FIBA-Asia Cup 2025 Saudi Arabia

[FilWelsh]

Gilas playing in Jeddah is like playing at home unless they are playing KSA. Hordes of Filipino fans will definitely swarm venues in every Gilas’ playdates. I am hoping we will not be drawn in the same group as the hosts. Third place or bronze finish is doable.

[Blueorgreen22]

What is the significance of the February window? *If we are already qualified

[Athrunzala]

What is the significance of the February window? *If we are already qualified

Valentine's

[ja.he]

What is the significance of the February window? *If we are already qualified

Nothing. Just bragging rights. You know, Filipinos hate losing.

[Artek]

Nothing. Just bragging rights. You know, Filipinos hate losing.

My main concern with winning/losing in the 3rd Window is its impact on our rankings

[sroth3839]

What is the significance of the February window? *If we are already qualified

Confidence booster.

Beating the Kiwis is always a big deal.

Losing to Taiwan isn’t great PR wise.

The SBP doesn’t want flak from the public like what happened with Chot.

The Gilas program profits by having a strong fanbase with positive reception. They have that currently with CTC and, arguably, Long Hair.

[Artek]

Confidence booster.

Beating the Kiwis is always a big deal.

Losing to Taiwan isn’t great PR wise.

The SBP doesn’t want flak from the public like what happened with Chot.

The Gilas program profits by having a strong fanbase with positive reception. They have that currently with CTC and, arguably, Long Hair.

It sounded like the SBP was banking on Chot's performance in 2013-2024 but the embarassing losses and performances post 2016 really got on people's nerves especially losing to Indonesia with a lot PBA players and the unflattering WC performance added to the fire of anger

[ARMIR]

My main concern with winning/losing in the 3rd Window is its impact on our rankings

See,we hate losing,we even care about that,thinking that other Asian countries above us don't deserved to be there,it should be us.

[Artek]

See,we hate losing,we even care about that,thinking that other Asian countries above us don't deserved to be there,it should be us.

Where is it implied other Asian countries not to be there? While not a totality, rankings are good assessment of the programs. When we slipped, it truly was reflective of how the program went downhill. We went from 32 in 2021 to 38 in 2023. If we do bad in the third Window to the point of losing to CT and NZ beating us by 20-40 points, that meant we got lazy and overconfident simply because we have secured our spot.

FIBA has way more weight than the SEA Games. Rules in the SEA Games are set by the host country so it can be rigged to their favor (again, we also do this when we are host).

[Giannis34GOD]

Where is it implied other Asian countries not to be there? While not a totality, rankings are good assessment of the programs. When we slipped, it truly was reflective of how the program went downhill. We went from 32 in 2021 to 38 in 2023. If we do bad in the third Window to the point of losing to CT and NZ beating us by 20-40 points, that meant we got lazy and overconfident simply because we have secured our spot.

FIBA has way more weight than the SEA Games. Rules in the SEA Games are set by the host country so it can be rigged to their favor (again, we also do this when we are host).

True... If a team perform poor in past tournaments, their rankings will decrease faster, just look at Spain? From top ranked team last year, now become number 7... That's why rankings are important to assess if a national team doing good or not...

[IPC]

Yes, true. It's pretty much the same format. Last window of ACQ will be an interesting one as the Kazakhstan/India, Guam/Mongolia, Iraq/Palestine, and UAE/Syria battle it out for the final qualifying tournament. We'll get to see some first times for the WCQ and traditional ones not make it.

Based on the current rankings, the pots could go like this:

Pot 1: Australia + Japan

Pot 2: Iran + Lebanon

Pot 3: New Zealand + China

Pot 4: Jordan + KSA

Pot 5: Philippines + Korea

Pot 6: Qatar + Bahrain

Pot 7: Guam/Mongolia + Taiwan/Thailand

Pot 8: India/Kazakhstan + UAE/Syria

There's a possibility (if the rankings stay unchanged) that Australia and New Zealand could be drawn in the same group in the first round.

Best case scenario:

Japan
China
Philippines
Mongolia/Guam

Worst case scenario:

Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Taiwan

We need to improve our rankings by placing high in the Asia Cup.

We might need at least a semifinal appearance in this Asia Cup to help our rankings and maybe get better matchups in the World Cup windows.

[sroth3839]

We might need at least a semifinal appearance in this Asia Cup to help our rankings and maybe get better matchups in the World Cup windows.

Semis is doable. Finals will depend if Australia isn't in our bracket.

I honestly don't see any team beating them aside from full-team Japan.

I don't see Tim risking Kai for this tournament, which makes the task of beating the Boomers harder.

[BJ_Reloaded]

with the latest situation reaching the medal rounds is the best that our team can do.

before the main and only option is to aim to reclaim that FIBA Asia trophy nothing less

because we already had the tools to get along with AUS Team B and NZL's Team B as well.

with Kai and AJ spearheading our frontline alongside JMF, Carl and JB

unless Grandpa Chualay uses his full audacity to get an exemption to AK34 which is already ripe

and QMB's claimed that he had this green covered document since he was still a child

well at least it lessen our worrisome with the absence of Kai and AJ's not yet reaching his full momentum yet.

[sroth3839]

with the latest situation reaching the medal rounds is the best that our team can do.

before the main and only option is to aim to reclaim that FIBA Asia trophy nothing less

because we already had the tools to get along with AUS Team B and NZL's Team B as well.

with Kai and AJ spearheading our frontline alongside JMF, Carl and JB

unless Grandpa Chualay uses his full audacity to get an exemption to AK34 which is already ripe

and QMB's claimed that he had this green covered document since he was still a child

well at least it lessen our worrisome with the absence of Kai and AJ's not yet reaching his full momentum yet.

Also, will the team go with Boatwright immediately or stick to JB?

The guy will turn 37 this year.

[Giannis34GOD]

Also, will the team go with Boatwright immediately or stick to JB?

The guy will turn 37 this year.

I will go for Brownlee.. this might be his Gilas swansong before retires for Gilas.. he deserve it by the way ... I have still more confident with Brownlee rather than Boatwright even with the former's advance age...