Farm team ba talaga ang Global Port? Mikee Romero is a huge basketball fan and a billionaire.
Romero is indeed filthy rich, but that doesnt exempt his team from being a farm team of SMCorp ...... Ramon Ang (and even MVP) has significant stake at Romero's businesses.
Romero is acting the very same way that Bert Lina did, when hid AIR21 team first came into the PBA ...... he's fielding a competitive team, but is available for business once his SMCorp associates come knocking - Japeth, Casio (conduit for Tenorio), Sol Mercado (for the very unpopular Cabagnot), Chris Ross, Justin Chua, Jay Washington (who had a long running spat with Arwind Santos), Holstein (a Tim Cone project), etc.
Look at all of those trades ...... very unusual for a team entering only it's second year of existence.