Scouting The Opposition

There's so much more to Philippine High School Basketball than just the statistics which pop-out on your Twitter feeds, or the scores which you see on various news websites. There are reasons as to why player accumulate these statistics, and how those results on the basketball floor go about.

Scouting The Opposition hopes to show some of those reasons. This part of the website is primarily dedicated to scouting reports, assessing the performance of players, and how they can fare in the next level (be it collegiate or professional). From time to time, I'll also be having lists of players who impressed in various tourneys, or a list of players to watch out for.

Below is a list of some of the scouting reports. Articles are categorized as to whether a player is bound for the UAAP, NCAA, or is still playing in the UAAP or NCAA Juniors Division:

UAAP Seniors-bound	NCAA Seniors-bound	UAAP Juniors	NCAA Juniors	Players who impressed/to watch out for
Juan Gomez de Liano	Unique Naboa	Kai Sotto		NBTC All-Star Game 2017
John Lloyd Clemente	Guilmer Dela Torre	Encho Serrano		SLAM Rising Stars 2017
Jonas Tibayan	Carlo Abadeza
Troy Mallillin

Class of 2017 Scouting Reports and Rankings

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Analyzing Shaun Ildefonso's decision to join the NU Bulldogs

Last night, in a surprising turn of events for many, Shaun Ildefonso announced on his Twitter account that he was leaving Ateneo to join the NU Bulldogs. You can find his entire message below: Ateneo will always be home. Thank you for the One Big Fight 💙 pic.twitter.com/uV2usLF7bx — Shaun Ildefonso (@ShaunIldefonso) May 29, 2017 The gist of his message is this: He's joining NU to join his dad, and he feels like with the Bulldogs, his athletic potential will be fully realized. The rest of his message has him thanking friends that he made during his stay in college, and the rest of the Ateneo community. For the case of this piece, only two facts are important: Shaun Ildefonso is going to NU, and a big reason for that happens to be his dad, Danny Ildefonso. So how do these factors affect not only Shaun, but other things as well? Let's talk about just that. How the decision affects Shaun It's important that we discuss the primary subject of this entire exercise...

Philippine High School Basketball Class of 2017 Scouting Reports and Rankings

Welcome to the Class of 2017 Scouting Reports and Rankings. This part of the site provides to you the rankings of the recruits who are part of the aforementioned class, some details regarding them, and most importantly, the school which they have committed to play for in college. Linked to the name of each player is the scouting report that has been written about them in this website. For those without any links just yet, their scouting reports are on the way. (Photo Credit: The Philippine Star) With that, I present to you the rankings for the Class of 2017. Ranking Name Position Played Height School/Team Committed To 1 Juan Gomez de Liano PG/SG 6’3” UP Fighting Maroons 2 John Lloyd Clemente SG/SF 6’3” NU Bulldogs 3 Troy Mallillin SF/PF 6’3” None (Choosing between NU, UST and Ateneo) 4 Jonas Tibayan PF 6’3” NU Bulldogs 5 Guilmer...

Open Letter To The San Miguel Beermen

NOTE: This article isn't exactly in a form of a letter. The look of frustration beckons. (credits to Interaksyon.com) To be honest, I have never been a die hard San Miguel Beermen fan until the season of their Governors’ Cup championship against the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters. Sure, they were my very first favorite PBA team, but the only reason for that was because Olsen Racela’s son was a friend and a batch mate. Despite that though, SMB has been my top favorite team. I may root for Alaska, RoS and at times Air 21, but the San Miguel Beermen will always be my top team. The very first time that the Beermen broke my heart was when they lost an epic 7 game series against the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters in the 2012 Philippine Cup, back when they were still called the Petron Blaze Boosters. Despite that, I still continued to root for the team....

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