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Not as crazy as it sounds when you really think about it.

This next window holds not a lot of heavy significant bearing - Australia, New Zealand and Gilas are all moving on to the next round regardless of the outcomes.

UNDERSTANDABLY EVERY GAME MATTERS in terms of placement and possible opponents.

But for Gilas, this is a time as critical as any to figure out a few critical pieces.

It matters so little how we play the standings if we’re gonna end up losing anyway because of our inability to address major problems with our line up.

Most notably, the size problem.

No Kai Sotto, No QMB and AJ Edu is the only international veteran big.

Mike Phillips is new to the roster and brings energy and athleticism - he's 6'8 but doesn't have the needed size to take punishment downlow against the Tall Blacks and Aussies.

Justin Baltazar is 6'8 and brings floor spacing and physicality - but lacks the natural size and strength at the position in the international space.

And he can play with "heart" all he wants, but when the opponent is the same size as you and can move faster than you do, heart wont matter - and we're done with the "learning experiences" and "consolation prizes" we keep giving ourselves.

This proposal? Now doesn't seem so crazy:

✅Put Brownlee on ice - this is a throw away window and Brownlee is 38 years old and running up mileage faster than a Toyota Revo in the early 2000's - he could use the break and honestly, with how many years are left in the tank, transitioning out this early from Brownlee isn't a crazy concept to digest.

✅Replace June Mar Fajardo with Ange Kouame. June Mar's ineffective in the international space. We've known that about June Mar for the longest time. That, and he's racking up the years as well - same as Justin Brownlee. Getting reps against international competition using Kouame and our new generation talent would be a terrific use of this tournament.

✅Add in one more playmaker to take the offensive pressure off of those who are required to already contribute on the perimeter. That plus one? Robert Bolick.

The rotation looks competitive enough when this adjustment is in place:
PG: Abbarientos/JGDL
SG: Dwight Ramos/Chris Newsome/Robert Bolick
SF: Kevin Quiambao/Carl Tamayo/Troy Rosario
PF: Mike Phillips/Justine Baltazar
C: Ange Kouame/AJ Edu

Multiple combinations can be achieved with that new line up and by all accounts, if we're thinking about the future of this team, it wouldn't hurt to start REALLY developing our talent.

And it wouldn't hurt at all to start NOW.

🚨BREAKING🚨

Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Bam Adebayo on the Miami Heat 🔥🔥🔥

Full trade package:

The Milwaukee Bucks are trading franchise icon Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, 3 first-round picks (including No. 13), 1 pick swap and 1 second-rounder (via Shams Charania)

WILL NAVARRO SHOULDN’T HAVE TO 😤

In 2025, The PBA finalized and created a 3 year ban rule on players who met the following criteria:

➡️ Rookies who refused to sign their UPC (Uniform Player Contract)
➡️ Vets who’s contracts expired but choose not to resign with their mother teams

If they fit the criteria above?

They can’t come back to the PBA until after 3 years.

This rule has DONE NOTHING for the PBA.

Since it’s implementation, and even well before when talent was leaking to other international leagues, players have simply found better opportunities outside of the PBA and have contracts that are structured well enough to have rendered this rule absolutely useless.

This empty threat disguised in legal paperwork hasn’t stopped the talent exodus and has only encouraged players to look overseas first before even considering the PBA.

And the PBA ought to wake up from their delusion quick.

If this conference has proven anything?

It’s that the new generation are must see-TV.

Will Navarro isn’t the craziest standout of this generation? But is still a high level impact player capable of making a difference on any PBA roster.

Such is the case, usually, with these talents who were recruited to play overseas.

I refuse to believe the PBA isn’t intelligent enough to understand this so let’s chalk this up to pure arrogance and power tripping - they placed this rule in as a show of force - and they need to get over their feelings if the new generation of talent would ever look at the PBA the same way the past once did.

This league WILL NOT survive if they don’t.

Kevin Durant on the Golden State Warriors before joining them in 2017:
“They never been a winning organization.”

“No one likes the Warriors”

The Warriors before Durant joined them in 2017:
➡️ Back-to-back NBA Finals appearances
➡️ 73-9 record the year prior
➡️ Came back down 3-1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.

Durant trying to rewrite history is some of the craziest work ever 😂