The panel deliberating the additional 10 names to be included in the Philippine Basketball Association’s 50 Greatest Players list is confident it has enough time to select the most deserving candidates.

Chaired by former PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios, the 10-man committee will reconvene on 27 February to continue a lengthy and exhaustive process of selecting the players to be immortalized in the elite list of “greats” in time for the league’s 50th year celebration in April.

“I think we have more than enough time (to decide). Since Gilas left (for training camp and the third window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers), we have time to focus and prepare for the next meeting,” said selection committee member Allan Caidic, who is also part of the PBA’s 25 Greatest Players list.

The PBA plans to hold the grand reveal on 9 April as part of the league’s activities for its golden anniversary.

Caidic assured fans that the committee composed of former PBA Most Valuable Players, league officials and personalities, and members of the media will be objective in their selection.

“Rest assured that we are guided by documents, stats, records and whatever supporting details needed when we nominate players in the selection,” Caidic said.

The committee, which includes four-time MVP and all-time scoring leader Ramon Fernandez and 1979 MVP Atoy Co, five-time champion coach Dante Silverio, broadcasters Quinito Henson and Andy Jao, SPIN.ph columnist and former Manila Bulletin sports editor Ding Marcelo, former Philippine Daily Inquirer sports editor Al Mendoza, and Philippine STAR editor Nelson Beltran, held its initial meeting on 6 February.