Why did Mason Amos leave Ateneo for DLSU? 

Strictly basketball, do you think the system of DLSU under Coach Topex (who is known as a player's coach), is an ideal place for Mason? Why or why not!

Maybe Amos just feels the Tab system isn't for him, or maybe he just wants the chip as soon as possible which Ateneo may not be able to give him right away. Either way, it's going to be an interesting UAAP season this year.

I won’t even think about the rivalry between Blue and Green and the Pride post of Belangel. I’m thinking about Gilas’ promising future since KQ and Amos will be playing together, develop chemistry

As a DLSU Fan "Let's F*cking Go!" Haha pero TBH, as a basketball fan, medyo may doubts na ako about sa parity ng UAAP hehe. Now, If UAAP dumps that proposed new rule, expect the seasons to be a UP-La Salle show in the next seasons. And obviously, SJ wasn't thrilled and thus a lot of former and current Blue Eagles show their "ATENEO PRIDE" that SJ is likely preaching on that damn tweet haha. But as DLSU Die Hard Fan aka St Clare Student na kung maka asta parang taga DLSU haha, LFG, I'm so hyped for S88 pero problemahin muna natin S87 haha. But I hope Mason waited sana for a go signal from Coach Tab before moving to DLSU hehehe

Truth is, all UAAP Teams have caught up with ADMU in all competitive facets, including Coaching competence.

Didn't even get to celebrate UP getting QMB before Mason flew away and dropped the atomic bomb

According to staff at Ateneo Basketball. Mason Amos’s mother was given 64000 usd by a Le Salle alumni doner for him to transfer.

"LETS FUCKING GO! " -the legend FranLu

Excited for UAAP Season 88. Baclaan, Cortez, Amos, Pablo, Agunanne 💚🏹

UAAP just got even more competitive real quick. Even the supporters too.

Maybe we should factor in first the school environment over anything else. Perhaps it didn't work out for him outside of the basketball court, or his immediate circle of friends went to DLSU. I wouldn't think it's about money because all of the UAAP member-schools spend on players. Hard to say whether this has something to do with Tab Baldwin's style, but the departures of the other players is an indicator that something is brewing at Ateneo.

True, I was hoping to watch him develop like Thirdy over the next 1 or 2 years. Oh well. Wasn't it expected that he would leave early (but for the pro leagues). Definitely something is brewing. Are we going back to the dark ages? Or is this the start of the same rebuild journey we had with Thirdy's crew?

As of late the most plausible reason for the mass exodus is that players do not want to play for CTB anymore. Geo Chui, Jared Brown and Ballungay left prematurely. If they love playing for Tab and have full confidence in him they would have rather stayed and exhausted their playing years. Now, Amos left. Also, add to this Ateneo consistently losing out on the recruitment wars for blue chip players. People might be scared of saying this possible reason because of the risk of negative backlash but I'm putting it out there. If people are leaving you and people refuse to join you there must be something wrong with you.

