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San Miguel Beermen Insider "Than" of PBA Forum Explains SMB Management's Draft Trade Decision

Are you shocked at the surprise the San Miguel Beermen Management pulled during the Rookie Draft day? Are you at lost as to why they made such moves?

Well, wonder no more as our San Miguel Beermen Insider "Than" of PBA Forum explains the complexities of the plans of the San Miguel Beermen management and how it affected their draft day decisions.
And there's more. He also disclosed that there's one more trade that is being cooked. I know you're excited, so keep reading...

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Source: Philippine Basketball Association Forum
By Than of PBA Forum

Forum Post #1

I was there in Market Market earlier at 3pm. Before the start of the drafting itself, i saw Mr. Robert Non shook habds with some TNT officials whose table was just beside the SMB table. Then Mr. Non rush to where Mr. Tony Chua of Red Bull is seated, whispering something. Shook hands & went back to SMB table.

At first, i thought that they'll make some surprises in the draft procedures. Then suddenly, when SMB's time to pick the #3 pick, Mr. Robert Non was suddenly flanked by a lot of press people & thus announcing they have traded their 3rd pick to TNT for JWash!

SMB just got the player or shall we say the position they are really looking to fill. A back up or someone who could also play identical to DS's style.

Sure, they have a chance to pick a Jason Castro or a Sol Mercado. But both players are very effective playing the Shooting guard/Off Guard position rather than PG. Maybe they want to groom Jonas Villanueva nest season to be the chief reliever of Mike Cortez since Olsen will have less playing time to prepare him for an asst. coaching job in the near future.

If ever the team drafted either of the 2 rookies mentioned, they wont be given more playing time as the team had veterans Dondon Hontiveros, Lordy Tugade & Chris Calaguio as their chief SG's. Still in the lineup are role SG's like Tolomia & Wesley Gonzales.

While getting a JWash type of SF would make them very complete with player "duplicates" in every position.

Imagine in game subs from DS to JWash.
Hontiveros for Lordy/Calaguio/Custodio/Wesley.
Cortez for Jonas/Olsen.
Danny I for Pingris/Bono.
Pena for a US trained Eman.

Parang hindi ka rin nag sub sa kalibre ng mga substitutes.

Kailangan nalang talaga ay sistema at chemistry!

But this is not the end. I think theres 1 more deal coming..

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Forum Post #2

Sorry mga kaibigan. Down kagabi ang forum. Hindi ako naka pag post dito.

Remember when i said " SMB might pick a Fil-Am?"

He he he.... Nag katotoo, hindi nga lang galing sa draft!

Seriously, i think MOD Loffee had posted my post yesterday.

Lets just give the management the benefit of the doubt. Lets just trust them because they know what the're doing. They wont make a move if not to benefit the team.

Besides, i believe they will still make 1 more deal. So, pag plantsado na ang lahat at lumabas ang final lineup, then thats the time tayo ay mag analyze.

1 reason i failed to mention on my post yesterday, SMB is really looking for 3 years now, a player that will back up DS! Mind you, not just an ordinary back up, but someone who could almost approximate his talent.

Management knows why DS was oft injured. People tend to criticize the coach but they dont really understand the situation inside the team. What the management is thinking, contrary to what they say in media for as not to made public all their plans for the team.

In the PBA, a good management team doesnt compromise the career of a player just to win games. Even if they use a non 100% healthy, it will not guarantee a win. Thus, you might "jeopardize" the career of the player. Much more a very important & well loved player by his team!

From the managements perspective, there's no such thing as 80% or 70% healthy. Sa mga Press Releases lang yun. For them, its either 100% cleared to play by their team physicians or not fit at all.

Because of very long playing time, gruelling battles alone in his position, Danny Seigle became injury prone. They had similar problems with Danny I before. He was playing hard in his center position from his rookie year up to the emergence of those toweing & heftier Fil-Fors.

In common words, "Bugbog sarado ang katawan nina Danny S & Danny I" dahil sa haba ng oras sa loob at kakulangan ng worthy substitutes.

Thats why the team made movements before getting Adducul, then E-Vill & now Pingris to prepare for DI's retirement.

Regarding DS, they tried from Wesley Gonzales to Gabby Espinas but oth cannot really appoximate DS's impact. They thought Espinas can play the SF position in the PBA because he's small to play the PF spot.

Getting Sol or Jason CAstro doesnt really solve the poblem because both players are not pure PGs. They will have to buy time to compete for playing time with DonDon, Lordy, Calaguio & even Custodio, whom i think is a steal of the draft at #8, & Jeff Chan of RB at #17.

If we drafted either of the two rookies, it will "impede" the development of Jonas Villanueva!

Now, the team if ever there wont be any major trades, will be complete in all 5 positions as what i explained on my post above.