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lovewins:
D'Tigress - Planning for the Future

The D'Tigress did us proud at the just concluded Olympics. They exemplified what it means to imbibe the Nigerian spirit and set the pedestal for greatness that hopefully we take advantage of. Looking at our current roster, it becomes necessary that we begin to plan for the future as critical members of this team are very unlikely to participate in the next Olympics.

For instance, Ezinne Kalu and Promise Amukamara are currently aged 33 and and 31 respectively, and would be 37 and 35 by 2028. Even if they are still active professionally at this time, they very likely would be past their prime. Seven of the 12 ladies who represented Nigeria in Paris will be at least aged 30 by 2028. There's therefore need to begin to scout for new talents and start introducing them into the team as we plan to medal in the USA.

I've highlighted below players I think should be either be brought into the team or be on our watchlist.

1. Oluchi Okananwa: Aged 20. she's a guard who currently plays for Duke WBB. An hybrid of Promise and Ezinne.

2. Kiki Iriafen: Aged 21. A Forward that needs no introduction. Currently plays for USC WBB. She's an hybrid of A'ja Wilson and Nneka Ogwumike.

3. Vivian Iwuchukwu: a freshman at USC. Don't know too much about her but definitely one to watch out for.

4. Clarice Uche Akunwafo: aged 21. She's a 6'6 center that plays for USC WBB. A great defensive presence and one to look out for.

5. Dominique Onu: a 5'10 guard aged 21. Also a member of the USC WBB. One to watch.

@ lovewins, how many of these ladies come home to Nigeria on holidays? Are they passionate about representing Nigeria? Yes, we can use them but we should look at our local talents in Nigeria, polish them up and send them to the USA, Europe etc for maximum exposure.

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lovewins:
I don't think it's fair to speculate on their commitment. If anything, Kiki and Michaela have been very expressive of their Nigerianness. Michaela for instance was on team Nigeria at the year Jollof war basketball celebrity competition that holds in New York yearly. Ezinne also participated if I remember correctly. I believe there must have been a valid reason for both of these players not to have been a part of the roster and I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with commitment.

I however agree with need to dig deep at home. We have talents we can explore but that won't happen with the current NBBF board quite frankly. We don't even have a functional league. Hopefully we get good guys assume office at the next elections.

We just seem to have bad leadership at many levels of governance and administration in Nigeria. Can't the NBBF look for sponsors like BUA Industries, Dangote Industries, Globacom etc and work with them to develop basketball in Nigeria? How much will it cost to construct basketball courts in public secondary schools in Nigeria? Great sponsors can pay for these basketball courts and release money to organize basketball Competitions at Secondary School level all over the country on a termly basis. Same for our universities and polytechnics. We can have a true and well funded Collegiate basketball league at different levels in Nigeria. Then talents will be fished out and supported to go and study in America ( Home of Basketball ) , Australia, Europe and Canada to sharpen their skills and get the exposure they need. From there, they can sign for clubs in these developed nations. We need a great PLAN.

carbonado:
..we don't need both players to win Afrobasket actually..
They might not need to show up to for it...till world cup qualifying tournament.

Kiki Iriafen and Michaela have to really show interest in suiting up for Dtigress. If not, they can be overlooked and opportunities given to others. Both of them are already behaving like the Ogwumike Sisters who ended up not going to the Olympics in American Colours. We want players who really want to play for Nigeria. Look at Murjanatu and Ifunanya Okoro. The two of them moved from Nigerias local league to Europe. And they are blossoming. Pallas also moved from Abuja to the USA. Evelyn Akhator also moved from Nigeria to the USA. We need to start identifying the best players in our local leagues, invest in them and give them scholarships to American Colleges and Schools, Canadian Universities etc where they can improve their basketball talent by playing Collegiate basketball and then join clubs in these countries. We need a great PLAN. Thanks.

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The weeding and thinning of this Dtigress squad should start immediately. We should retain some players and drop some players who are not at their best. We need to start preparing for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup qualification games and the World Cup itself. Coach Rena has done very well to be retained. She is a good Coach and Manager of talent.

Going forward, we must start recruiting the best players available for selection. This means we cannot focus on the USA Collegiate system alone. We have to look at players with Nigerian heritage in the European basketball circuit as well. NBBF has to improve it's scouting ability to spot new talent going forward. More importantly, our home based players should be taken into a program where the best of them are ferried to Europe and North America to gain experience playing for club sides and university teams there. NBBF has to do better. Cheers.

lovewins:
Ezinne and surprisingly Promise have been great offensively. Amy and others need to come to the party.

Wide lead now but the girls have been very decent in my opinion

I thought we would win the 2nd Quarter. We ended up allowing the USA to come back into the game. Well, we have two quarters left to fight back.

Hmn. I don't know what to say. We have allowed the Americans pull away with a 17 point lead. Sad. We initially limited the USA to a 6 point lead at a period in the game.

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JohnBullMySon:
Fingers crossed. We have nothing to lose.

The Americans are still heavily reliant on some of their veterans like Taurasi, the one that was arrested in Russia etc. Yes, they are skillful than Dtigress but we can pull an upset. I know I sound foolish, but Kalu and Amukamara can inspire our ladies to a shock victory. Remember Nigeria vs Brazil in the football event of Atlanta 96? No one gave us a chance on that day against Brazil. We were 1-3 down until Kanu and Ikpeba showed their class. Coach Rena can make another tactical plan against the USA. God is good.

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Danielnino00:
For real, we are facing USA

It will be hotly contested by Dtigress. Our ladies played the USA not too long ago. I have faith that we shall win.

PDPGuy:
Well, our ladies have done their best 😁

Seems you have given up against USA. I know our chances of beating the Americans are very slim, but anything can happen.

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Going forward, anything can happen now. We are at the knockout stage. Upsets will be recorded from now on. If we meet the USA, we should give them a tough game. Anything can happen, Say What, Say What .

[quote author=daveP post=131325911]imagine bringing the South sudan vibes to USA game. 😂😂😂

Making the Lebrons and Currys to quake in fear till the last 3seconds of the game to finally get a winner(their game months ago)

I just realized two ex-Tigresses (were guards during their playing days) are part of the coaching staff led by Rena Wakama. Juli and Aisha[/quote

Yes, Aisha Balarabe ( Nee Mohammed ) was at the 2018 FIBA World Cup as a player for Nigeria, under Coach Otis Hughley. Julia Negodu played as a Dtigress for Nigeria around the early to mid 2000s. I think she ( Aisha Balarabe) played the qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics. Cheers.

lovewins:
They didn't lie though. We are underdogs. No one person can beat their chest to say they expected us to win 2 games talk less make it out of the group. I particularly was hoping we beat Canada and by some miracle come out as one of the best 3rd teams. The girls rose to the occasion and the rest they say is history.

I said it that Dtigress will beat some big teams at this year's Olympics. I was probably one of two analysts here that believed in our ladies. Thank God, I have been proved right. I have been vindicated. Cheers.

PDPGuy:
I strongly believe that, come Sunday night, D’Tigress will become the first African women’s team to advance to the Olympics knockout round…

Amen.

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