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Big Ticket2
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keyword there is "yet"
keyword there is "yet"
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balbi2
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Craig Brackins?
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Jordan Bruiseter2
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Would be beneficial to the league if ever, a group who can go toe-to-toe with the MVP and RSA camps. Interesting if they go on a series with TnT - we can have a legit Home-Away format for once.
Looks at best speculative on the surface...wonder why Snow all of a sudden brought this up.
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Big Ticket2
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I wonder why samuels took the petron offer...dude is averaging 20 pts 10 rebs in the d-league...that's a NBA call-up in the making...
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killmebusy2
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he probably is aiming for a china stint...
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From twitter
snow badua@snowbadua
PETRON already sent offer sheet to SAMARDO SAMUELS.
2:48 a.m. Wed, Mar 13
snow badua@snowbadua
PETRON already sent offer sheet to SAMARDO SAMUELS.
2:48 a.m. Wed, Mar 13
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kerouac822
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It's not everyday that you get to see a McDonald's All-American playing in the PBA.
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Who was the last one? Darius Rice of purefoods?
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Silent Killer2
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You might pertain to lenny cooke?
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Cooke too....but rice also played for purefoods..even scored 56 pts in his first PBA game...got replaced after a couple of games as he does not play defense...
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Cooke too....but rice also played for purefoods..even scored 56 pts in his first PBA game...got replaced after a couple of games as he does not play defense...
aww.. One way player anyways
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http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketbal...n-miguel-drama-plays-out#.UUBJ8U6yhGw.twitter
phoenix waiting in wings as san miguel drama plays out
SAN miguel Corp.'s "re-evaluation" of its participation in the PBA is seen as a threat to the league; a longtime applicant sees it as an opportunity.
Amid the furor caused by the Renaldo Balkman lifetime ban, Phoenix Petroleum vice president for corporate affairs Raymond Zorilla told Spin.ph the company sees a door opening in its bid to crash the pro league ranks.
“To be honest, the first thing that entered my mind was opportunity,” said Zorilla on Wednesday. "A possibility for us."
“As we’ve been saying all along, the PBA remains the biggest and most acknowledgeable marketing tool in the country today,” he added. “It has been always our dream to be part of a most prestigious organization."
In 2011, the Mindanao-based company already had one foot inside the door but fell one vote short when its bid for membership was voted on by the league's board of governors.
Insiders say that San Miguel Corporation’s decision to change the name of its flagship franchise from San Miguel Beer to Petron was a way to keep the league door closed on Phoenix under the league's 'exclusivity' clause among rival companies.
“Sayang nga eh, we were one vote short. Pasok na sana kami,” said Zorilla, whose company has nonetheless kept ties with the league by way of its title sponsorship of the weekly out-of-town games.
The youthful executive said the management of Phoenix is monitoring the controversy in the league with keen interest and would be ready to act if another chance to join the PBA comes along.
“If the situation is there, then why not. We (Phoenix top brass) will immediately map out plans,” he said.
Asked which of the three SMC-owned teams the company prefers to take over, Zorilla laughed and said: “Definitely not the one that is a competitor to us,” referring to Petron.
Pressed to choose between San Mig Coffee and Barangay Ginebra, both crowd drawers, he said: “Wow, that’s interesting, but I’d rather keep my cards close to my chest muna."
Turning serious, Zorilla added: “We will always be interested (to join the PBA) ... Our interest and passion to join PBA is always there.”
Follow the writer on Twitter: @snowbadua
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How strong is Phoenix Petroleum financially? Can it afford to pay over P100 million in "Joining Fee", and then spend over P100 million per year for a PBA team for years, even decades to come?
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phoenix is minority compared with smc.but i think they are more than capable to finance a pba team (perhaps even more capable financially than 1 or 2 current pba teams). i do not think they will apply for owning a franchise in the pba without conducting cost analysis or something - they would not be a successful business company if they make decisions based on mere whims. the good thing about phoenix is that its a local company and does not need the support and approval of a foreign-based mother company like shell and coke in order to participate in the pba.
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It does make sense for SMC to operate just 3 pro teams - 2 in the PBA and 1 in the ABL. 4 teams is highly redudant.
I think that is just life in the PBA, teams come and go. If a business sees it as a good fit for 5 years then so be it, if it no longer makes sense then why stick around.
I think that is just life in the PBA, teams come and go. If a business sees it as a good fit for 5 years then so be it, if it no longer makes sense then why stick around.
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right now they probably do...but who knows 5 years from now...but the best scenario is, petron renames back to san miguel beermen then phoenix and SM are allowed to join the pba giving us 12 teams.
honestly, the economy nowadays is booming if we look at stock prices...the disparity between the poor and the well off is also growing though.
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of course.that is how business goes - when they're up, they're up, when they're down, they're down. when they're dead, they're dead.
the pba and pba franchises as a business enterprise is not exempted.
teams come and go.entering the pba does not mean being there for 20 years. the pba is a marketing arm and a business enterprise. once a business is losing or the marketing aspect of the pba is no longer needed by that business or the business is engaging on new endeavors where pba participation is no longer seen as significant, then a team may go.
plus, teams may go not becos of financial reasons (tanduay 1999-2001).
its the pba board which has the responsibility to assess whether a new company has the financial means and stability to have a team for at least a number of years, if not at least a decade. but whether a company can be there for short-term or long-term only, the board will decide mainly on whether the new company or new franchise will contribute to the development of the pba as an entity.
and going back to phoenix, as i said, i think they are more financially capable than 1 or 2 pba teams at d moment. but i actually see them as a company that would only use the pba for short-term purposes
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there are speculations that smc is willing to sell their flagship and core business - smb to concentrate on their more recent but more profitable investments.
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seems the samuels' negotiations fell through....
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