Di naman halos napapalitan ang nucleus ng SanMig Coffee ah. Ang active sa trades at collection ng superstars with no chemistry eh Petron.
Beg to differ bro ...... SMC/BMEG is not as active as PETRON or BGK in the star-collecting scene - but they have more than their fair share of lopsides sale este trades
(courtesy of SMCorp lapdog Bert Lina of course).The only reason that they're not as active, is because of Tim Cone ....... the man knows how to build team chemistry and balance; but he's not complaining about the player-buying either.
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Devance - Had asked to be traded from ALASKA, despite receiving max money & was running fourth in the MVP race. He was promptly traded to AIR21 who "mysteriously" trades him to BMEG a few weeks later.
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Pingris - Twice a member of AIR21/FEDEX and twice was traded to an SMCorp team.
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Barroca - The draft pick used on him belonged to AIR21 ...... a behind-the-scenes discussion with Comm. Cheato Salud and voila, the draft pick suddenly became BMEG's.
Sidenote: Then incoming SHOPINAS coach Franz Pumaren wanted to draft Barroca badly ...... but was very surprised when their pick was "transferred" to BMEG the very last minute prior to the rookie draft.
Franz Pumaren got waylaid by the very same benefactors that he benefited from in the collegiate level ..... ironic yes? 
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Urbiztondo - He was the lead PG for AIR21 two years ago ..... despite this, Urbiztondo was mysteriously relegated to the reserved list then was promptly signed by BMEG.
It was the very first time in PBA history that a team's lead PG was relegated to the reserved list.
When this happened, some other PBA teams howled in protest ...... among them was then ALASKA coach Tim Cone.
Sidenote: Tim Cone won a championship with Urbiztondo playing a big role for SMC ...... a few conferences later, he trades Urbiztondo back to AIR21 in exchange for AIR21's 2013-2014 1st round draft pick ...... got someone for nothing, then trades him back for a high draft pick - unethical yes?
Tim Cone howls in protest when he was with ALASKA ..... then makes this unethical trade when he's with SMC - hypocrisy yes? **
Mallari - The draft pick used on him belonged to AIR21 .... which was traded away to PETRON of course.
