Malaki ba kinikita ng farm teams sa ganyang mga trade? Parang walang intensyon mag manalo ah.
Back in 2009, then perennial MVP-contender Arwind Santos was traded by Bert Lina to SMCorp ...... it's an open secret that P20M was the fee for the sale este "trade".
That Arwind Santos trade was just one of many grossly lopsided deals made by Lina/Chua with their SMCorp masters.
Right of the bat ...... Enrico Villanueva, Kerby Raymundo, Marc Pingris, Joe Devance, Cyrus Baguio, Alex Cabagnot, Mike Cortez, Niño Canaleta, Chris Lutz, Dylan Ababou, Allain Maliksi, Marc Barroca, JC Intal, Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Noy Baclao, Rey Guevarra, Billy Mamaril, Doug Kramer, Aldrech Ramos, Homer Se, Dondon Hontiveros, Dorian Pena, Mike Holper, etc, etc, etc, etc ...... and still many more to come.
Above are just straight trades ...... they do not even include the draft rights (slots) which are also being sold este traded by the Lina/Chua group e.g. Junemar Fajardo, John Wilson, Jimbo Aquino, etc.
Ever wonder why top teams PETRON, SMC & BGK still land high in the draft order year after year ??
There's still more ...... COKE/POWERADE was also engaged in serious lopsided deals with SMCorp e.g. Hatfield, Reavis, Mamaril, Lassiter, etc.