Yes bro you have a point there but there is still a significant difference between how we prepare compared to what other countries are doing with their respective national teams. Take for instance our current Gilas pool for the World Cup, how cohesive is the pool as compared to other Asian teams like Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, China & South Korea? Definitely Gilas isn't as cohesive.
Its simply becoz our Asian counterparts have been keeping an "intact" national pools that they maintain for say a 4 or 5-year cycle (or even more than that). These national pools have been playing FIBA & other international tournaments or window qualifiers for 4 to 5 years now (even more). Intact yung national pool/team nila pero yung Gilas pa iba-iba.
The Gilas pool of coach Tab Baldwin in 2020 to 2021 is different from the current Gilas pool of Chot Reyes. Of course meron ding mga holdovers from the 2020-2021 pool like Kai, Dwight Ramos, Kouame, Jordan Heading, Thirdy, Tamayo, pero yung ibang players from the 2020-2021 pool eh wala sa current pool.
We also have this habit of forming a different pool/team for a particular tournament. Take the case of our 2023 SEA Games team, out of the 12 players Gilas players in the SEA Games, only CJ Perez, Chris Newsome & Calvin Oftana are part of the World Cup-bound Gilas pool. Then for the upcoming Asian Games, baka ibang players na naman ang lalaro. We might flood our Asian Games-bound Gilas team with so many Fil-ams who are not FIBA eligible. So paano tayo maka establish ng tamang cohesion dyan?
So I think the best alrernative for the post 2023 World Cup Gilas national team is to form a 24-man pool that will play FIBA games & other international tournaments for a 4-year cycle leading to the 2027 World Cup. At please naman, as much as possible wag na nating dagdagan or bawasan or palitan ang players players sa 24-man pool na yan. Hanggat maari, wag na nating guluhin yung pool.
I think this is the best alternative given the fact that, as you pointed out, we really can't prepare full time & with a complete pool/team for say a 2 to 3 months prior to the World Cup.