André Bracci, who helped Xinjiang Flying Tigers win the 2016-2017 CBA championship, has been without the ball for nearly two years.
On December 27, he went directly to the Twitter account of the Philippine PBA to introduce himself:
I want to come and play
This move immediately attracted the close attention of the Philippine media, affected by the epidemic prevention and control policy, many PBA teams fell into the difficulty of reinforcements, some teams even began to use the all-Philippine class; but for Bracci, he has Filipino citizenship and has participated in international competitions as the leader of the Philippine men's basketball team, he is not a foreign aid, right?!
Unfortunately, he and the PBA were originally a win-win good thing of sleepy encountering pillows, but it is difficult to return home to play because of the PBA's Governor's Cup policy of restricting the height of foreign aid.
Governor's Cup foreign aid, height can not exceed 198cm
Bracci's height is 211cm, which seriously exceeds the standard!!!
It's like if you're shopping around and having a hard time catching this affordable large caravan in front of you, only to find that the highways across the country are limited to height and can't be passed...
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Yes, you read that right —
Bracci does have dual citizenship of the Philippines and the United States, and has also represented the Philippines in international competitions as a naturalized player; and even, it is because of his leadership that the Philippine men's basketball team has achieved the best results in history.
However, in the PBA, naturalized players are still considered foreign aides.
So, Brac still has to wait...
In Asia, in order to protect local players from being completely suppressed by foreign aid, not only the PBA has made strange regulations to limit the height of foreign aid.
For example, China's NBL once restricted the height of foreign aid to no more than 210cm; South Koreans are even more excessive, KBL has issued a rule that the height of large foreign aid can not exceed 2.0 meters, and the height of small foreign aid cannot exceed 1.86 meters!
But soon, the two leagues in China and South Korea have cancelled the foreign aid limit order, for the simple reason that -
All kinds of strange restrictions on foreign aid, the viewing of the stadium is really unbearable.
So far, only the PBA and the Filipinos have been more ironclad, and they have insisted that there is no intention of abolishing the foreign aid limit order until now.
And the global epidemic situation is also not good for the PBA, the current U.S. side is the epidemic raging, such as a storm; and the Philippines epidemic suddenly improved, in order to maintain the current good status quo, the government's epidemic prevention policy is still strict, personnel entry and exit is difficult, PBA teams want to change foreign aid can be described as difficult.
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But even so, the PBA's adjustment measures continue the tradition of scratching the itch of the boot.
Previously, PBA teams had to report for foreign aid in 3 days/2 games after announcing the replacement of foreign aid, and if they did not take place in time, they would be fined 50,000 Philippine pesos (equivalent to about 6350 yuan) per game from the 3rd game.
This provision is equally bizarre, and now in the special period, the PBA has only abolished the fine, and the regulation is still a provision for human factors.
"We understand the current situation and challenges facing the teams, as the new foreign aid will go through strict epidemic prevention procedures, so we have decided not to impose any fines on the team anymore."
PBA President Willie Marsiar said so.
In the eyes of the Philippine media, it is obviously not enough to just avoid fines.
"It was a disaster. The 198CM foreign aid limit will greatly reduce the selection space of each team. With most national leagues such as the B-League in Japan and KBL in South Korea going on, the vast majority of high-quality foreign aid is unlikely to come to the PBA. ”
—The Manila Times article put it bluntly.
Unlike the official, the media most of the time tells the truth, the reality is that many teams in the PBA are caught in the foreign aid shortage and have to use the all-native lineup, the so-called all-Philippine class.
But among them, there are also better lucky ones, that is, the Melaliko Lightning.
Lightning began by hitting Shabaz Mohammed, who was exactly 198cm tall (NBA's 2013 Lotto rookie, one pick higher than Giannis Antetokounmpo, who won the Finals MVP), but the latter suddenly changed his mind temporarily, and Lightning had to close his eyes and pick a substitute - tony Bishop in the 2011 NBA.
Unexpectedly, this guy who didn't even put photos on the Lightning website has only played 2 games but has averaged 32.0 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game!
And helped the team to achieve 2 wins and 0 losses, ranking 2nd in the league with an unbeaten record!!
Evil is evil, evil is evil!!!
There are some details here that I must state clearly, otherwise, the story will have no suspense:
The Meralco Lightning website does not list the specific height of the player, but I found on Wikipedia that Tony Bishop's height is obviously - 201CM!
So, well, how did this dude pass the PBA's height review?
