Manila, Aug. 15 -- Gilas Pilipinas will bank on an all-PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) team to retain the gold medal in the 20th Asian Games.

National coach Tim Cone officially announced that none among the overseas Filipino players will join the Philippine contingent in Nagoya, Japan for the Sept. 10 to 20 basketball wars.

Out of the Asiad are Gilas Pilipinas regulars Dwight Ramos, AJ Edu, Quentin Millora-Brown, Jamie Malonzo, Kai Sotto, Carl Tamayo and Kevin Quiambao.

"None of the Japan and Korean players can play in the Asian Games, so we just decided to pretty much bring an all-PBA contingent to the Asiad, along with Justin (Brownlee)," Cone said on the final playdate of the PBA Governors' Cup eliminations Friday before tak...