This is coming from an Atenean so this take could a.) get me hate from my own school, b.) get me hate from DLSU/other schools or c.) hate from everyone! HAHA but I want to see this as both an Atenista for life and a basketball fanatic. Speaking as an Atenean, I think its very valid yung anger/tampo na nararamdaman ng community, current and former players and coaching staff. Imagine mo naman, you've been proclaimed to be the school's next star and you even acknowledged that and played to that idea pero aalis ka lang din. Siyempre dagdag galit since DLSU pa talaga of all places HAHAHA pero I'll get to that din. So what do I (AKO LANG HA BAKA MAGALIT IBA DYAN) think is/are the reason/s lumipat si Mason? Money? Playing time? Coaching? School Environment/Culture? I personally think its a mix of all of those and more. Sa pera, aminin natin na may kalakaran talaga ang UAAP pagdating sa pera. Try man nila na ideny or harangan, open secret nalang kung tawagin na talagang padamihan ng "stipend" and or benefits. Kaya nga yon ang reklamo ng smaller schools kasi medyo unfair naman talaga kung yun ang isa sa mga titignan ng mga prospects. Pero then again, yung magnitude or yung dami ng pera/benefits na binibigay ng bigger schools is past the allowed limit for student-athelete benefits na inaallow, so sa mata ng UAAP, yung lahat ng lagpas sa limit nila, di nageexist, so walang validity sa kanila yung reklamo ng smaller schools. THIS IS NOT TO SAY NA DLSU HAS MORE BUDGET THAN ADMU OR VICE VERSA. Never ko naman yan malalaman kasi di ako isa sa mga nagffund sa mga teams nila HAHA. Though sure akong hindi kulang sa funding ang ADMU MBT kasi isa sa mga financer niyan is Frank Lao (Part Owner ng Converge Telecom and Team + Financer din ng Strong Group (Father ni Jacob Lao of ADMU MBT)) But what I am sure of is that those all have contracts! Just like professional leagues like PBA, MPBL kahit pa NBA, may agreed upon pera ang mga students. Meron ibang benefits na lahat sila meron, pero yung sa pera mismo, iba iba na yan. Siguro yung pagoffer ng ADMU was less since sa tingin ko, mas prefer nila na magkakapareho (or magkalapit) mga offer nila sa athletes nila, which I strongly believe Mason didn't like. Siguro as a young, highly touted player, mas gusto nya mabayaran in a way na star player talaga siya, which I think ayaw gawin ng ADMU pero willing ang DLSU. Pero siguro thats more dependent on sa analysis/basa ko sa culture ng two schools mismo kaya baka mali din ako don. Sa coaching and playing time, I think its most known amongst the players and alumni of CTB na talagang may pagkaold school pa rin siya in some sort of way. Pumapayag man siya ng pumasok yung mga young guns/baguhan sa laro, hindi siya tulad nila Coach Topex na talagang papapasukin kahit mga end-of-the-bench players kung di gumagana yung stars. In some way "dont fix what isn't broken" type of system. Tsaka parang trabaho na corporate si CTB pagdating sa lineups/rotation, pag consistent ka at okay sa assigned trabaho mo, may promotion ka. PERO take note, di niya ginagawa star agad (or at all). I remember this article ng Tiebreaker ata way back in 2018/19 around UAAP finals time, na sinabi na the Ateneo MBT doesn't have a main guy talaga sa sistema ni CTB kaya kahit mag 30 pts ni Thirdy, or Shaq Mode si Kouame (not really possible that time pa tho HAHA medj iba pa role ni kouame non) special occasion lang yon. At mas lalong walang main guy talaga ngayon sa current system ni CTB. Kouame was the big man, SJ was the spitfire guard, Mamu was the 3&D heart, Dave was scoring 30 pre-ADMU, BJ was a great 1. Pag tinignan niyo sila individually, lahat sila may "star" potential. Pero famous(or baka sa iba, infamous) si CTB na ang sistema niya is not star-centric. Kahit sila Mamu and sila Dave namention yon sa Shoot First HAHAHA shoutout Tito Mikee. And I think naging factor yon for Mason. Inisip niya siguro "kung ako talaga star nila, bat hindi majority ng touches nasa akin?" Sa DLSU kasi, halata mo sino yung stars nila, and I think that's how Mason wants to play. Is CTB's system bad? Not at all IMO. Pero it is definitely not for everyone and siguro ito biggest example. School environment/culture: Someone commented na baka yung ibang friends niya is lumipat din to DLSU which is definitely possible. Pero IMO, I think ang babaw masyado kung yon lang reason niya for leaving. I think its more of a cultural disconnect. Schonny Winston mentioned sa Shoot First din na before coming to the PH, he didn't understand the DLSU-ADMU rivalry. Di siguro naiintindihan ni Mason yung weight non kaya hindi niya siguro inexpect yung ganitong backlash. Not defending him because sa totoo lang tampo pa rin ako pero this is his situation. Bago lang siya sa PH and sa UAAP. Hindi siya lumaki or nag-aral prior to the Ateneo offer. And since first experience niya sa UAAP was offer na agad, siguro akala niya walang problema kung naglolook out siya para sa sarili niyang benefit; kumbaga sa mga experience niya, feeling niya mas pro league na ang dating, pede siya lumipat sa mga winning team pag trip niya and hindi na factor ang school pride kaya di niya rin siguro naiintindihan nga yung DLSU-ADMU rivalry. Naisip niya siguro "Since inofferan na ako before, I think me taking this offer isn't bad kasi mukhang normal naman tong ganitong kalakaran". Hindi niya lang siguro naintindihan talaga yung culture, rivalry at idea ng BEBOB kaya sa tingin niya okay lang lahat ng ginawa niya. To end, I still think na backstabber na ahas si Mason Amos na katulad ni Kevin Durant na talagang bandwagon lang para manalo. Parang OKC lang ang ADMU ngayon, medyo incomplete pero willing din naman in time bigyan ng spotlight si Mason balang araw. Medyo nagrrebuild lang sa ngayon. Pero siguro the winning, money and culture na meron right now ang DLSU-GSW HAHAHA was enough to make him move from Katip to Taft. And it hurts more because he didn't tell any of the coaches, team or staff about it. Makes it feel like wala talaga siyang nakuhang brotherhood. Is this the start of the death of UAAP/Collegiate basketball in the country? No naman kasi sa totoo lang ang Ateneo naman nagpioneer ng ganitong kalakaran eh HAHAHA pero it definitely is a blow to the integrity of the league sa sobrang constant ng paglipat ng players and it makes us fans and the players question kung san ba dapat lulugar pagdating sa benefit para sa sarili and loyalty and school pride.

