Quality Content ulit ..

hoops highlights/bakits masterclass right here!

Haha salamin soundtrack pampagoodvibes sa huli .. nice

goosebumps!!

tama nman kasi may basehan na tayo paano manalo sa world stage competition.. nalampasan natin ang expectation na hanggang dikit lang tayo or Hindi matambakan sa mga europian teams..

This tournament reminded the whole world that we belong in the biggest stages of basketball. As long na walang may magpapaepal ulit😂

salamat gilas!!! looking forward na kagad sa november kahit matagal pa HAHAHAHA

Hoop Highlights dropping another banger.

Quality content ulit

Maraming Salamat GILAS ngayon alam na ng buong Mundo ang kakayahan ng Filipinas sa larangan ng Basketball 🏀👏✌️👍🇵🇭

Dapat nga dahil marami.pa tayong metatarsal na player si edu si kouwame si Stanhardinger si Kobe Paras Lalo na si Kobe Paras Mataas.tumalon puwedeng puwedeng maging power forward

No Reyes = everybody happy

Galing nang presentation kudos HH