Not sure about that, PBA announce it before that they will bring guest teams but for now they need to complete these finals and the upcoming FIBA engagements, might be possible that they are not bringing any updates yet regarding to this, but for sure if they have changes or if they will proceed to that original plan they will give updates.
I hope they do bring back guest teams after FIBA. And maybe they should bring just as strong as the dragons if not stronger. Having a strong guest team brings up the competitiveness of the Local teams. This also exposes the local team to a level of international competition. Maybe this program of the PBA could help our players reach a higher level in international competitions like FIBA or the Olympics.
Most probably they will have another guest team or Bay Area will stay.
This conference pushes every team up to their limit and do play more especially if they are against Bay Area and many fans love this idea as well. Most probably they have plans already but can’t make any statement yet since their focus is still on the finals and with the up coming FIBA.
Same with how I see it, they are more focus with the finals and the upcoming FIBA recently I read some articles about the upcoming next season and PBA governors needs to adjust, Good thing now, the government are interfering with how FIBA players will attend the event unlike before where teams are not willing to give their players to represent our country.
Is there any confirmation that the Bay Area Dragons will be back next conference? I read before there was a plan to bring guest teams regularly, but I was not able to follow that news if it will push through. And if they do bring a guest team, it might not be the Dragon. It can be another team. They have to give their best now, they may not have another chance.
The FIBA scheduling is one of the reasons why it was unclear for now if PBA can able to invite guest teams to the Governor's Cup.
As per the news, according to PBA Chief Marcial, the only agreement is guest teams will be just this conference.
Looks like, no possibility to see guest teams next conference. No time to wrap it up on the preferred schedule. If Bay Area Dragons will consider inviting again, that might be a conflict on their return to Japan in March. PBA's next conference will be on January 22.
Another concern I guess, ESL will be set on March and Bay Area will be very busy if they will come back and join the league next season, Maybe we will not see any new visiting team for the upcoming season but I'm assuming that after the international competition we might see interest outside the country and we will expect additional teams to participate.
. They knew it in the eliminations that they will face a crowd like this. It's just it's too much for them and they don't have any answer for how Scottie is playing. His presence in the court greatly affects the Dragons especially on how he is getting offensive rebounds. He's just everywhere.