Nino saves the day for Ginebra

Nino saves the day for Ginebra
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012





In a match billed as "Manila Classico" by the InterAKTV brain thrust (FireQuinito et al), basketball fans were treated to an exciting ball game that had its share of drama and suspense-- in the form of a bloodied Mark Caguioa who had to leave the game to get treatment for his boo-boo.

Game-wise, the Llamados and Gin Kings fought to a draw for about three and a half quarters before fizzling out in the final canto. While the commentators would have you thinking that it was more of a tight game given the talent on the floor, KKS argues that it was more because Ginebra import Jackson Vroman was riding the pine riddled with touch fouls.


Llamados counterpart Denzel Bowles was doing his thing early controlling the paint, but failed to maximize his height advantage. Energy-wise, he was just trying to use his length versus Ginebra's battalion of energizer-type forwards Vroman, Rudy Hatfield, Willy Wilson and Dylan Ababou. Though he's not a big time scorer, you'd have expected Bowles to at least come out with 20 boards against a team that features no one taller than 6"8.

Another thing that went Ginebra's way was the great "hugot" by their coaching staff of small forward Nino Canaleta. Drilling in jumper after jumper, Canaleta proved that management made the right choice by keeping him in the fold instead of letting him go in that JC Intal or even Dylan Ababou deal.

With Helterbrand and Caguioa both out, Canaleta pretty much had the freedom to call his own number. Ababou also came through on both ends of the floor by switching down to the shooting guard position and keeping the Llamados' franchise player James Yap at bay.

But, as mentioned in a previous post, the game ball should also be shared to the guy who's stepping out of the shadows and reclaiming his spot among the league's PG heirarchy: Mike "Cool Cat" Cortez.





For the nth time this conference, Cortez was showing that same old, clutch wizardry be it ball handling, distributing or playing straight up defense against speedier counterpart, rookie Mark Barroca or streaky Josh Urbiztondo.

The way things are going, Ginebra looks like they're ready to make an even deeper run in the Commissioner's Cup behind a taller, more versatile frontline.

As for the Llamados, Tim Cone was wrong. The Llamados should've taken Dylan Ababou from Barako Bull instead of JC Intal from Ginebra. Intal's a great athlete, but he's not nearly half of the elite defender Ababou is or enjoys the basketball IQ of the former King Tiger.

Source: KKS

panalo talaga ang BGK kay Ababou.. limited limits pero maganda pinapakita, both ends of the court

Maging conistent lang talaga si Kg sa mga tira nya, siguradong hahaba ang PT nya sa Ginebra! :more:

dahil sa ngyari sa game last night... nakakitaan nanaman ni coach siot ang isang maganda chemistry ng team... pwede nya gawin first five si canaleta over w.wilson... lalo na kapg matatangkad ang kalaban...

As for the Llamados, Tim Cone was wrong. The Llamados should've taken Dylan Ababou from Barako Bull instead of JC Intal from Ginebra. Intal's a great athlete, but he's not nearly half of the elite defender Ababou is or enjoys the basketball IQ of the former King Tiger.

nakoww kapag to nabasa ng mga BIIK... sisisihin nila si coach tim cone...
akalain mo pinagpalit si dylan para kay intal...
nasa amin na si dylan sya na magiging future star ng ginebra....
new and future superstars ng ginebra sila
rob,j.wilson,dylan,allein at PRM... Center na lang talga kulang at buo ng cast ng ginebra for future... :naughty:

magaling nga si JC kaya lang takot sumalaksak ayaw makipagbanggaan

ruxs_14 wrote:As for the Llamados, Tim Cone was wrong. The Llamados should've taken Dylan Ababou from Barako Bull instead of JC Intal from Ginebra. Intal's a great athlete, but he's not nearly half of the elite defender Ababou is or enjoys the basketball IQ of the former King Tiger.

nakoww kapag to nabasa ng mga BIIK... sisisihin nila si coach tim cone...
akalain mo pinagpalit si dylan para kay intal...
nasa amin na si dylan sya na magiging future star ng ginebra....
new and future superstars ng ginebra sila
rob,j.wilson,dylan,allein at PRM... Center na lang talga kulang at buo ng cast ng ginebra for future... :naughty:

Meron pa pre, si KG! diba maraming mga biik fans ang ayaw sa kanya?ayun niyari sila

sa paninisi magaling ang mga biik.

MR. FAST wrote:

ruxs_14 wrote:As for the Llamados, Tim Cone was wrong. The Llamados should've taken Dylan Ababou from Barako Bull instead of JC Intal from Ginebra. Intal's a great athlete, but he's not nearly half of the elite defender Ababou is or enjoys the basketball IQ of the former King Tiger.

nakoww kapag to nabasa ng mga BIIK... sisisihin nila si coach tim cone...
akalain mo pinagpalit si dylan para kay intal...
nasa amin na si dylan sya na magiging future star ng ginebra....
new and future superstars ng ginebra sila
rob,j.wilson,dylan,allein at PRM... Center na lang talga kulang at buo ng cast ng ginebra for future... :naughty:

Meron pa pre, si KG! diba maraming mga biik fans ang ayaw sa kanya?ayun niyari sila

hahaha... oo nga eh... sabi nga nila dati dapat si canaleta na lang daw ang kinuha over intal... siguro laki ng panghihinayang ng mga yun ngayon... naaalala ko tuloy un nakita ko nanonood na biik fans na nakaupo sa likod ng bench ng bmeg... nun naka ilan sunod na pasok ang 3pt ni canaleta napakamot na lang sa ulo un lalake eh...

bougz wrote:sa paninisi magaling ang mga biik.

masyado kasi sila maselan sa mga player nila... kapag hindi nila nagustuhan ang performance ng isang player nila gusto agad nila i trade just like what they did to canaleta... talgang halos itapon na nila kahit walang kapalit na player... :masaya: eh ngayon na maganda pinapakita ni canaleta lalo na nun last season... ayun gusto na nila ibalik ulet si canaleta...

para naman nilang sinabi na mahina ang ulo ni Intal sa basketball. tsk! Kawawang Intal, napabilang sa mga makikitid ang utak :lol!:

oo naawa nga ako intal eh... parang hindi masaya nun naging BMEG fans... kasi alam nila na si jems yuck lang talaga ang sinusuportahan ng karamihan... at akala ko mabibigyan sya ng more PT sa bmeg pero mas nabwasan pa ata... at hindi nya magawa un mga ginagawa nya dati... hindi sya makapg focus sa shooting nya... puro pasa at execute ng plays ang ginagawa nya...

^ yun nga ang mahirap eh. Di talaga yan makakadrive kasi more on shooting sila. Tsk! Kung alam lang ng mga fans kung anu talaga ang pinapagawa sa kanila ng coach nila baka maintindihan nila. Hay buhay nga naman..

mali naman kasi un line up nila eh...

dapat pg-josh,barocca, sg-james,simon,sf-intal,devance, pf-ping,yancy,C-import at reevis...

ganda at perfect sana un line up na yan kaso un lang nahuhumaling sa big lineup c coach tim...

^ nasanay lang kasi sya sa ALASKA na malalaki ang inaasahan nya like SONNY THOSS. Mahirap din talagang icapitalize ang Triangle system lalo na pag nasanay ka na sa RUN ang GUN style.