MANILA, Philippines — The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio thinks going with the young talents from the current Gilas Pilipinas training pool coupled with PBA stars is still the best option to go in “bigger” Fiba tournaments like the World Cup.
Panlilio put a premium on “sustainability” as far as fielding teams is concerned.
“For the bigger tournaments, I think we can find a way to inject this program with the best players in the country, the PBA players. So I guess it’s really developing this young core of PBA players, make them battle-ready, and if you inject them with three, four, five veterans, eventually I think we can be very competitive internation…
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