Philippine PBA Trades, Releases, Sign-ups, Rumours (vol. III)

[Joe Yabuki]

i dont often wish for the top teams to poach players but i hope Arana and gets poached, balti too but that seems impossible seeing as delta has him by the balls

[hmbopbaduwap]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/mikey-williams-tnt-negotiations-may-see-glimmer-of-hope-a2244-20231116?ref=article_feed_1

"Mikey is ready to play. He wants to play," his camp told SPIN.ph.

So, why the change of heart after months of supposedly not responding to several attempts by his team to communicate with him?

A source familiar to what has been an interminable impasse has, rightly or wrongly, blamed TNT team manager and current interim head coach Jojo Lastimosa's alleged refusal to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when Mikey renewed his contract in 2021, a deal that allowed for a renegotiation.

NO NDA

Absent the NDA, Mikey's camp is in the belief that TNT leaked to the media the nocturnal activities that Williams may or may not have engaged in, plus other alleged infractions to include missed practices, that led to his suspension for a week without pay in 2022.

I sent a text message to Jolas seeking comment on the matter, but one of the PBA's all-time great players didn't respond. Which is understandable given that he has his hands full steering the Tropa in the ongoing Commissioner's Cup conference.

But that's all in the past now and with Reyes at the helm, Mikey's corner is open to ideas.

For the contract talks to rekindle, Mikey's camp suggests one thing for TNT to do.

"Give us a number. They haven't given us a number."

[Money]

Maybe partly because of management, partly because of the coach, but as I've said before, not a fan of their lineup construction, especially in the 3, 4, and 5 spots. It's the main reason why I'm a bit hesitant of Ayo as NT head coach. His lineups might be too small for the international stage.

Good plays is one thing, but you need to construct a lineup properly.

Something’s gotta give. I think its Coach Ayo and Jacob Lao who should be blamed with having this lineup for this conference. Parang silang dalawa ang decision makers eh with questionable draft picks like Andrade and Fornilos. They should just give the keys to Ayo.

[Money]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/m...article_feed_1

"Mikey is ready to play. He wants to play," his camp told SPIN.ph.

So, why the change of heart after months of supposedly not responding to several attempts by his team to communicate with him?

A source familiar to what has been an interminable impasse has, rightly or wrongly, blamed TNT team manager and current interim head coach Jojo Lastimosa's alleged refusal to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when Mikey renewed his contract in 2021, a deal that allowed for a renegotiation.

NO NDA

Absent the NDA, Mikey's camp is in the belief that TNT leaked to the media the nocturnal activities that Williams may or may not have engaged in, plus other alleged infractions to include missed practices, that led to his suspension for a week without pay in 2022.

I sent a text message to Jolas seeking comment on the matter, but one of the PBA's all-time great players didn't respond. Which is understandable given that he has his hands full steering the Tropa in the ongoing Commissioner's Cup conference.

But that's all in the past now and with Reyes at the helm, Mikey's corner is open to ideas.

For the contract talks to rekindle, Mikey's camp suggests one thing for TNT to do.

"Give us a number. They haven't given us a number."

Sensitive si kuya mo Mikey lol

[CoJ]

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/m...article_feed_1

"Mikey is ready to play. He wants to play," his camp told SPIN.ph.

So, why the change of heart after months of supposedly not responding to several attempts by his team to communicate with him?

A source familiar to what has been an interminable impasse has, rightly or wrongly, blamed TNT team manager and current interim head coach Jojo Lastimosa's alleged refusal to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) when Mikey renewed his contract in 2021, a deal that allowed for a renegotiation.

NO NDA

Absent the NDA, Mikey's camp is in the belief that TNT leaked to the media the nocturnal activities that Williams may or may not have engaged in, plus other alleged infractions to include missed practices, that led to his suspension for a week without pay in 2022.

I sent a text message to Jolas seeking comment on the matter, but one of the PBA's all-time great players didn't respond. Which is understandable given that he has his hands full steering the Tropa in the ongoing Commissioner's Cup conference.

But that's all in the past now and with Reyes at the helm, Mikey's corner is open to ideas.

For the contract talks to rekindle, Mikey's camp suggests one thing for TNT to do.

"Give us a number. They haven't given us a number."

is there a precedent for this? I mean, do we have other players in the league that were able to include a NDA for their team management? TNT is the anti NDA, they love to spill everything in media

[hmbopbaduwap]

Mikey vs. Homer this time Lol

https://twitter.com/Mikey_Will_5/status/1725422235719241809?t=0bUWwRfOP9hv2d_pOMm6Pw&s=19

Michael Williams
@Mikey_Will_5
I’ve been silent for way too long, enough with the lies… get your facts straight and stop spreading false rumors..@HomerSayson

[reamily]

Converge doing quite modern ball here against Ginebra.. barraging them with threes

[Blueorgreen22]

Whats with the 2 hr pba break this conf?

[Money]

Whats with the 2 hr pba break this conf?

To accomodate TV Patrol’s time slot i assume.

[Sikatrix]

Homer exposing his sources which lol but fair enough since was Mikey was calling him a liar.

https://twitter.com/HomerSayson/status/1725501202404671708?t=njc0mHRh7tyXLbRExPvyaw&s=19

[Blueorgreen22]

To accomodate TV Patrol’s time slot i assume.

So fans need to wait for 2 hrs to watch games 1 and 2. Total of 6 hours to watch 2 games. Sometimes it goes past 10pm when in OT.

might get Fewer fans to watch the games lives.

[greenarcher]

Homer exposing his sources which lol but fair enough since was Mikey was calling him a liar.

https://twitter.com/HomerSayson/stat...bRExPvyaw&s=19

Who? He blocked me LOL

[CoJ]

Who? He blocked me LOL

here you go fam

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[Money]

So fans need to wait for 2 hrs to watch games 1 and 2. Total of 6 hours to watch 2 games. Sometimes it goes past 10pm when in OT.

might get Fewer fans to watch the games lives.

Yup. Besides PBA is trending downwards anyways. Good thing Ginebra is still in there.

[IPC]

PBA should buy abl and allow the mainstay teams (Singapore Slingers, macau Black bears and hong kong eastern to become guest teams in pba)..

I think including them as full-time teams would be better. The PBA might have to expand their local rules and change import rules, though. Hahahahahaha.