2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup

[Hypnosis00]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

[samcrypto]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

He may not be serve as a back up, he might be the starting players since they already have a solid players even at the bench. Well, SMB knows how to boost their team as well, this can be a big help to them. I wonder how much the contract is, for sure the offer is good that makes Brondial accept the contract right away.

[Johnyz]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

He may not be serve as a back up, he might be the starting players since they already have a solid players even at the bench. Well, SMB knows how to boost their team as well, this can be a big help to them. I wonder how much the contract is, for sure the offer is good that makes Brondial accept the contract right away.

They are adding more good players since they know other teams are also doing great on hiring good players, they can’t afford to get behind especially if they still have the budget to look for other players. This is indeed a great player addition, let’s hope for PBA to continue their conference soon so we can see those great players again.

[agustina2]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

Coach Jeff Cariaso is sentimental on that trade but he mentioned that it's beyond his control.

Clearly, more money was being offered that's why Brondial rejected the Alaska offers. Career first after all as who doesn't want to play on a top company in the league. Another boost on the SMB team but I think let's not overrate the additional player on their team.

[chaser15]

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

The SMB will only utilize Brondial at its very best in All-Filipino Cup. With imports currently playing, limited playing time as always for the locals.

It's a great choice for him playing in SMB.  Not just a good bonus and perks since Alaska can give it too, but the chance of being a champion is always there when a player chooses to be signed by a big SMB team.

Another good talented player again for SMB. Even we don't like it, they have the capability to sign a good role player whenever they like. It's Brondial's decision after all as a UFA.

[goinmerry]

They are adding more good players since they know other teams are also doing great on hiring good players, they can’t afford to get behind especially if they still have the budget to look for other players. This is indeed a great player addition, let’s hope for PBA to continue their conference soon so we can see those great players again.

Like what teams are also doing on hiring good players recently? And SMB will never get behind. They are still far one of the best lineups and whole roster in the league, especially in All-Filipino. PBA will surely continue as different from the first postponement where it's just one game were done before the league was shut down, the current league is almost in halfway of the Governor's Cup.

We just don't know when since every day is crucial. Almost all people have coughs and colds and it's an automatic Covid positive lol. From 20,000+ cases before the OCTAngina Research said that it might be double next week.

[freedomgo]

They are adding more good players since they know other teams are also doing great on hiring good players, they can’t afford to get behind especially if they still have the budget to look for other players. This is indeed a great player addition, let’s hope for PBA to continue their conference soon so we can see those great players again.

Like what teams are also doing on hiring good players recently? And SMB will never get behind. They are still far one of the best lineups and whole roster in the league, especially in All-Filipino. PBA will surely continue as different from the first postponement where it's just one game were done before the league was shut down, the current league is almost in halfway of the Governor's Cup.

We just don't know when since every day is crucial. Almost all people have coughs and colds and it's an automatic Covid positive lol. From 20,000+ cases before the OCTAngina Research said that it might be double next week.

Shortage of medicines for fever and cough is happening already, people are hoarding it because they believe they could be infected anymore as this virus is a fast-spreading one. I hope the number of deaths will not increase, we can be infected but let's hope we can easily recover and we don't need to go to the hospital as they cannot accommodate anymore.

[Kasabus]

They are adding more good players since they know other teams are also doing great on hiring good players, they can’t afford to get behind especially if they still have the budget to look for other players. This is indeed a great player addition, let’s hope for PBA to continue their conference soon so we can see those great players again.

Like what teams are also doing on hiring good players recently? And SMB will never get behind. They are still far one of the best lineups and whole roster in the league, especially in All-Filipino. PBA will surely continue as different from the first postponement where it's just one game were done before the league was shut down, the current league is almost in halfway of the Governor's Cup.

We just don't know when since every day is crucial. Almost all people have coughs and colds and it's an automatic Covid positive lol. From 20,000+ cases before the OCTAngina Research said that it might be double next week.

Shortage of medicines for fever and cough is happening already, people are hoarding it because they believe they could be infected anymore as this virus is a fast-spreading one. I hope the number of deaths will not increase, we can be infected but let's hope we can easily recover and we don't need to go to the hospital as they cannot accommodate anymore.

Flu season is likely to happen on early days of January after the New Year's celebration, so it's actually common to experience flu-like symptoms like coughs and common colds, but what's uncommon is that we're now experiencing Omnicron's havoc so we can't actually know if we are already infected or we're just experiencing flu. Can't blame the people to have fear of it because it can be an automatic covid positive. So, shortage of medicines will happen as people are hoarding it out of fear or hoarding it to sell at a much expensive price.
As for the PBA Governor's Cup, let's just hope that the situation will cool down and a much more good-positive news will happen as lots of people are already affected by this and so that the league will resume its schedules and we watch it again live on scene.

[mirakal]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

Coach Jeff Cariaso is sentimental on that trade but he mentioned that it's beyond his control.

Clearly, more money was being offered that's why Brondial rejected the Alaska offers. Career first after all as who doesn't want to play on a top company in the league. Another boost on the SMB team...

