The PBA has kept its doors open to Gilas Pilipinas if the national squad wants to join the league as a guest team as it gears up for major FIBA tournaments lined up in the middle of the year.
"They will probably play 8 or 10 games" or even fewer, Marcial said in Filipino during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum.Gilas Pilipinas program director Tab Baldwin previously said the national team had plans to play tuneup games inBut with strict travel restrictions preventing the Nationals from training abroad, the PBA might be the most viable option to expose its all-cadet crew to serious competition.
The Philippines will face longtime tormentor South Korea in the Asia Cup Qualifiers twice and will tangle with world No. 5 Serbia and No. 19 Dominican Republic in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.