(UPDATE) WITH the historic Asian Games gold medal run in the just-concluded men's basketball tournament, the next question now is will the San Miguel Corp. (SMC) bloc continue supporting the Gilas Pilipinas team in future international competitions? Gilas team manager Alfrancis Chua, who serves as SMC sports director, shared that the first thing all basketball stakeholders will have to do at this point is go back to the drawing board and check their respective schedules. Tim Cone celebrates with members of GIlas Pilipinas AFP PHOTOFor one, the PBA, according to Chua, already made its own sacrifices by taking a five-month break from competition to give way to Gilas' participation in the 2023 FIBA World Cup and the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The other windows will be held in November 2024, and February 2025 in a home-and-away format. Chua stressed that asking the PBA again to lend its players won't work since the pro league's own tournament will be ongoing at that point.
