Yes, Meralco became a different team when they had a good import, so they keep winning, thus far, Mcdaniels is already 2-0 with his new team.
Mcdaniel's impact to his new team really help them to play harder, they won the game to continue the chase of having that spot for the next round, to those bettors who loves in staking with the underdog this win gives them decent amount of money. I was in the impression that SMB will also have that same result since they are the slight underdog and the game is close up to the last minute, but Mags didn't give them that chance to win this one.
No sister team for now for the SMB, as Mags doesn't want to leave the number 1 spot yet.
We know what's the capability and how McDaniels played during his stint with TNT and NLEX.
When he was in NLEX, he is my top bet for import of the year at that time but because of some personal reasons, he left the league thus, NLEX lost in the playoffs.
TBH, I know how McDaniels play and how he will dominate the league again to the point that I bet them to win against the Bay Area and he didn't fail me as they won and now, they are on a 3-game winning streak. I just don't know why other teams aren't prioritizing him to get as an import where he already proved that he can be a dominate import in the PBA. Now the bottom team Bolts without McDaniels are now at the 7th spot already with him.
SMB on the other hand is now on the verge of eliminating in the regular season as they lost against the Hotshots. I don't know but it might be shameful with the SMB organization if they will not clinch the playoffs this conference.