00:57.6
More, siguro, more basketball to see for the women's program.
01:03.5
Coach, pa, gano'n po ka-importante, katulad din na ngayon, may bata pa lang, mature na yung laro, gano'n po ka-importante sa seniors na sa...
01:09.5
Very, very important. It's getting the food bigger.
01:13.3
And kasi, ah, if you come to think of it, yung men's basketball, sobrang laki.
01:18.1
Because we have so much leagues that we could choose.
01:21.0
Pero sa girls, wala. Konti lang.
01:23.0
But now, with the youth program having to have that kind of experience,
01:27.6
mas lumalaki yung pool of players natin.
01:30.9
And eventually, they'll be the next generation of, ano, gilas players.
01:35.8
And sabi ko, ma, it's the future of women's basketball.
01:41.2
Coach, yung Team Clark and Danger, is ano masayong sa kanilang entret?
01:45.4
What can they bring sa women's basketball in general?
01:49.7
Wow, I think that's the best question.
01:52.3
Talagang, we have to have that.
01:54.8
Without any rivalry in such...
01:57.6
Not in teams, but only in personalities.
02:00.2
Kailangan natin ng medyo konting, ano, twist, eh.
02:02.6
Kaya may konting, ano, eh, may konting drama.
02:06.6
So, I think that's the best thing that we could have also here.
02:10.9
So that we could have that, ano, atmosphere also that we're day having.
02:16.6
Coach, for the Gili Swim, what will the preparations be like?
02:19.7
What will the next few months be like?
02:20.9
Yeah, it's been...
02:22.2
We've been working, ano, I mean, galing na kami Jones Cup.
02:25.4
And now, we're really preparing hard.
02:27.6
And for the pre-qualifying tournament in Rwanda, this coming August.
02:31.6
And hopefully, you know, we get to have the young and the...
02:35.5
Not the old, but the former players.
02:38.7
Mga mainstays natin.
02:43.0
To mix with, ano, mix.
02:44.8
And hopefully, maganda yung, ano, natin.
02:47.0
Yung preparation.
02:48.1
Coach, at all levels, nasa Division 1 na tayo ng FIBA.
02:51.3
How does that make you feel?
02:53.0
It feels so good na we've done it.
02:57.2
Not me, not me alone, but the whole group.
03:00.4
The coaching staff, management, especially to SVP who's been really supporting us.
03:05.7
Erica D. is there.
03:07.1
And Sir Alpanilio.
03:09.1
Talagang, hopefully, you know, the support comes in more.
03:13.1
And sustain this program.
03:18.7
Thank you, Coach.
03:19.4
Coach, yung mga under-18 players na sinawa mo sa Jones Cup, eh.
03:22.9
As I speak, nasuhabay sila sa mga team.
03:27.2
It's been a good feeling to have them right now, and look at them right now until, you know, as sabi ko.
03:34.2
And probably, that's the best thing that happens to us.
03:38.1
Na makita namin silang makipag-compete.
03:40.6
And hopefully, more to come.
03:42.6
More players to come.
03:44.6
Mas malaki at mas maganda na yung pool natin, the problem is.
03:52.1
Actually, mga parang you mentioned before, when you were growing up, wala kang access ng mga ganito.
03:57.1
But now, seeing it just really be readily available for kids, and kayo din na naging trailblazers ng women's basketball,
04:06.1
how does that make you feel na lang na may ganitong klaseng content na nabibigay sa kanila?
04:10.1
Siyempre, super happy.
04:12.1
Kasi, you know, dati, we're just dreaming of na sana may something for us, women's basketball.
04:18.1
But now, slowly, and talagang paangat ng paangat yung women's basketball dito sa Pilipinas.
04:23.1
I mean, look at the national team.
04:25.1
From senior's team.
04:27.1
We really have to work our way up.
04:30.1
And now, meron ng youth teams, may under-16 and under-18, and all the teams are in Division A.
04:37.1
And I was like, you know, looking back, I wish I was like, sana ako din at that age, no?
04:43.1
Nakapaglaro ako nun.
04:44.1
But I feel like I have a bigger task, which is, you know, all the hard works that we put into those people who came before us.
04:52.1
And yung susunod pa sa amin, this is it.
04:56.1
Ngayon, parang meron ng pathway for the next generation.
05:00.1
And I'm so happy to be a part of it.
05:03.1
Jack, pag nakikita mo yung next generation nga, ano yung impressions mo sa kanila?
