The veteran Gilas mentor said he expects Indonesia and Thailand to field their respective naturalized players in their bid to reign supreme in the region. Cambodia SEA Games Federation has changed the basketball format this year, doing away with the single-round arrangement where the team with the best record automatically wins the gold. Instead, the host country split the eight-team field to two groups with the top two squads from each bracket advancing to the crossover semis. Winners from the semis then clash for the gold medal. Gilas is scheduled to hold a weeklong closed-door training at Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna beginning Sunday.
