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

[Joe Yabuki]

I have a feeling Northport might be Available if the price is right, thats the better franchise to buy right now. RSA has already mentioned how expensive SMC's basketball expenses are, they still technically have Magnolia left (sorry magnolia fans)

[IPC]

how can you say its more than enough? Mike Philllips and Abassi are 2 different cases
Abassi is of Senegalese and American background, born in Japan, but grew up in Taiwan. i dont know where he went for Primary educ but he atleast went to Taiwanese HS were he learned bball.He has no Taiwanese blood, but grew up there. he had no legally way to get passport until later on. despite that, Taiwan league see him as a local.
Mike is a filam. He had chance to get passport but for whatever reason, he didnt till he got recruited by DLSU.

I am not saying I dont want Mike to get exempted. but i want to highlight they are 2 difference cases.

Abassi and Ange are far more similar. except Ange is not treated as a local by any professional league in the Philippines. if Pinoy leagues dont treat him as a local, why would the international league do that?

Yeah... Kouame can't get local status if the main league here, the PBA can't make him as local.. and I think we have to forget him to be a local player.. it will hurt the development of Philippine basketball as whole than good.. if we push Kouame as local in the PBA, it will be a precedent to other teams in any leagues to do that... Imagine Ginebra will push brownlee to be a local player, SMB will push Boatwright to be a local player, etc ... Do you think it will be a good development to our basketball program, especially our local players as whole? Better focus on Fil-foreigners to push as a local players who are not eligible in FIBA...

So whose specific development will be affected? Give me specific examples or types of players. Will the players whose development will be affected be useful in FIBA? Do we have a surplus of those types of players?

Imagine Brownlee playing as local here in the PBA, it will be a huge disadvantage for other teams, especially those who are low budget teams that can't afford to naturalized those kind of players.. and what will happen to our local development if we allow them to play as locals here? Playing here as an FSA or import is ok, but become as locals? So what is the essence to be a basketball nation of we can't develop local players?

OK, JB's a do-it-all 6'6" wing who can be a go-to guy. Ange is a 6'11" paint protector. Bennie is a FIBA-sized forward. How many locals, FIBA-eligible or no, do we have in the PBA that can fill their role? How many FIBA-quality players, or even starter-quality players, does the PBA have at 3, 4, and 5?

As far as I know:
June Mar and Japeth are the only FIBA-sized centers in the PBA as of now.
Only Japeth, Erram, Balti, and maybe June Mar and Carino can protect the rim at a good enough level as of now.
Troy, Perkins, Hodge, Louie Sangalang, Ian Sangalang, Balti, Keith Datu, Cade Flores, Kai Ballungay, Caelan Tiongson, and maybe Leonard Santillan are the starting-quality players at 4.
Arvin, Navarro, Oftana, Lucero, David, and hopefully Malonzo are the only starter-quality 6'5"+ SF's in the PBA as of now. Of that lot, Navarro, Oftana, and Zav can defend, and Arvin can carry the scoring load.
194cm Ken Tuffin is a starter-level wing that can defend.
Abueva's the only SF under 6'4" I know that can competently play 3 at the FIBA level without being too overmatched.

The 3, 4, and 5 are the positions that the imports usually fill. Now as for the incoming players, how many can be big wings who can score and/or defend, or interior defenders at the 5?

I think the PBA's lacking in FIBA-sized starter-quality players at the 3 and 5 spots. Specifically, lacking in 6'5" wings that can score, defend, and/or be 3-and-D players, and FIBA-sized centers who can protect the paint. I think it would make sense if naturalized players and former FSA's were incorporated as local players.

[CoJ]

Sound unethical but the PBA can gain new viewers going the showbiz route

In an interview with OneSports, Rain Or Shine ElastoPainters's Caelan Tiongson was asked about BINI Aiah, amid ongoing dating rumors linking the two romantically.
"I met her through a mutual friend, and she's a great person, but I'm not gonna speak on her personal life," Caelan said.
Caelan and Aiah are churchmates, and the basketball player mentioned that he loves BINI and their music. In another interview with vlogger OtitsTonio last December, Caelan also said his bias in BINI is Aiah.
Pinoys praised Caelan for respecting Aiah's privacy, saying fans should prioritize their idols' well-being over intrusive curiosity.
"It's great that celebrities are now keeping their private lives away from public eyes. They're getting paid to perform and make good music, selling their private lives are not part of their contracts," one netizen said.

