I find it funny that you think the Philippians would take offense to them nationalizing players, The Philippines teams are notorious in claiming that every foreign players mother is Pinay!

anyways I am glad I found you, not alot of us that even know that there is basketball in Asia, let alone follow any of it.

Ngombo is way older than 22. Qatari rules are: If you are arrving in the country and you are younger than 16, you are allowed to play as a local. So they had to fix his birthdate to make him available to play for the national-team. Guy is born between 1983 and 1985. He played in the Courtside Camp in Frankfurt in 2008 and dominated there. Guess why he was not picked up by any team official? Because he didn't look like a 19-year old but like 30-year old dude.

Hi there everyone,

I was Tanguy's (or Targuy) agent for 2 years, and I was the person that brought him to thecourt-side camp in 2008.

Firstly, he isn't and never was represented by court side. They just put him on their site cause he attended the camp. Secondly, he didn't get a deal from the court-side camp, not because of his (as your comment states above), it was because, 1. he was 3 years younger and have vastly improved (he still was dominant in the camp) and 2, it is very difficult for teams in Europe to take a chance on a player that isn't proven and hasn't be seen much and have only 3 games to base all this on. Thirdly, regardless of his age or whatever, he is a very talented player, that has worked extremely hard to get to where he is, and is the nicest person with a great head on his shoulders. When we use to go out to eat or just talk I used to tell him about how good he could be, that he could be playing in the league or for a euro league club, and he used to just laugh thinking I was just pumping him up. On his last day in Doha (Qatar) we spent some time together. He turned to me and said, 'I remember when you and coach (reference to below) used to tell me that I have the talent to play in the NBA, but I never believed it and thought you guys were just joking. He had a very 'thanks for believing in me' look on his face.

Now in terms of the scouting report, he is a great shooter, and can hang in the air, literally. I once saw him go up for an alley-op dunk that was intercepted by the center. While Teddy (what we sometimes called him) was in the air he proceeded to take the ball out of the center's hands and delivered a thunderous dunk; it was just crazy. I have also seen him shoot over 60 % from the 3 point line for a whole season. Granted the regular season in Qatar is only 14 games + playoffs but still. He is also an amazing defender. He can come into the league now and defend Kobe (even at his prime). I have been telling (along with my coach at the Court Side camp) this for years and people have been saying 'if he is so good, how come he has never been noticed'! Well he has now and time will tell. What everyone needs to know is exactly what the author (that lead to this article) said in his post, 'why didn't they wait and sign him as a free agent instead of drafting him'. Well that tells you how good he is. We are all armchair coaches and managers and think that we know best; let's just let the professionals answer those questions, especially as most of you commentators have never seen him play.

His main weakness is that he has never ever had any real coaching. So, all those things that he does, he has done on his own. You can not say that about anyone that has been drafted for the last I don't know how many years.

This kid is legit and will raise many eyebrows. I am just proud that I was part of his development.

another reason they drafted him instead of free agency is that then they can say they were not trying to collect cash to fire rambis because they bought the pick.

tanguy is 22 years old stop hating on the africans look at lebron james he's old than 25 right now thats why he can't score at 4 quarters is because the age . Think.

He has come around after the all star break, and will be a bounce back candidate next year after the M's rid themselves of Jose Lopez and move Chone back to 3rd.

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