PBA Trade Rumors: Ginebra's trade offer to Phoenix was declined!

 

There are a lot of trade discussions that happened behind the scene that fans and even analysts were not aware of.

Coach Tim Cone gave us a glimpse of that when he revealed that Phoenix Super LPG declined an offer from Ginebra to move up to the #7 pick from #12.

Yes, even the glamorous franchises like Ginebra, will have trade offers that will be declined. Why did that happen?

Because they offered it to a team that is actually looking to compete in the PBA. Not like the other squads who are just looking to cash in from the league.

Yes, Phoenix is not a farm team. They are doing their best to put up the best team possible.

Now, that news made me think of what could have been the offer that Phoenix declined? 

I think they may have tried to package the #12 and the #13 pick, the first pick of the 2nd round. The potential reason why Phoenix decline this is that they really believed in Larry Muyang as a team-changer for them.

But, what if Phoenix asked for Caperal and the #12 pick? I think this could have been a very interesting offer for Phoenix.

Phoenix could have a Caperal and a Holmqvist in their arsenal. If that happens, they suddenly have a frontline that can actually compete with the Beermen and Ginebra of the league.