[reamily]

Sound unethical but the PBA can gain new viewers going the showbiz route

In an interview with OneSports, Rain Or Shine ElastoPainters's Caelan Tiongson was asked about BINI Aiah, amid ongoing dating rumors linking the two romantically.
"I met her through a mutual friend, and she's a great person, but I'm not gonna speak on her personal life," Caelan said.
Caelan and Aiah are churchmates, and the basketball player mentioned that he loves BINI and their music. In another interview with vlogger OtitsTonio last December, Caelan also said his bias in BINI is Aiah.
Pinoys praised Caelan for respecting Aiah's privacy, saying fans should prioritize their idols' well-being over intrusive curiosity.
"It's great that celebrities are now keeping their private lives away from public eyes. They're getting paid to perform and make good music, selling their private lives are not part of their contracts," one netizen said.

its not unethical if you keep it wholesome, tamang panhon love team of aldub was a success yet conservative message, they can easily do this situation with christian values still intact..

[CoJ]

its not unethical if you keep it wholesome, tamang panhon love team of aldub was a success yet conservative message, they can easily do this situation with christian values still intact..

having Bini Aiah show up for ROS games will solve attendance woes of small market PBA teams,

[Money]

Sound unethical but the PBA can gain new viewers going the showbiz route

In an interview with OneSports, Rain Or Shine ElastoPainters's Caelan Tiongson was asked about BINI Aiah, amid ongoing dating rumors linking the two romantically.
"I met her through a mutual friend, and she's a great person, but I'm not gonna speak on her personal life," Caelan said.
Caelan and Aiah are churchmates, and the basketball player mentioned that he loves BINI and their music. In another interview with vlogger OtitsTonio last December, Caelan also said his bias in BINI is Aiah.
Pinoys praised Caelan for respecting Aiah's privacy, saying fans should prioritize their idols' well-being over intrusive curiosity.
"It's great that celebrities are now keeping their private lives away from public eyes. They're getting paid to perform and make good music, selling their private lives are not part of their contracts," one netizen said.

Caelan is trying to be conservative with his answers. It looks like he got a heads-up from Aiah to answer the press questions discreetly

[lem0nadi]

because BINI fantards will go crazy on him the moment he fucked up his answer, better play safe

[ja.he]

because BINI fantards will go crazy on him the moment he fucked up his answer, better play safe

Looks like some are threatening Caelan because of the issue. Serious or not, no one should threat anyone since it's against the law.

[lem0nadi]

Looks like some are threatening Caelan because of the issue. Serious or not, no one should threat anyone since it's against the law.

Those are the fantards I am saying, they act like they own their idol.

[Giannis34GOD]

I have a feeling Northport might be Available if the price is right, thats the better franchise to buy right now. RSA has already mentioned how expensive SMC's basketball expenses are, they still technically have Magnolia left (sorry magnolia fans)

True... They have the core already.. if new franchise will handle Northport, they can just re-sign Slaughter and that core of Tolentino, Munzon, Navarro, Jalalon and Slaughter might be a title contenders in a serious owner, plus they have Flores, Nelle, Yu and Bulanadi off the bench... Even top teams such as Ginebra, smb and TNT will have a hard time against this core...

[Silent Killer]

Those are the fantards I am saying, they act like they own their idol.

k pop style..

[Giannis34GOD]

Man at this point they should just try buying the Blackwater.

So there will be no farm team already, unless Northport does its usual bullshit of tradings its competitive players

All farm teams should be gone.. they are the killers of PBA, reason why the league is dying now...

[Silent Killer]

From Twitter

Snow Badua

Injury to a superstar will bare the field of opportunities sooner than expected for this team.

[CoJ]

All farm teams should be gone.. they are the killers of PBA, reason why the league is dying now...

league will never die unless SMC and to a lesser extent, TNT pulls the plug, it was never about the income anyway (PBA is just a big tax write-off) , but they could have earned money if they tried.

[CoJ]

Those are the fantards I am saying, they act like they own their idol.

Been seeing a lot of death threats against tiongson at facebook and x/twitter