This man deserves 100k subscribers

Money? Coach ng Ateneo pang FIBA tapos kulang sila ng pera. Nakuha nga nila si Bahay from U.P. Tab Baldwin is actually the reason teams started teams to stack up.

Kid is so fickle! Joins ateneo hs, then leaves. Joins ateneo college, leaves again

Damn... It's very clear! Best offer wins.. Very simple!!

Konov and Amos do not belong to the same pos. Konov is a 2 or 3, Amos would be a 3 or primarily a 4

Mas maganda nga timing. He's out of the country fighting for the country. This diffuses some anger.

Topex will figure it out...but this is huge

Ateneo fan here, let's go with the increased competition. Hirap na manalo ng UAAP championship ngayon, key players are leaving in or 2 years. Halos parang NBA free agency na ang UAAP. Ateneo will step up.

Simply he wants to play in a champion team caliber and also the rival team or the best of both worlds so to speak.

Remembering the BJ Manalo hate spree...

I've been waiting for this😂

Pretty sure one of the main factor why Mason jumped ship right now is the incoming new residency rule haha sux to be Luis Pablo tho, kid couldn’t catch a break.

If i hear of the phrase “in the end of the day!!!!!”

Wasn't there a rumor na may mga offers si Tab Baldwin from the MiddleEast? Maybe Ateneo is really getting weak in their program that even players are losing confidence. But why DLSU of all teams though? That's a big hit for ADMU.

ADMU does not forget

tingin ko lang di nya nakikita na kayang manalo ng Ateneo this season and next year. Maybe he wanted to win now and move to pro na probably nakita nya na kayang gawin sa La Salle. Mas ok siguro kung nagpaalam sya ng maayos.

It's a money game and unfortunately Ateneo has less money now than UP and Lasalle. Yes they have MVP but MVP is just a rich employee compared to the actual tycoon financiers UP and DLSU have.

Baclaan, Cortez, new FSA, Konov, Pablo, Amos, Melencio, Raven Cortez, Rubico, Marasigan. La Salle built for championship contention for the next 2-3 years

Honestly, Mason’s move to DLSU will benefit DLSU more than it benefits Mason.

