By Changes are expected to be heavily felt on Friday when the PBA Governors’ Cup — using mostly Fiba rules aimed at helping the Gilas Pilipinas program — tips off.
Teams have been given a dress rehearsal of what to expect during tune-up games held over the past three weeks, with the league even bringing in Fiba instructor Mohammad Al-Amiri to give officials a run-through of the changes.
“Every time we play internationally, how fouls are called in the PBA and Fiba are different,” said PBA vice chairman Alfrancis Chua of Barangay Ginebra, who also acts as Gilas program director and team manager. “(In playing internationally,) we would only (be able to) adjust during the middle of the game.”
