MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas is expecting a very busy schedule come next year, with a lot of international competitions lined up. Due to the postponement of the FIBA Asia Cup in Indonesia to mid-2022, the men's national team will be plowing through a number of tournaments in a short time. "What it really does is it puts an extremely heavy schedule into 2022 — the windows, the Asia Cup, the Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games," said Baldwin of the Asia Cup postponement on Noli Eala's Power & Play Saturday. "We're going to get a lot of information, a lot of preparation and it's exactly what we need," said Baldwin. The pocket tournament was supposedly a warm-up competition for the FIBA Asia Cup initially slated this August.

Source: Philippine Star August 15, 2021 03:45 UTC