No one is saying Gilas has no talent, it is the extent of talent , both the level and volume of talent. As i said there are level to this..
Thailand Indonesia or Malaysia is obviously not as talented as the Philippines. ( there are available metrics to show we simply have a greater number of players at a certain level.. (e.g. Div 1 or pro overseas offers) , but that doesn't mean we cannnot and have not lost to a SEA team.
It is simply the same for the teams with more notable players over the Philippines , they simply have more players of a certain level (e.g. Div 1 rotation level talent) yet it is very possible that they can still lose to the Philippines, quit using instances of a team losing , that can happen , the worst team in the NBA can lose to the top, any team can have one offs' like NZ top 4 in the world, but at the end of the day if you want to use results , use consistency ,.. all the results and average it out.. and here is the bottom line.. Asian team in the OQT are zero wins and 18 losses , with an average losing margin of over 20 pts ! one cannot ignore that.
NZ is not a top 15 nation in terms of player talent, yet in 20 years it at the world level- Olympics , OQT and World cup, it has a 50 % winning % and have beaten top 15 teams in world over a dozen times already .
So Tab and company are right we have enough talent if prepared to win some games vs top 15 teams. ( do not put words in my mount suggesting i am saying anything different)