Brondial is still young and he improve a lot in Alaska compared to his performance with the Magnolia, now he is back again with being a backup big man but he prefer to work in a team where he has a chance to win a champion and get a good long term contract.

<but I think let's not overrate the additional player on their team.>

yes but some can't help it because this is a big boost of the SMB roster. 

[Hypnosis00]

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

The SMB will only utilize Brondial at its very best in All-Filipino Cup. With imports currently playing, limited playing time as always for the locals.

It's a great choice for him playing in SMB.  Not just a good bonus and perks since Alaska can give it too, but the chance of being a champion is always there when a player chooses to be signed by a big SMB team.

Another good talented player again for SMB. Even we don't like it, they have the capability to sign a good role player whenever they like. It's Brondial's decision after all as a UFA.

That's a fair statement, less work for Brondial here as he is the main man of the team, his minutes will be down but he will be assured of winning as SMB is still the best team especially in the All Filipino Cup. For now, he can practice with his new team since the PBA is still on hold due to the high alerts impose in NCR, and we don't have an idea how long it will stay, so let's keep ourselves updated.

[Viscore]

Let's hope that the number of cases next month will not rise again.

COVID-19 cases by next month the barometer for PBA resumption

When will PBA resume?
Amid the rising threat of COVID-19 cases, the league chieftain said everything else will depend on what the health situation is going to be a month from now, and from there, the Board will decide on the course of action it will take to go on with the games.

“Sana itong February, OK na tayo. Crucial ang Feb. Dapat mag-desisyon, (kung) made-delay pa ba natin ito ng hanggang saan,” said Marcial on Saturday.

We can't expect a return of PBA this month, probably it will be next month or March, if there's no improvement then most likely the conference will be put on halt.

[samcrypto]

Let's hope that the number of cases next month will not rise again.

COVID-19 cases by next month the barometer for PBA resumption

When will PBA resume?
Amid the rising threat of COVID-19 cases, the league chieftain said everything else will depend on what the health situation is going to be a month from now, and from there, the Board will decide on the course of action it will take to go on with the games.

“Sana itong February, OK na tayo. Crucial ang Feb. Dapat mag-desisyon, (kung) made-delay pa ba natin ito ng hanggang saan,” said Marcial on Saturday.

We can't expect a return of PBA this month, probably it will be next month or March, if there's no improvement then most likely the conference will be put on halt.

Looks like the case right now is getting worse so there’s no way for PBA to comeback this one. Its either to postponed the whole conference or to extend it, depends on their decision but hopefull we can still them playing even on February, especially their imports made a huge sacrifice as well to come to Philippines to play, hope their VISA can be extended as well.

[Viscore]

Let's hope that the number of cases next month will not rise again.

COVID-19 cases by next month the barometer for PBA resumption

When will PBA resume?
Amid the rising threat of COVID-19 cases, the league chieftain said everything else will depend on what the health situation is going to be a month from now, and from there, the Board will decide on the course of action it will take to go on with the games.

“Sana itong February, OK na tayo. Crucial ang Feb. Dapat mag-desisyon, (kung) made-delay pa ba natin ito ng hanggang saan,” said Marcial on Saturday.

We can't expect a return of PBA this month, probably it will be next month or March, if there's no improvement then most likely the conference will be put on halt.

Looks like the case right now is getting worse so there’s no way for PBA to comeback this one. Its either to postponed the whole conference or to extend it, depends on their decision but hopefull we can still them playing even on February, especially their imports made a huge sacrifice as well to come to Philippines to play, hope their VISA can be extended as well.

They can postpone it but I'm worried about the imports as they would be doing nothing related to PBA once they stay, and if they go back not sure if they could come back on schedule again. This new variant is really hitting us again, it has disrupted our economy that was slowly recovering, so the PBA has to make the decision the soonest as they can't leave people hanging speculating on a return.

[Shamm]

They can postpone it but I'm worried about the imports as they would be doing nothing related to PBA once they stay, and if they go back not sure if they could come back on schedule again. This new variant is really hitting us again, it has disrupted our economy that was slowly recovering, so the PBA has to make the decision the soonest as they can't leave people hanging speculating on a return.

I think its better that the imports its stay here for awhile until the new omicron virus will lesser cases Cause if they go back to the country where they belong I think thats too risky not just they can not go back in the right time when the pba games is back but if they go back to their counrty there a possible that they will get the virus because we all know that the virus is very quickly spreading.

[Fredomago]

Another great big man is added to the SMB lineup.

Brondial signs with SMB after Alaska parting of ways

IT didn't take long for Rodney Brondial to find a new PBA home.

The unrestricted free agent agreed to a contract with San Miguel, SPIN.ph learned, although terms of the contract were not divulged.

Great Pick up by the SMB I would say, Brondial is a tough player, he can bring some energy with the SMB and he is a good back up when their main big man will rest.

