it's been awhile

It's been a couple of months since i last blogged. Oh well, my break allows me to pay attention to my favorite pastime, the NBA playoffs. The Celtics and the Lakers are one win away from a dream NBA finals matchup. But personally, i still wanna see the Pistons go there and let Kobe take it to them to avenge the Lakers' 2004 finals. I love garnett, pierce, and allen but i think they need another more year to win it all. Another thing, i read that the PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios said that he wants to do away with picking up pro players to represent the country in international competitions coz it didn't work. Oh well, sure we haven't fared as successfully as we wanted but i think there is no substitute to fielding our best players. The solution is to develop a comprehensive national sports program. Have a national pool of under 18 players to send to youth championships... Then continue developing a same pool from 18 up until they reach the PBA for SEA games, SEABA, and other minor league titles. Let's face it, these ballers' ultimate goal is to reach the PBA and earn money. The PBA then should adapt a schedule more conducive to major Asian/world competitions so that our best players can compete in them. These competitions already involve professionals from all over the world. We can't have babies compete against grown men. We may not win the gold all the time but at least philippine basketball can get more exposure and maybe one PBA player can get into Europe or NBA.