Simple, he doesn’t want to be in a rebuilding team like Ateneo. A winning team like La Salle will look good in his potential pro career.

Could have been better if Mario's whole face can be seen on the camera. It's kinda hard to watch him while talking.

Sure ako better education reason.

Believe it or not, money isn't a factor. He prioritized his future. It's about DLSU's established culture, unfortunately, it happened the wrong way.

To be honest, I think Mason is overrated. He looks good on paper but his overall stats aren't that great for a big guy. His being less than forthright and deceitful (when asked by coach Tab about the rumors that he was leaving ADMU he said he wasn't) speaks volumes of his character. Not a guy you can trust period so for me it's good riddance. P.S. he'll surely get the loudest and longest boos from alumni, ex players, and the entire Ateneo community when he suits up to play against his former team.

what if....? CTB is self sabotaging ateneo.. then ateneo will fire him! then he exits UAAP as a good guy, then go somewhere else.. just my 1 cent.. peace ☮!

Nakaka cringe yung commentaries. Money agad?!? First point said. He had limited playing time as a rookie. Offered? He approached DLSU. Didn't consider the hate factor ... over a bigger chance of winning a championship? The guy wanted a better future in basketball. A championship. Something he won't get in Ateneo right now. Demoralizing for other players in the roster? I'd be more demoralized if I have a former national team coach, a great school ... but settles at 4th. Othrr players are leaving too. TBH, if not for Coach Tab, the team would be nothing.

Mag champion kaya Ang mga farm teams ng pba sa UAAP?

budget

In the 90's no good players want to be in Ateneo... 😂 Nung gumamit ng 💰 dun lang naman ng ka interest mga players.

Tulfo in ACtion needs to LOOK in this Transfer to DLSU trend (Cortez, Baclaan, Pablo, Amos).. Maganda siguro bigayan ng Ayuda =P

F are you talking.. its all about the money.. you all talking about outher things

BJ Manalo v2.0

In fact, other schools have a WHOLISTIC basketball program, including weakening the BLUE EAGLES ...

Pero your not sure if money talaga ang reason, yaan natin si mason amos talaga magsalita and magsabi ng dahilan nya😂😂😂 Di naman na bago yan di lang naman sya gumawa nyan, sabi nyo nga si remogat nga di ba.. Pinapalaki lang ng mga tao, antayin natin sya magsalita😊😊😊😊

TAB BALDWIN needs to quit, many players do not like his coaching style given pinoy cagers are used to the DRIBBLE DRIBBLE BARA BARA DRIVE OFFENSE

Karma talaga dala ni Berting Labra sa Ateneo

Amos = Durant lumipat sa rival team 😂

FranLu pasok.......

masyadong butt hurt ang ateneo.. lol

Yeah in the end it's still DLSU and Ateneo. D ksi tlga exciting ung UP, parang wala lang. Iba tlga pag this two schools face each other. Manalo o matalo okay lang pero ung thrill is way more better than watching UP and DLSU fight.

Academic deficiency

Everyone Filipino fans hates on everyone nowadays naman na so it's alright 😂.

Skwater pala yan si amos

fwiw at least lasal pumunta. wag lang sa komunista school

Antay lng yan si amos ng career ending injury

Philippine Collegiate Basketball = semi professional leagues where "students" get offered cash allowances, condos, luxury cars, supermarket branches to transfer schools to play ball and not for anything else. Any comments from admissions officers processing the papers? 😂

Pwede pala magdouble agent eh.. pasok sa payroll yun mga players tas isali sa rival teams. once madevelop na saka nila kunin. win win. Lumakas ka, instat rebuild kalaban. HAHAHA

Hindi nman pagaari ng school and desisyon ng tao.. Cguro nman alam nyo yung salitang respeto.. Ganun lng kasimple yom.. Move on n