PBA Trade: Rob Labaga to Barako Bull Energy for Emman Monfort to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

Its official:  Rob Labaga to Barako Bull Energy for Emman Monfort to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. This was anounced via @pbaconnect twitter account.

The proposed trade between @barangayginebra 's Rob Labagala and @BarakoEnergy 's Eman Monfort has been APPROVED by the PBA.

PBA Trade: Barako to trade No. 4 pick to Ginebra for Ababou, fifth pick to Petron for subs

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JUST hours after giving active consultant Rajko Toroman the pink slip, Barako Bull is set to pull the trigger on two more trades that should shake up the picking order in the coming PBA rookie draft.

Putting premium on experience over youth, the Energy Cola, sources said, are set to trade the fourth pick overall in Sunday's draft to Barangay Ginebra for comebacking forward Dylan Ababou and the No. 5 pick to Petron for rarely used subs Mark Isip and Magi Sison.
The deals, once approved by the Commissioner's Office, will leave Barako Bull without a pick in the first round since it is also set to acquire Denok Miranda from Globalport in exchange for the No. 6 selection overall.

“Binigay na 'yung pick. Gusto nila yung Dylan. Kasi alam nila pagnakakuha ng kumpiyansa ulit yun, mahina ang 10 points na average n'ya kada game,” said the source in trying to make sense of the trades.
Ababou, a former star of University of Santo Tomas and a mainstay of the original Gilas squad, has sat out most of last season due to an ACL injury but has done well for Ginebra in the times that he was healthy.
However, giving him up means Ginebra can get a shot at acquiring blue-chip prospects like Terrence Romeo, RR Garcia, Alex Nuyles, James Forrester, and Jeric Teng.
The transactions should once again fan allegations that Barako Bull is being controlled by San Miguel Corp. and add another twist to the mystery surrounding the sudden departure of Toroman.

However, team insiders said Barako Bull is putting premium on experience as the ball club prefers to make an impact this season instead of building up for the future.
The team insider also pointed out that Barako Bull has three more first-round picks in next year's draft.

According to a source, the trades are now awaiting the approval of PBA commissioner Chito Salud, who is still with the board of governors in Sydney for its annual planning session.

source: spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/source-barako-to-trade-no.-4-pick-to-ginebra-for-abalou-fifth-pick-to-petron-for-subs-v02

PBA 2013 Anual Rookie Mock Draft

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Since the PBA 2013 Anual Rookie Draft is coming I decided to give my own version of of the draft.

This is my 2013 PBA 2013 Anual Rookie Mock Draft

PBA 2013 Annual Rookie Mock Draft
First Round
1st Pick	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	Greg Slaughter
2nd Pick	San Mig Coffee Mixers	Ian Sangalang
3rd Pick	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Raymond Almazan
4th Pick	Barako Bull Energy	Terrence Romeo
5th Pick	Barako Bull Energy	James Forrester
6th Pick	Barako Bull Energy	Jeric Teng
7th Pick	Globalport Batang Pier	RR Garcia
8th Pick	Alaska Aces	Nico Salva
9th Pick	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Alex Nuyles
10th Pick	San Mig Coffee	Jeric Fortuna

Second Round
11th Pick	Globalport Batang Pier	Justin Chua
12th Pick	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Isaac Holstein
13th Pick	San Mig Coffee	Carlo Lastimosa
14th Pick	Barako Bull Energy	Robby Celiz
15th Pick	Alaska Aces	Eric Camson
16th Pick	Air 21 Express	Justin Melton
17th Pick	Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters	Ryan Buenafe
18th Pick	Alaska Aces	Nate Matute
19th Pick	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	Eloy Poligrates
20th Pick	Barako Bull Energy	JR Cawaling

PBA Game Results and standings August 18, 2013

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Here are the results and the PBA games last Sunday August 18, 2013 as well as the standings.

In the first game, the smallest guy Emman Monfort on the Barako Bull Energy Cola waxed hot and scored a career high 22 points to beat the Meralco Bolts 90 to 89.


