PBA: second to NBA in terms of the physicality of the game

[nashill]

philippine basketball could actually be more physical than nba nowadays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMuU-_wA_0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAEfuQv4gtA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4k0OjDY04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40ChUs5eO0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qPv3lCcSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3abNcjg7ns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuP30ttFV54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuP30ttFV54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjZZV8m3 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjZZV8m3 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2nTIju_ ... re=related

and a lot more...

[Rasho Brezec]

That isn't really saying much. European leagues are more physical than the NBA.

[nashill]

i dont think so. most of European players in the nba are soft...

[durden_tyler]

Filipinos are very physical players but they do lack the height so i guess it doesn't matter to 'em Americans/Europeans

[KWSN-Men]

i dont think so. most of European players in the nba are soft...

European game is much more physical than the NBA. So it would not surprise me at all if the PBA is also more physical. The NBA ($tern) has made a strong effort to make the NBA less physical and it is much less physical these days. The Euroleague by comparison for example is much more physcial.

[wushui]

Ok, so? Filipino basketball has already plateau. They model their game too much after the NBA and their players are relatively short and weak.

[durden_tyler]

Yup, the league's model is the NBA but that's not to say the players don't go at it. It's really just more being physical to negate the lack of height, etc. It's how the locals play the reinforcements when the it's not All-Filipino flavored conference...

[durden_tyler]

For all the Filipinos abroad, here's a link for PBA streaming.

Game One of the San Miguel vs. Ginebra FINALS series begins right about now!

The link: http://teampilipinas.info/2009/04/cs9-l ... m-pba.html

[GDS20]

I read somewhere the C's are 6-3