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With still one month to go before the opening of the PBA 37th Season, the 10 teams are now focusing on rebuilding their respective rosters, as well as their coaching staffs to strengthen their team and be able to compete for the crown. Let's take a round-up on the recent developments on each team in terms of: rookies from the draft, acquired free agents, trades, coaching staff revamps etc.
The 2011 Annual PBA Rookie Draft:
Here are the list of each of the team and their draft picks:
First Round:
Powerade - JV CASIO
Rain or Shine - PAUL LEE
Petron - CHRIS LUTZ
Powerade - MARCIO LASSITER
Shopinas.com - MARK BARROCA
Alaska - MAC BARACAEL
Meralco - JASON BALLESTEROS
Barako Bull - ALLEIN MALIKSI
Brgy. Ginebra - REIL CERVANTES
Barako Bull - DYLAN ABABOU
Second Round:
Shopinas.com - MAGI SISON
TalkNText - PAMBOY RAYMUNDO
Alaska - ERIC SALAMAT
Alaska - JULIUS PASCULADO
Alaska - ARIEL MEPANA
B-Meg - BRIAN ILAD
Meralco - GILBERT BULAWAN
Brgy. Ginebra Kings - JAMES MARTINEZ
Barako Bull - KEN ACIBAR
Barako Bull - JOHN PAUL SORONGON
Powerade Tigers - JOHN MARK AGUSTIN
Third Round
Shopinas.com - MARC CAGOCO
Petron Blaze Boosters - FILEMON FERNANDEZ
Fourth Round
Petron Blaze Boosters - GERALD LAPUZ
Trade Players
Different teams also engaged on different trades even before the draft day. Powerade acquired Josh Vanlandingham and Doug Kramer from Rain Or Shine. In exchange, the team released veteran forward JR Quinahan, Normal Gonzales, 2013 2nd round draft pick (originally from Shopinas.com), and 2014 2nd round draft selection.
Hours before the draft day, Powerade, Meralco and TalkNText sealed a three-way trade that gave Meralco to select 7th from the draft (originally from TalkNText), as well as acquiring forward Mark Yee (TalkNText) and Mark Macapagal (Powerade). The Tropang Texters got Bam Gamalinda and Shawn Weinstein from Meralco, and Powerade got Ogie Menor and Chris Timberlake from Meralco, as well as TalkNText's 21th draft pick.
Petron and Barako Bull also engaged into another trade. Petron got their former star player Dondon Hontiveros and Carlos Sharma from Barako Bull (former Air21), in exchange of Sunday Salvacion, Mick Pennisi and Petron's first Round draft pick to Barako Bull.
Alaska traded it's 17th pick in the draft for Meralco's 2014 second round draft pick.
Rudy "H-Bomb" Hatfield announced yesterday that he's leaving the Brgy.Ginebra line-up and the league for good. This means that Brgy.Ginebra, his fans and PBA fans will never see Rudy Hatfield in the court again.
Coaches Revamp
Perhaps the biggest news in the PBA recently are not on the players, but in the coaches. A lot of coaching revamps on different teams happened over the past week.
Every PBA and Alaska Aces's fan was definitely shocked on the announcement that coach Tim Cone resigned as the Aces's headcoach. (Read full article here). His assistant coach Joel Banal named as new Aces's head coach.
B-MEG Derby Ace also named their assistant coach/commentator Richard Del Rosario as the team's new head coach, replacing Jeorge Gallent. However, there are speculations that Tim Cone will soon join B-MEG, but Cone and B-MEG officials deny the rumors.
The trend of assistant coaches promoted as coaches continued with Brgy. Ginebra Kings, as assistant coach Siot Tanquincen was named King's head coach while delegating former tactician Jong Uichico on the assistant's role.
With these developments in the league over the past month, one thing is certain - 37th Season of the PBA will going to be fun and exciting.
Update: Barroca traded to B-MEG. Read full article here.
Update: Tim Cone named new BMEG head coach. Read full article here.
Update: Barroca traded to B-MEG. Read full article here.
Update: Tim Cone named new BMEG head coach. Read full article here.
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kailan po magstart ung game?
ReplyDelete@Anonymous:
ReplyDeleteOctober 2 po ang start ng season. As of kung anung teams maglalaro, wala pa pong schedule.