The PBA has determined to postpone its Season 48 opening ceremonies from October 15 to November 5 to provide strategy to the Asian Games.
The league stated the event is to provide gamers included within the Asiad marketing campaign of the Gilas Pilipinas nationwide group sufficient time to relaxation and recuperate earlier than returning to their mom golf equipment and plunging again into PBA motion for the Commissioner’s Cup.
“Hindi biro ang sakripisyo nila kaya dapat lang bigyan natin sila ng sapat na panahon para makapagpahinga,” defined PBA commissioner Willie Marcial.
“Gusto rin natin makapaghanda ang mga teams para sa darating na season.”
(“The sacrifice they will make is no joke, so we have to give them enough time to rest… We want teams to be able to prepare for the coming season.”)
Despite this, Marcial pressured the Draft Combine and the Annual Draft will nonetheless proceed as scheduled.
The Draft Combine is about on September 12 and 13 on the Gatorade Hoops Center in Mandaluyong City, whereas the Annual Draft can be held on September 17 on the Market Market in Taguig City.
As of writing, the PBA and Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas have but to call the ultimate lineup for the Asian Games though head coach Tim Cone already recognized a number of shoo-ins for the squad like June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar, Scottie Thompson, and Justin Brownlee.
Gilas is bunched in Group C and can tackle Bahrain on September 26 earlier than dealing with SEA Games rival Thailand on September 28. The Filipinos will shut out the preliminaries in opposition to Jordan on the thirtieth.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