05:07.1
Napapailing na lang ako. Like, just wow. Just wow.
05:10.1
Sometimes, I ask myself, like, what was I doing when I was at their age?
05:15.1
And looking at them, like, they're just 13 years old and they can do so many things already.
05:19.1
What more if they mature and really grow and, you know, talagang mag-evolve yung game nila through time.
05:24.1
Talagang mag-evolve yung game nila through basketball and, you know, for the women's basketball in the Philippines.
05:29.1
Jack, we just watched a WNBA All-Star game na 16,000 yung nanood.
05:34.1
Ikaw, how do you think, what do you think needs to be done sa level natin sa Pilipinas to hopefully one day maybe reach that point din na sold-out crowds watching women's basketball?
05:44.1
You know, I always say this na we really need to have something na sustainable and talagang for pro women's basketball.
05:53.1
Hindi lang siya pwedeng one-time thing. It should be talagang for the longer, longer run.
05:58.1
Kasi look at the WNBA, it started at what, 1996-7?
06:03.1
And just now na ngayon lang nila na nakukuha yung attention that they deserve.
06:09.1
So imagine if we start, you know, start small and slowly but surely we will make it big.
06:15.1
Ang hirap kasi if we start na ito agad yung gusto natin. It won't happen like that.
06:21.1
It should be really unti-unti and talagang we have progress every year or every day.
06:28.1
And I think hindi malabong ma-achieve natin yun especially with the community that we have here in the Philippines.
06:35.1
Ikaw, what's going on with you? What's gonna be next for you?
06:39.1
Well, for me right now, my focus is yung World Cup qualifying tournament this coming August 15 sa Rwanda.
06:47.1
And after that...
06:51.1
I want to watch where I'll be playing next for my professional career.
06:56.1
I mean, don't stop. You had a chance to play with Naomi Pangayon.
07:01.1
What's your impressions? Ano naman sa'yo naman na nakasabay mo sila dun sa World Cup?
07:06.1
Sabi ko nga parang lagi ko lang sila sa YouTube na papanood kasi every time na umuwi ako dito pag after ko overseas,
07:14.1
nasa States naman sila and now kasama ko sila maglaro.
07:17.1
I was just like mind-blown like wow, are you really like 18 and 17?
07:20.1
Wow, are you really like 18 and 17?
07:21.1
17 years old kasi yung nagagawa niyo is parang out of your age parang you're ready to play the senior level
07:28.1
and I'm just lucky and honored to play with them and hopefully they will learn something from me
07:36.1
and I can guide them as they transition from you to the seniors team.
07:40.1
Do you like yung nangyaring yun na pinagsabay kayo sa future and then the present?
07:45.1
It's just wow, it just goes to show what Coach Pat is doing for the national team talaga.
07:50.1
He's really the mastermind of it all.
07:53.1
Talagang yung grabe yung vision niya for the promo na sa national team and you can see it naman pag naglalaro kami
08:01.1
and it's all Coach Pat. That's why talagang possible siya na nangyari.
08:06.1
Winning the mythical fight?
08:09.1
I wasn't expecting anything. I was so shocked. I'm just there, you know. Jones Cup is always kind of special for me
08:18.1
because going back to Taiwan, Taiwan also is like my second home and I get to play against with my former teammates
08:26.1
in Taiwan University and players from different countries and yeah I feel like every time Philippines goes in Jones Cup
08:34.1
it's really special. The connection that we built, Taiwan and the Philippines, the relation that we have
08:39.1
especially with the basketball is really good and I mean winning the mythical fight hindi ko na-expect
08:46.1
and wala talaga sa isip ko yun.
08:48.1
I'm just happy I get to play with the national team.
08:53.1
About women's basketball, sa ulas mo, sabi mo na with Katelyn Clark and Ginger Ristrong?
09:00.1
They're really elevating the game. I know na they're more, I mean before them there's Diana Taurasi, Sabrina Ionescu, Asia Wilson
09:08.1
but these two, I mean they're young so a lot of the, I think the audience is now is more like young generation
09:16.1
that's why everyone is watching.
09:18.1
And the two of them going to the WNBA from college, they're really bringing a lot of attention
09:23.1
and it really helps the game to grow and I hope, you know, people continue to support and recognize the women's basketball
09:31.1
kasi you'll never go wrong sa women's basketball. The investment is worth it.
