It's always an advantage when your line-up has two promising big men sitting on the bench and learning behind a solid naturalized post presence who just so happens to stand at least SIX inches taller than his rivals in the paint.
Smart Gilas Pilipinas now touts an unblemished 5-0 win loss slate, and has yet to be "tested" be it by the Philippine Basketball Association's pro teams' "BETTER style of play" or its fancied "physicality." Seriously, they have fought close matches, but even the game against Alaska was a wash when head coach Tim Cone opted to play his second unit instead of his usual Cyrus Baguio-L.A. Tenorio backcourt.