He may not be serve as a back up, he might be the starting players since they already have a solid players even at the bench. Well, SMB knows how to boost their team as well, this can be a big help to them. I wonder how much the contract is, for sure the offer is good that makes Brondial accept the contract right away.

It's SMB right? any players inside this league are hoping to land a job for this franchise, Brondial is lucky as SMB reached out right away and sign him up, maybe he's not going to have that huge minutes inside but it's good enough each time they need to rest their center he can give them enough time to rest.

This kid still young and if SMB able to develop him as their next star, giving him enough time to adjust and learn the system will benefit both him and the team.

[blockman]

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

Really great news and don't forget about Vic Manuel. He's also part of SMB now. And speaking of spin.ph on the quote, I've seen an article from them about how much the lowest salary of a PBA player gets. (https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/how-much-salary-do-the-lowest-paid-pba-players-make-ain-t-bad-at-all-a793-20190312)
The lowest gets paid for P70,000 which is still not bad in our country and it's still a great amount to be considered of having not that much playing.

[Kasabus]

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) played it safe, announcing an indefinite suspension of the Governors’ Cup but pegging February as a crucial month for the season-ending tournament.
“At this time when the infection rate is rising, the risk of continuing with the games … outweigh our financial loss,” said PBA chair Ricky Vargas

Source: https://sports.inquirer.net/446650/safety-first-despite-facing-bigger-costs-pba-suspends-play-indefinitely

The PBA made it clear that there will be no games this month as the number of cases is rising daily due to omnicron. They certainly didn't had a choice but to put an indefinite halt to the games even if would cost them money rather than risking the safety of peope and players.
This news may sadden us as we already expected that we can watch these said games live this year, but an unfortunate event happened.
Let's hope that these infections caused by omnicron will cease by February.

[Yamifoud]

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

Really great news and don't forget about Vic Manuel. He's also part of SMB now. And speaking of spin.ph on the quote, I've seen an article from them about how much the lowest salary of a PBA player gets. (https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/how-much-salary-do-the-lowest-paid-pba-players-make-ain-t-bad-at-all-a793-20190312)
The lowest gets paid for P70,000 which is still not bad in our country and it's still a great amount to be considered of having not that much playing.

That PHP70k for one month is good enough if you can live a simple life, but knowing PBA players, they think they are superstars and they have rich friends so their lifestyle might also change. Also, when you play you are prone to get injured, so a player has to work hard to improve his game to earn a better salary. I guess no one is getting at least 500k per month in PBA? even JMP I guess?

[freedomgo]

Great news for SMB, now they have another option. JMF, Tautua, and Brondial, I guess they are not a joke, they'll dominate inside and they also have a lot of outside shooters, it's really a great pick up by SMB and a great choice for Brondial. I guess this is his 3rd team already in his PBA career.

Really great news and don't forget about Vic Manuel. He's also part of SMB now. And speaking of spin.ph on the quote, I've seen an article from them about how much the lowest salary of a PBA player gets. (https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/how-much-salary-do-the-lowest-paid-pba-players-make-ain-t-bad-at-all-a793-20190312)
The lowest gets paid for P70,000 which is still not bad in our country and it's still a great amount to be considered of having not that much playing.

That PHP70k for one month is good enough if you can live a simple life, but knowing PBA players, they think they are superstars and they have rich friends so their lifestyle might also change. Also, when you play you are prone to get injured, so a player has to work hard to improve his game to earn a better salary. I guess no one is getting at least 500k per month in PBA? even JMP I guess?

Well, this news that I will attach maybe old news but this gives us an idea of how much is the best player in the PBA is making.

https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-sports/2015/09/04/1496251/fajardo-set-sign-3-year-multi-million-deal-smb

With the biggest salary a team can give a player is currently pegged at P420,000 per month, the pact would make Fajardo at least P15 million richer.

no one reaches Php500k per month, but if the players with good potential will decide to play with B League, then for sure 1 million pesos per month is easy for them to make.

[Fredomago]

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) played it safe, announcing an indefinite suspension of the Governors’ Cup but pegging February as a crucial month for the season-ending tournament.
“At this time when the infection rate is rising, the risk of continuing with the games … outweigh our financial loss,” said PBA chair Ricky Vargas

Source: https://sports.inquirer.net/446650/safety-first-despite-facing-bigger-costs-pba-suspends-play-indefinitely

The PBA made it clear that there will be no games this month as the number of cases is rising daily due to omnicron. They certainly didn't had a choice but to put an indefinite halt to the games even if would cost them money rather than risking the safety of peope and players.
This news may sadden us as we already expected that we can watch these said games live this year, but an unfortunate event happened.
Let's hope that these infections caused by omnicron will cease by February.

They don't have any other option since the IATF are raising the alert level instead of lowering it down, and it's true that instead of pushing the game PBA choose to take aside the losses but think first for the safety of all the people who are involved to this association, we can't do anything as Omicron is really hurting our country.

The virus is too quick; the spread is really widening, though doctors are saying that it's not deadly compared to all those early versions of COVID.

We need to wait and hope for the best for this Season!