Chances are another all-pro team will be tapped to represent the country in the FIBA-Asia men’s championship in China next year.

PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios and SBP executive director Noli Eala discussed the pro league’s role on national team program being crafted by the national federation in a meeting Monday.

“Our desire is to run a six-year comprehensive program, and we feel there’s a portion in that period that we can’t be left alone. We need the help of the pro league at least in the first two years,” Eala told The STAR.

“I read in the papers (SBP vice chairman) Mr. Ricky Vargas saying that. I think that can be done,” said Barrios in a separate interview.

“We don’t want to tackle the PBA’s long-term commitment to the national team. What we want clear-cut are just our short- and medium-term commitments,” Barrios added.

Five all-pro teams have been sent to elite international tournaments, getting their best showing of second place in the 1990 Beijing Asian Games under coach Robert Jaworski.

They had their worst showing –ninth place – in the Fiba-Asia championship in Tokushima, Japan last year under coach Chot Reyes.

Nonetheless, Eala believed Reyes gained some insights from the Tokushima experience that he sought his ideas and suggestions in drawing the master plan for the national team program.

“He has a very good idea on how we can further improve a program. And he’s willing to help even without appointment as the national coach,” said Eala.

“Among others, he talked about how we can secure services of players without hurting their mother teams, the value of synchronizing the calendar of local tournaments with the international events, how to source out funding from companies and still keep the national team within SBP program,” Eala added.

Both are looking at a comprehensive long-term program with a chief coach supervising an elite men’s pool, cadets pool and a third-tier 18-under pool.

If plans push through, PBA stars will compose the men’s pool at least in the next two years.

The PBA and SBP, however, need to come up with another memorandum of agreement since its previous MOA has lapsed after the Tokushima Olympic qualifier.