Of course, the height of professional players in the world's major basketball leagues has always been a mysterious magical existence, similar to the actors in the Chinese entertainment industry, slightly different is only that professional basketball players must measure, but sometimes it is barefoot measurement, sometimes it is measured by wearing shoes, and even the heightened insole hidden in the socks is not accurate...
The error of this 3CM ah... Right when the error of the measurement technology is good, hahahahaha
Besides, everyone is already short of foreign aid, if the PBA stubbornly blindly continues to be true, everyone really can't play in the new season.
Or, let's just assume Bishop's barefoot height is up to standard.
By comparison, some teams are less lucky.
As we all know, the PBA has 3 events per season, and the 2021-2022 Philippine Cup has long ended, the event is restricted from foreign aid, and TNT (Philippine Telecom) won the championship;
Because the epidemic delayed the schedule, the 2nd Tournament Commissioners' Cup, which was arranged in normal order, was suspended and jumped directly to the 3rd tournament, the Governors Cup, which is also this TNT, and the newly selected foreign aid center Mackenzie Moore is visually a parallel cargo:
TNT has played 4 Governors Cup games so far, Mackenzie's first start has played 36 minutes and 49 seconds, 15 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists, quasi-triple-doubles, data eye-catching, but 6 of 13 shooting rate and his height, position, playing time do not match, the key is to lose;
As a result, the second game was reduced by the coaching staff to 26 minutes and 41 seconds, and his data contribution was reduced to 2 of 13, 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists;
Game 3 17 minutes 34 seconds, 4 points and 7 rebounds;
In the 4th game, the team would rather use the all-Filipino class than let him play, playing the role of water dispenser keeper from beginning to end.
So the Philippine media began to expose, revealing that Moore was selected by TNT only because of his personal relationship with the star Mike Williams.
The fresh brewers, similar to TNT, are also veteranS of the PBA, and this year's Governor's Cup also often uses the all-Philippine class, because their foreign player Brandon Brown has not played steadily enough, averaging 4.6 turnovers per game.
For now, the Brewers want to use the NBA's fringe Man Orlando Johnson to replace Brown, but I'm afraid, by the end of the quarantine, the Governor's Cup will be almost over.
The format of the Governor's Cup is also special, first 12 teams single round robin, 11 rounds, and then the top 8 play the playoffs, and the current schedule of each team is only 5 to 7 games, maybe worried about the epidemic, right?
The most interesting story is also from the Philippine media, while complaining about the poor quality of foreign aid, but also generating the myth that Philippine basketball has got rid of foreign aid dependence .
"Foreign aid should have been the highlight of the league, but the teams have found that it is better not to use foreign aid, even if the Phoenix Fuel Master, who is absent due to injury, can still play a good performance." Is the quality of foreign aid not good, or is Philippine basketball finally getting rid of its dependence on foreign aid? ”
Obviously, such questions do not need to be answered at all.
What did China's CBA, South Korea's KBL, Japan's B-league, Chinese Taipei's T1 and P+ leagues do not accomplish, the PBA did it, and did it take advantage of the counter-trend of the epidemic to do it?
Obviously, it is impossible; the reason why it can still be a problem raised by the media is that cultural excess self-confidence is universal in developing countries, and once poisoned, it is often blind to the fact of objective existence and to listen to it:
Looking at the Governors Cup rankings, the top two with an unbeaten record are still the Manonia Hotspots and the Melaliko Lightning with high-quality foreign aid.
At the time of my writing, Brac's matter was not settled, and Marcus Dusset, 41, also posted on social media Twitter calling on the PBA to allow naturalized players to participate;
He and his height also reached 211cm, which is also over the standard.
Dusit also has dual citizenship of the Philippines and the United States, the 2004 NBA draft was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the No. 56 rookie in the NBA, in 2011 for the Philippine men's basketball team to play international games, in Europe Belgium, Turkey, Russia and Asia South Korea, the Philippines, China, Thailand played for the CBA Foshan Dragon Lions (the predecessor of the Guangzhou Dragon Lions).
Now, I am unemployed at home by the PBA.
In the case of the PBA's financial constraints and the continuous exodus of local potential players to Japan and Chinese Taipei, the Philippine media suggested that instead of spending a lot of money to find foreign aid from overseas, it is better to select cheap foreign students directly from the university campus.
Of course, the poor have a poor way of life, the rich and the rich of the law, but the far water can not solve the near thirst after all, it is better to focus on the present, headache medicine, foot pain heal the foot, according to me Ah foreign aid height limit order lifted first?
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