Is that you robert with birthday and ATM pin? You clearly misunderstood my post like how this robert guy with a Saudi flag can post a little in English but is really stupid when replying to others because his comprehension skills are that of a 7-year old.
In the vernacular:
"I would hate the EASL to be the reason" -
Sana huwag maging dahilan ang EASL
"why the PBA can't lend anymore players for Gilas" -
kung bakit ayaw mag-pahiram ang PBA ng player sa Gilas
But you don't understand Tagalog anyway, so
bahala ka na diyan. (it means "God loves you" in my language)
I'm not blaming the EASL. PBA players and even coaches/staff are supposed to be skilled professionals playing/coaching/working from contract to contract and just play when and where their team tells them to play.
I'm only presenting the possible post-World Cup situation of 2 PBA teams playing in a proper EASL season as proposed (home-and-away group stage and knockout brackets every Wednesday during an on-going PBA/KBL/B.League season, not this makeshift Championship week) along with an unchanged PBA schedule (3 conferences, conflicting schedules with FIBA/FIBA Asia windows), there will be players from those 2 qualified teams in the EASL that might not be considered for a Gilas Pool invite because you can scratch off Wednesdays (even Tuesday travel out and Thursday flight back to Manila for away games) for the EASL, making it harder for them to be even considered for a Gilas call-up.
I trust the EASL, it's the PBA Board and the SBP that I don't trust because it's always been a huge deal to get anyone from the PBA to play for Gilas in this cycle alone knowing that they only had the SEA Games to show for and messed it up, not just with that one loss... but all those DNP's to players they called up but never used, now two teams have a bit more games to play. The flipside is what I'm wishfully hoping for when there are no disruptions to the PBA schedule (assuming they align it with the FIBA calendar and actually give the Wednesdays for the EASL) and have players who can choose which competition to prioritize if they are in the Gilas pool, their team is at least in the semis every conference, and they make it far in the EASL. The worst thing that could happen is the PBA realizing that they're too stubborn to adapt and just treat the EASL like how they treated ABL exhibitions before.