Yes they taking it personally and the official of that league is so desperate to chase the young talents and make them doubt to go abroad. The fact that PBA is struggling to get viewership I guess they are doing that to maintain their league.

But I doubt young players would follow especially that they have a good chance to showcase their talent there and also could able to get more better pay checks. There are so many farm teams in PBA and it will be a waste of talent if those talented players in Philippines would let those manipulators and dictators on PBA to control them.

Going abroad still a best option and if they got banned from PBA players can still play on MPBL.

I think this is their way of trying to keep players from leaving. We can’t really blame them since a lot of talents are signing contracts abroad, and when those deals expire or they don’t get re-signed, they just come back to play in the PBA again. So far, I’ve only seen Bollick return, but I guess the PBA wants to send a message that it’s not just a training ground, it’s supposed to be a serious league, even if the salaries sometimes feel like they’re only for practice players.

Still the PBA is losing in this scenario if ever they play in the MPBL right after their stint in the overseas league. The commissioner should think of a good way on how to stop or minimize players on playing abroad. We all knew that money is the issue here so they've got to offer players who are talented enough so that they will stay.

Maybe October? I'm not sure but I'm just going to watch semis and finals no need to watch regular games specially if its just with the low teams i mean, they are just the farm team if they perform well those players improve will be just traded, or give up on the semis just to give way to the sister team, trade should be change it will not allow it but Chua is already running the show, conflict of interest is all over the place.

Guys, just a gentle reminder, please keep the discussion in English since we’re not in our local board.

About the Gilas game tonight against New Zealand, the line is +9.5. I’m not sure if they can bounce back after that loss to a lower-ranked team, so I’m really skeptical here. The over might be the safer option, especially since Gilas doesn’t really play solid defense anymore, and their big men especially Junemar has struggle on the last game resulting to a very poor performance.

Just enough for them to cover the spread, and yeah, I agree with you. Kai was a huge loss for the team, and without him, they’re clearly not as competitive as before. Remember during the FIBA World Cup qualifiers? They had a strong start, but once Kai got injured, they couldn’t win anymore. His presence gave the team solid interior defense, and now that’s gone.

So far, we’re 0-2. The next game needs to be a win, no more excuses.

They need a win to move forward and keep that hope alive, if they continue losing these squad may suffer and won't be able to move forward, can't say anything about the team as they put everything in, just lack of inside presence as both Fajardo and Edu are not filling that spot the way Kai was.


I agree to that Kabayan, it's a must win if they want to continue their quest though still a tough game but hopng we will see good result on this upcoming game, Good Luck Kabayan!

Of course, there’s no chance against Australia, I can’t even remember a time Gilas ever beat them. So no need to expect much there.
But with this Iraq team, I think Gilas has a good shot. The current line even favors them to win.

The game’s tomorrow at 4 PM, and here are the betting lines:

Gilas -19.5 vs Iraq +19.5
Total points: 169.5

Gilas survives the Do Or Die match against Iraq and will advance to the qualification to the quarterfinal phase of the FIBA Asia Cup tournament.

GILAS 66
IRAQ 57

Will probably face the host Saudi Arabia next, as I'm sure the host country will beat India in their game later.

Those who bets for Iraq's handicap they surely enjoying their profits knowing that Gilas is struggling and with that high handicap more or less there are gamblers who will take that, not sure though if in here there's high risk gambler who'll take that ML for team Iraq, congrats to those who manage to win those who take ML for Gilas who place huge amount of stake, still profits I guess if in terms of taking benefits,.