The scores:

Barako 90 – Singletary 28, Monfort 22, Seigle 12, Buenafe 7, Jensen 6, Pennisi 5, Intal 4, Marcelo 2, Macapagal 2, Cruz 2, Weinstein 0, Yap 0, Pena 0.

Meralco 89 – West 33, Hugnatan 16, Salvacion 12, Wilson 9, Hodge 4, Guevarra 4, Ross 4, Allado 4, Vanlandingham 3, Mangahas 0.


Quarterscores: 22-21, 41-49, 66-67, 90-89



In the second game the Petron Blaze Boosters foiled the debut of the newest Barangay Ginebra coach Ato Agustin as well as the Gilas mainstay and high leaping Japet Aguilar. it was a close game until the last few minutes of the game that saw the Petron team shut the door to Ginebra with an 8-0 run. The game ended at 101 to 95.

The scores:

Petron (101) - Millsap 24, Lassiter 23, Cabagnot 18, Kramer 17, Santos 12, Tubid 5, Fajardo 2, Deutchman 0, Lutz 0, Lanete 0.

Ginebra (95) - Lowhorn 29, Caguioa 15, Ellis 12, Tenorio 9, Aguilar 8, Wilson 7, Mamaril 6, Helterbrand 5, Baracael 4, Urbiztondo 0.

Quarterscores: 26-29, 45-52, 79-71, 101-95

Team Stangings as of  August 18, 2013

PBA Schedule of Games August 16, 2013

Here is the PBA Schedule of Games August 16, 2013

AUG 16 FRIDAY, SMART-ARANETA COLISEUM

5:15 PM Game #1
Talk N Text Tropang Texters
VS
Barako Bull Energy Cola

The Barako Bull Energy Cola will try and pounce on the incomplete Talk N Text Tropang Texters line up with all their Gilas Pilipinas players will sit-out and take their well deserved rest after the Fiba Asia Championship

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7:30 PM Game #2
Meralco Bolts
VS
Petron Blaze Boosters

Petron Blaze Booster will debut their new head coach Gee Abanilla as they try and beat the Meralco Bolts who is parading a returning import in Mario West.

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PBA Opening day results and standings

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In the opening game the Globalport Batang Pier won over the Air 21 express on a rousing 101 to 94 triumph.

The scores:
GlobalPort 101 – Cummings 37, Washington 15, Belencion 14, Miller 10, Lingganay 8, Mercado 8, Hayes 6, Salvador 2, Yee 1, Buensuceso 0, Taha 0, Nabong 0, Alonzo 0.
Air 21 94 – Graham 31, Canaleta 19, Isip 13, Menor 9, Sharma 8, Arboleda 7, Sena 2, Custodio 2, Cortez 2, Omolon 1, Manuel 0.
Quarters: 24-20, 53-42, 78-68, 101-94


In the second game, Rain Or Shine Elastro Painters won over the Sanmig Planet Coffee Mixers to the tune of 79 to 75 despite not utilizing two Gilas Pilipinas members, Jeff Chan and Gabe Norwood.


Here are the team standings:

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
GlobalPort Batang Pier	1	0	1.000	-
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	1	0	1.000	-
Alaska Aces	0	0	-	0.5
Barako Bull Energy Colas	0	0	-	0.5
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	0	0	-	0.5
Meralco Bolts	0	0	-	0.5
Petron Blaze Boosters	0	0	-	0.5
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	0	0	-	0.5
Air 21 Express	0	1	0.000	1
San Mig Coffee Mixers	0	1	0.000	1

Relive the game that gave the Philippines a ticket to FIBA World Championship in Spain

Relive the game that gave the Philippines a ticket to FIBA World Championship in Spain. This is a game that made history and brought Filipino's back to the map of the world basketball. It was a historic game for the Filipino's as they have finally beaten its nemesis whom they haven't beaten for ages. This game also enable the Filipino's to go back to the World Championship for Basketball after 40 years


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