Topic: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup - page 195. (Read 98754 times)

You are right, SMB Beermen will not trade Fajardo for now because he is still usable and still got 2 to 3 years of playing competitively as the man in the middle for them. There are rumors circulating in the social media that there may be changes in the coaching staff so let's wait for this to explode but i find it hard to believe since coach Austria is a very likeable coach.


Romeo for Bolick, this is the trade that has been floating around for some time now.

I don't think they will trade Fajardo, he is still playing. They have to remember that JMF was the one brining plenty of championships for the team, trading him is an insult especially if he can still produce close to what he can during his prime or when he is not prone to injury yet.

Maybe Romeo will be traded because of the injury problem, certainly there are some teams who would be interested on him.

Lol. What the hell is happening with SMB management even Terrence Romeo is included in the trade rumors. I'd rather change the Coach than trade these key players. If this will happen, I'm not surprised if Fajardo will be traded as well after a few more years without getting a championship. They even traded Cabagnot and Arwind Santos before, so they will do the same. As usual, trades will always be approved, under the table?

I remember that and I also have that same sentiment regarding to that concern, if PBA will allow Brownlee to play as local due to his new citizenship what team can stop them if another import will be added to their squad? come to think of possible lineup, CStand, Japeth, Scottie, JBL and the import.. Hahahaha..


On the last note, if JC will choose to play, then JBL will give the space for him, right? Like what you mentioned, it's only a backup purpose in case JC is not available due to other schedules that may prevent him from playing in FIBA.

Since others do have a question or concern about Ginebra should get another import as Brownlee is now a Filipino, this is my point of view.

Naturalized players are being pushed for the sake of playing in our Gilas team. It's not meant for PBA. As far as PBA rules are concerned, naturalized players are still considered as import therefore Justin Brownlee is still an import. Remember Marcus Douthit? He still plays as an import even as a naturalized player.

Just imagine, if PBA imports will be eligible to play as a local when they are granted a Filipino citizen, it will bring unbalanced to the league which is currently unbalanced right now. Again, players like Brownlee are just being considered with a Filipino nationality because of one reason, to be able to play with our national team. The uncertain availability of Jordan Clarkson in PH's FIBA games is one of the reasons too that's why it was being pushed.

Nothing to say kabayan, both teams really give everything it just so happen that the Gin kings is much inspired protecting the pride of our league, but we really also give credit to the Dragons who push thier way to extend the game in completing the game 7, hopefully they will comeback and add more competition inside the league.

Moving forward to the next conference and hoping to see another sets of good competitions from all the teams if possible..

Hopefully and crossing my fingers..

But still a good match my Bay Area dragons, they gave all their best to win, and they play very good and well But the huge defense by the local players of PBA Bay Area dragons players did not make their goal to be a champion. Also what we saw on the performances of the barangay Ginebra is they are unstoppable, Japeth Aguilar, Thompson and especially their import doing great inside and outside shooting they really do it.

The pressure came to them both in and outside of the court, while the home team was fully inspired of that huge crowd the dragons has been outscored, we can't deny the fact that if in case the coach bring Powell in before that huge leads has been established maybe the outcome is not like this in terms of spread, they might got much closer and can initiate the snatch in the last few minutes but we saw the outcome and nothing can be change now.

We all need to move forward and start talking about the upcoming governors' cup, new challenges and new faces from all the teams that will compete together with their reinforcements.

Ginebra will still have Brownlee as their import.

Coach did not gave him more minutes in the first half because he knows that Bay Area are good in the first half, so he was just preparing him to go full blast in the 2nd half. Unfortunately for the Bay Area, they were outscored in the 1st half, I mean hugely dominated and since Ginebra is a 2nd half team, that didn't anymore give the dragon more chance to come back.

Maybe the timing is just wrong because they didn't give him enough minutes in the 1st half. He only played more when the lead was not manageable anymore, if there was a time restriction, then he should not be played 35 minutes.

Lam has the longest minutes with 44.
https://pba.ph/recap?match=2228269

For now.

He will be an import when he plays in the Ginebra "for now". Well, that's what I read in a reliable Facebook sports page. Him playing as a local player and not an import will have a great effect in the league in both ways. It will make the Ginebra so strong but on the other hand, it will make the competitiveness of the league way lesser (it has been low I know but it will make it way lesser). It might come to a point where independent teams might just walk away letting the league be a SMC vs. MVP league.

Overall, him being the naturalized player of the Gilas would be better for him. Now if the Ginebra will put him as a local player, TBH I might not watch PBA anymore. Brownlee is 34 years old though so his impact in the team might decrease overtime because of his age. I don't know but it might happen.

Nothing new. After all it's SMC and we know how SMC is doing unbalanced trades. Add Enciso and Romeo on the list because I also saw them on the list (just rumors).

Getting elite and young players and when they are at their post-prime already, they will make unbalanced trades to get young talented players and the cycle keeps on and on and on. Older players will be traded and younger players will either be traded to Beermen immediately, or they will put it into a sister team first then they will get after 1-2 years.

Thoughts on big trade rumors? If it's SMC, no comment into it because they have been doing this for years and the management doesn't do anything to stop it and we fans can do right now is to just criticize what they are doing.