I get your point bro.
That is why its really a must that a basketball country's premier pro league must have a least 3 months of off season & which league calendar must be synchronized with FIBA calendar.
Our national team players really need to get some "rest" even a brief one during the off season of whichever pro leagues they play before they train/practice/play with the national team.
Take the case of the B-league & KBL, by early or perhaps mid-June off season na nila. So Japan & South Korea can give their national team players about 2 weeks of rest after their respective leagues' season, then the national team players assemble for training camp & be given around 5 to 6 weeks of training or preparation prior to a FIBA tournament like the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup which wud be held August next year.
So we can bet the Japanese & Sokor national players wud be well rested & well prepared for the 2025 Asia Cup.
How can we do that with our PBA Gilas players with the PBA 2024-2025 season expected to end around late June or maybe early July while the 2025 Asia Cup kicking off early August?
Anyone outside KSA planning to go there to watch?
I’d go but I live in America and PTO is a disgrace here. Tickets and hotels are gonna cost a fortune too.
Also, it’s Saudi. Not really a fun place to go.
We should really go all out to win the gold medal in this tournament. I believe we have a good chance of achieving it given enough preparation, quality training, then we'll have our best players & of course some luck.
Australia usually doesn't send its elite players for this tournament, hence the Boomers are beatable. Nevertheless, even without its NBA & Euroleague players, Australia is still a tough nut to crack. I feel Japan & Lebanon are the teams to beat, with China, Jordan, New Zealand & Korea being no pushovers.
I think it's about time we bring this Continental title back home. We should carryover the momentum we got from winning the Asian Games basketball title last year.
I think our line-up is the tallest ever Philippine team to play FIBA & international basketball. We have come along way from being among the smallest/shortest team to be among the biggest/tallest team in Asia-Pacific basketball circle. Our opponents could no longer outsize us the way they used to do years or a few decades ago.
Before we could ever aspire of ranking among the top 16 teams in the world, we must first prove to everyone that we are the No. 1 team in Asia-Pacific.
It's our time to shine.
Speaking on China.. They kick out Coach Sasha Djorkevic as their head coach... He was replaced by his assistant coach Guo Shiqiang, They will have training camps locally and abroad...
Macau Black Bears on June 26 and 27
Melbourne, Australia in early July to have two warm-up matches with the Australian men's basketball national team.
July 5 to 10, the team will participate in the NBA Summer League in Sacramento, USA,
Las Vegas to have 3-5 warm-up matches with the Development League team and the free agent team
Even they don't have schedules this summer, They will be busy for their preparation for 2025 FIBA Asia cup, 2027 FIBA WC and if qualified 2028 LA Olympics..
https://www.sohu.com/a/785729172_461606?spm=smpc.content-abroad.content.3.1718345272638wR2iN0e
See what the Chinese national team is doing during the off-season of the CBA. This is possible becoz the CBA has about 4 to 5 months off season & its calendar is synchronized with FIBA calendar. Imagine the Chinese national team training/praticing & playing for about 2 months during the June-July-August period. If they do it every year then U bet their national team will easily establish cohesion & chemistry. By the 2027 FIBA World Cup, the team would be more than prepared & ready to rumble.
I think other Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Iran, Jordan, etc. will have the same luxury becoz their respective pro leagues' calendars are synchronized with FIBA calendar. This is what I've been pointing out time & time again.
The same could not be said about our Gilas team & the PBA.
See what the Chinese national team is doing during the off-season of the CBA. This is possible becoz the CBA has about 4 to 5 months off season & its calendar is synchronized with FIBA calendar. Imagine the Chinese national team training/praticing & playing for about 2 months during the June-July-August period. If they do it every year then U bet their national team will easily establish cohesion & chemistry. By the 2027 FIBA World Cup, the team would be more than prepared & ready to rumble.
I think other Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Iran, Jordan, etc. will have the same luxury becoz their respective pro leagues' calendars are synchronized with FIBA calendar. This is what I've been pointing out time & time again.
The same could not be said about our Gilas team & the PBA.
KBL teams starts there training already as seen Javi post. While B. League champions are still playing for BCL.
Well, the current system of CTC is the perfect choice for Gilas, since we all know PBA will not adjust… atleast they are already know each other for major events and they have established chemistry already…
KBL teams starts there training already as seen Javi post. While B. League champions are still playing for BCL.
The BCL are now in the semis, right? So malapit na matapos ang liga/tournament na yun. I think the Japanese national team are going back to its training camp sometime in July & might play some exhibition or tune-up games in the coming months. I have a feeling that the South Korean national team will also assemble & play some friendly matches either late July or early August.
Let's see next year.
SoKor don't really have international tournaments this year, since SoKor was disqualified from last year's WC (and disqualified from this year's OQT).
As for Japan, Olympics is in July 27. The final for the BCL is tonight, so the Japanese can have ample rest before a month-long training camp.
On this note, after the 6 qualifying games, we might be fine with two weeks of rest and a month of training.
The BCL are now in the semis, right? So malapit na matapos ang liga/tournament na yun. I think the Japanese national team are going back to its training camp sometime in July & might play some exhibition or tune-up games in the coming months. I have a feeling that the South Korean national team will also assemble & play some friendly matches either late July or early August.
SO we're is the complain that players don't have proper off season for 2 months.
Let's see next year.
SoKor don't really have international tournaments this year, since SoKor was disqualified from last year's WC (and disqualified from this year's OQT).
As for Japan, Olympics is in July 27. The final for the BCL is tonight, so the Japanese can have ample rest before a month-long training camp.
Gerry Ramos says that the PBA season opens on August 18: https://x.com/gerardmos/status/1812817936513651118
Hope it ends long before the FIBA Asia Cup, maybe mid-June at the latest. We need to give Gilas time to rest, train, and contact injury replacements. Also, less injury risk right before the tournament.
if Gilas qualifies, I hope SBP will arrange tune up matches against European teams or African teams instead of Asian teams another match with Turkey will be a good tune up match