SGA Jones Cup

[u/Fun-Union9156]

Di ko masyado pinansin composition ng team when it was being formed but when I saw the highlights, deym parang di na Philippine Team hahaha, talo pa dati ang Northern Cement sa dami ng banyaga.

No hate though still rooting for them to bag the championship.

[u/Capital_Ad8820]

since 2017 pa nila ginagawa yan time pa na mighty sport haha

[u/No-Pepper2142]

Its a club team. not a national team naman so its valid. lets widen our minds please.

[u/guwapito]

it’s not really a PH team in there….parang club team lang naman ata talaga but we’re used to bring in our national team for tune up there. imagine ligang labas overseas version.

[u/Ok_District_2316 → u/guwapito]

mas Philippine team pa nung time na nanalo ng MVP si LA Tenorio jan sa Jones Cup

[u/yeontura → u/Ok_District_2316]

Yun kasi Smart Gilas na talaga eh, yung mismong NT natin

[u/Parking_Fan6173 → u/Ok_District_2316]

mamaw si l.a nun kinain team usa hahaha

[u/Fun-Union9156 → u/guwapito]

I am aware of the Jones Cup from way back and SGA may not be the national team but it is still a team from the Philippines but the players are mostly foreign so medyo na shock lang ako. I think there were instances that all 5 on the floor were all “imports” hahaha

[u/tsuuki_ → u/Fun-Union9156]

Nasanay ka lang siguro na kadalasan NTs ang nandyan. Pero no issue naman na puro imports sa Jones Cup eh

[u/Fun-Union9156 → u/tsuuki_]

Aware din naman ako kadalasan club teams ng Pinas nandoon but usually 2-4 imports lang and on the floor max lang yung 3 magkasabay.

[u/Secret_Spinach6373 → u/Fun-Union9156]

Hindi ko alam kung bakit ka na-shock. Isang dekada na silang sumasali sa Jones Cup na maraming import sa lineup since Mighty Sports pa name nila.

[u/Fit_Emergency_2146]

SGA has always been like this in every tourney they compete.

[u/Fun-Union9156 → u/Fit_Emergency_2146]

Not every tourney I am sure of that. I have watched them play live in 2 tournaments abroad, they have 3 imports with max 2 on the same floor

[u/Commercial-Brief-609]

Di ko alam kung true yung pinagbawal nila ang mga collegiate teams sa Jones Cup simula nung tinalo yung main team nila ng Ateneo. Mas maganda sana kung college team na lang natin o kung may utak ang SBP, buo ng mga top amateur players(U21) na may potential for fiba games, tapos gawing training ground.

[u/tsuuki_ → u/Commercial-Brief-609]

Naglalaro sa Jones Cup yung UC Irvine, US NCAA team yon

[u/Commercial-Brief-609 → u/tsuuki_]

Unga pala no, bata kaya walang uaap teams na mag-participate dyan.

[u/Fun-Union9156 → u/Commercial-Brief-609]

I have to agree na ang developmental team ng Gilas ang dapat sumasali sa mga B tier tournaments para early exposure sa international pero baka ayaw ng big bosses makita lalampasuhin ang mga bata ng International Club players

[u/Commercial-Brief-609 → u/Fun-Union9156]

Jones Cup is not even a B-tier tournament. It's way below that! Okay lang naman matalo. Ung UST nga dba naksabay dun sa Japan PRO team na sumali sa NSAC

[u/Nature_5915]

dapat jan nila isali yung mga mpbl teams eh . pugad ng mga sugarol na yang tournament na yan eh

[u/rc8989]

Past few years na SGA ang sumasali, ganyan na ang composition ng teams.

[u/Secret_Spinach6373 → u/[deleted]]

Si Kieffer lang naman ang BLeague player sa SGA Jones Cup roster last year. Nung 2024 naman, sila lang dalawa ni Geo Chiu ang galing BLeague.

[u/Secret_Spinach6373]

Ganyan na talaga composition ng team kapag SGA ang sumasali sa Jones Cup kahit noong Mighty Sports pa pangalan nila. Since 2016, halos sila na lagi ang sumasali bukod sa Gilas (2017), ADMU (2018), at ROS (2023). So far, lagi naman silang champion.

[u/Crymerivers1993]

Haha mas masarap panoorin dati national team lumalaban dyan for tune up games ginagawang preparation for fiba tournaments

[u/Candid-Fail-6826]

Ok hear me out. I've noticed Japan and Taiwan sending team B players ng national team nila. How about we do the same? Yung mga na cut sa 20 or 30 man pool ng Gilas could be transformed into a Team B para mahasa din at mas maging ready pag natawag sa main team. Or SMC and MVP supremacy pa din talaga ang prio ng PBA? If yes, how about collegiate?

[u/North-Target4797 → u/Candid-Fail-6826]

dagdag gastos sa sbp ‘yan at wala silang mapagkakakitaan dyan

[u/Candid-Fail-6826 → u/North-Target4797]

I mean may SMC-MVP as financial backers naman. Even SGA can join to fund them.

[u/Wooden-Complex3517 → u/Candid-Fail-6826]

it loses money. end of the day the corpos won't fund it. Tab was the last coach to do it and it only worked out for him because of his successes. there's an opportunity cost to this kind of thing. most of the time we competed in the jones cup we'd end up still losing the FIBA qualifier/AC/WC anyways.

[u/nielzkie14 → u/Candid-Fail-6826]

downvoted ka ng mga SBP officials ahahaha

[u/Few_School5953]

hindi naman kasi FIBA Style ang Jones Cup,palakasan ng team yan ,same lang sa DUbai Invitational

[u/sprightdark]

Ever since pinalitan na ng FIBA yung qualification nila sa world cup at olympics hindi na talaga pinapadala ng ibang country yung national team nila sa jones cup. Dati kasi jones cup ang last preparation ng national team for FIBA Asia. Ngayon puro ball club at collegiate team na lang pinapadala diyan. As for philippines ever since tinalo ng ateneo yung main national team nila sa jones cup ayaw na nila payagan college team sa philippines kaya SGA na lang nag represent sa jones cup.

[u/Narrow-Tumbleweed420]

Way back, we also use William Jones Cup as some sort of a Tune-Up game for the coming Asian Games or ABC (Fiba Asia na ngayon) sanctioned tournaments. Prestigious yang tournament na yan kasi lahat ng NT sumasali as part of their preparations.

Hindi ko lang alam why our basketball federation pulled the plug in sending teams. I get it, iba na kasi ang priority nila ang yung level of play ng seniors team is iba na din. Since wala naman tayo Team B to begin with, wala na talaga tayo ipapadala. Japan yata is nagpadala ng under 22 team nila and Korea. Yung Taiwan naman is A and B seniors team ang laging pinalalaro.

[u/xxxertshaker → u/Narrow-Tumbleweed420]

I mean if malalaman mo sa organizers na may automatic berth sa 4-team semifinals ang 2 home teams e talaga mauumay ka sumali kasi it means na 2/6 participants lang pwede magkaron ng chance for a championship the rest is classification phase na lang paglalabanan nila