What I am worried about on Magnolia Hotshots' line up is their Center, it's kinda difficult for them for sure to play inside the paint especially in rebound plays. But overall, the all-Filipino line up of Magnolia Hotshots is kinda powerful, especially in defensive.
The Magnolia Hotshot has been knocking the door to championship these last two Philippine Cup, 2018 and 2019. Unfortunately for them, they were demolished by Fajardo and making Sanggalang looked like a rookie. I pitied Ian Sanggalang on his match up with Fajardo, i thought he gonna lose his confidence as Fajardo is toying on him on the 2018 final but he came back strong on the 2019 finals but still not enough to dethroned the Fajardo-led Beermen.
Now that no Fajardo and Slaughter in the All-Filipino Cup, i'm expecting Sanggalang to wreak havoc in the middle. The Hotshots, i think is one of the few teams that is keeping it's core line-up. If Paul Lee can stay healthy through out the conference, no doubt this could be the year for them to capture the All-Filipino crown.
Meanwhile on the TNT side, they are making sure that they will not be left behind on the bigs on this Fajardo-less conference .
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/poy-erram-moves-to-katropa-after-tnt-blackwater-nlex-trade-a793-20200217