(From PBA Online)
Sta. Lucia coach Boyet Fernandez entered the press room as protocol for winning coach facing mediamen after the game.
He has won the match, his team's third in its last four games, but came up with an opening statement as if he has lost a big one.
"I can't imagine my team without my MVP," said Fernandez.
Yes, indeed, Fernandez lost his prized-player, 2007-2008 MVP Kelly Williams, who was just traded to Talk N Text, ending a week of suspense drama.
As if that was not enough, the Realtors also lost their former Rookie of the Year, Ryan Reyes also to the Tropang Texters, completing a nine-player, three-team trade deal considered as the biggest this season.
But Williams and Reyes were two of the only players with greater value, so to speak in a trade that also involved Barako Coffee. The two cagers who played for the PBA-backed national team to the FIBA Asia Championship in separate occasions, will go to the Tropang Texters as a diverting route to Smart-Gilas.
The two players are reportedly set to be loaned to the Smart-Gilas national developmental pool, which is also bankrolled by Manny V. Pangilinan, the top honcho of Talk N Text in the PBA.
Also involved in the multi-player trade were Ali Peek, Nic Belasco, Pong Escobal, Ogie Menor, Yousif Aljamal, Mark Isip and a future pick.
The Realtors were able to secure the rights on Peek, Belasco, Escobal, Menor and Aljamal.
The Energy Coffee Masters tabbed Isip and a future pick.
Sta. Lucia team manager and former PBA chairman Buddy Encarnado told GMANews.TV said that it's really hard to let go of two of his best players.
"Things are really done for a reason and one of them is because of a higher calling and that is to represent the national team," said Encarnado.
Sta. Lucia's last hurrah in the PBA?
Have we seen the last of Sta. Lucia?
Encarnado neither confirmed nor deny that this will be the last conference of the Realtors, who won two league titles in nearly two decades of participation in the country's premier cage league.
"We can't really tell it," said Encarnado when asked if this will be the final conference of the Realtors. "It's like asking somebody if he still wants to stay alive or wants to die."
"But you cannot question anymore Sta. Lucia's tenure in the PBA. We have stayed longer than some of the teams that participated here. Right now, we will still continue to show the same passion and willingness to compete," added Encarnado, who is tasked to head the PBA's creation of a Developmental League that will serve as the transition league of Liga Pilipinas and Philippine Basketball League.
Sta. Lucia coach Boyet Fernandez entered the press room as protocol for winning coach facing mediamen after the game.
He has won the match, his team's third in its last four games, but came up with an opening statement as if he has lost a big one.
"I can't imagine my team without my MVP," said Fernandez.
Yes, indeed, Fernandez lost his prized-player, 2007-2008 MVP Kelly Williams, who was just traded to Talk N Text, ending a week of suspense drama.
As if that was not enough, the Realtors also lost their former Rookie of the Year, Ryan Reyes also to the Tropang Texters, completing a nine-player, three-team trade deal considered as the biggest this season.
But Williams and Reyes were two of the only players with greater value, so to speak in a trade that also involved Barako Coffee. The two cagers who played for the PBA-backed national team to the FIBA Asia Championship in separate occasions, will go to the Tropang Texters as a diverting route to Smart-Gilas.
The two players are reportedly set to be loaned to the Smart-Gilas national developmental pool, which is also bankrolled by Manny V. Pangilinan, the top honcho of Talk N Text in the PBA.
Also involved in the multi-player trade were Ali Peek, Nic Belasco, Pong Escobal, Ogie Menor, Yousif Aljamal, Mark Isip and a future pick.
The Realtors were able to secure the rights on Peek, Belasco, Escobal, Menor and Aljamal.
The Energy Coffee Masters tabbed Isip and a future pick.
Sta. Lucia team manager and former PBA chairman Buddy Encarnado told GMANews.TV said that it's really hard to let go of two of his best players.
"Things are really done for a reason and one of them is because of a higher calling and that is to represent the national team," said Encarnado.
Sta. Lucia's last hurrah in the PBA?
Have we seen the last of Sta. Lucia?
Encarnado neither confirmed nor deny that this will be the last conference of the Realtors, who won two league titles in nearly two decades of participation in the country's premier cage league.
"We can't really tell it," said Encarnado when asked if this will be the final conference of the Realtors. "It's like asking somebody if he still wants to stay alive or wants to die."
"But you cannot question anymore Sta. Lucia's tenure in the PBA. We have stayed longer than some of the teams that participated here. Right now, we will still continue to show the same passion and willingness to compete," added Encarnado, who is tasked to head the PBA's creation of a Developmental League that will serve as the transition league of Liga Pilipinas and Philippine Basketball League.
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