PBA TRADE DEALS
After the Draft day, the Welcoat Dragons continued in building a solid frontline by acquiring Nic Belasco from the Alaska Aces for JunJun Cabaty, the son of former PBA star, Sonny Cabatu. I’m happy with this move of the Dragons. By having Belasco, they now have a presence of a veteran in the team. Belasco is a certified PBA veteran and has championship experience. Beyond his basketball skills, he can impart so many things to the Welcoat team. On the side of the Aces, letting go of Belasco is not really a big loss since they’ve acquired two undersize bigmen in the person of UAAP standout, Ken Bono and University of Visayas star, JR Quinahan. The two stand around 6′4″ but operates effectively inside the paint.
Yousif Aljamal, the 8th overall pick by Air21 is headed to the Talk n Text Phone Pals to reunite with his San Beda head coach, Frankie Lim. Lim is the team manager for the Phone Pals. The exchange for Aljamal is yet to be revealed.
Meanwhile, Marc “BigMac” Andaya is now a part of the Red Bull squad. He was freely acquired by Red Bull from Air21. I expect “BigMac” to improve in Red Bull. I think this move is a big break for him because Coach Yeng Guiao of Red Bull is very good in improving and exploiting the potentials of young players.
Purefoods, out of nowhere signed rookie free agent and PBL veteran, Chico Lanete for a 2-year, 5 million contract. I’m very surprised with this move. I think Purefoods doesn’t need a wingman or a shooting guard. Lanete plays the 2 spot and the point as well. He can shoot and slash but lacks consistency. The team, despite acquiring Rommel Adducul still needs a big man rather than a guard. I hope they’ll still make some moves in the next days…
