Slaughter leads way as Smart Gilas destroys Malaysia in HK tilt

Greg Slaughter must learn how to play against 7 footers so that he can play the front court rotation of the Smart Gilas together with Marcus Douthit and Junemar Fajardo. These 3 big players rotation will make it easier for Coach Chot to play big all the time. Gilas will always have at least 2 big players playing simultaneously. First five will be Marcus Douthit at 5, Junemar Fajardo at 4, Ranidel De Ocampo at 3, Jeff Chan at 2 and Jayson Castro at 1. Greg Slaughter can be a substitute for Fajardo or Douthit, Kelly Williams and Marc Pingris for Ranidel, Fonacier and Norwood for Chan, Dillinger and Alapag for Jayson Castro. They should also enlist the services of Ryan Reyes and David as alternates. We have at least 2 legitimate point guards in Castro and Alapag and Dillinger can pinch hit in case we are faced with teams manned by tall point guards. We can play Dillinger in place of Castro in the starting five if we face China since Sun Yue who stands 6′ 9″ cannot be guarded by Jeff Chan thus the starting should be tweaked as follows: Dillinger 6′ 4″ PG or 1, Norwood 6’5″ SG or 2(to be assigned against Sun Yue), De Ocampo 6’6″ SF or 3, Junemar Fajardo 6’10″ PF and Douthit 6’11″ C or 5. With this starting five, the Smart Gilas team will have an average height of 6′ 6&1/2″, we have a fighting chance against the towering Chinese team who have an average height of 6’8″. Wang Zhizhi (7’1″) can be guarded by Fajardo (6’10″), Yi Jianlian (6’11″) should be assigned to Douthit (6’11″), Zhu Fangyu (6’7″) can be tackled by Ranidel (6’6″), Wang Shipeng (6’6″) can be handled by Norwood (6’5″) and Dillinger (6’4″) will take care of Liu Wei (6’3″). But we should be weary of Sun Yue who will be coming in as their 6th man in lieu of Wang Shipeng. We can probably match China in the early goings but to counter their strong bench, we must ensure that our substitutes are as effective as the first 5 players to sustain our attack anchored on outside shooting and fast break plays. Man zone defense should be played relentlessly as the Chinese team have the tendency to be flat footed in fast paced plays. 

Grabe naman ang lamang na to. Have mercy!