Calm before the storm

Gilas doubles down on preparations in Jeddah

- By REYNALD MAGALLON

Gilas Pilipinas has shifted its preparations to a higher gear right after landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the 2025 FIBA Asia, especially in getting the players in top shape and acclimated to the weather and the time zone.

National team head coach Tim Cone said Gilas is making the practice hard as they enter the final stretch of their buildup before the continental tiff formally fires off on Aug. 5.

“We want to make it as hard as we possibly can because once we figured that it's gonna be hard, everything else is gonna be easy afterwards so we were really intended to make it as hard as we could,” said in an update provided by One Sports and shared through the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Facebook page.