PBA Trade Rumors: San Miguel-Northport blockbuster trade that can shock the league?


CJ Perez, Jeron Teng, Jericho Cruz for Will Navarro, Arvin Tolentino, Joshua Munzon

Snow Badua dropped another trade rumor bomb! San Miguel will finally make a deal next week! And the image attached to the post is CJ Perez!

Beermen fans are shocked. The jaws of PBA fans also dropped. CJ is a legit MVP candidate in the last few seasons. What type of deal is needed for San Miguel to do it?

According to a Twitter personality who may have good connection, the deal could be:
San Miguel will trade CJ Perez, Jeron Teng, Jericho Cruz for Will Navarro, Arvin Tolentino, Joshua Munzon!

We need to properly analyzed this. At the top of the exchange is CJ Perez and Arvin Tolentino. CJ is the perennial MVP candidate while Arvin is clearly a candidate this season.

Should we give them equal trade value? If we consider the history, I am more than willing to give CJ a higher trade value. Let us say, 100-90, using a 0-100 range.

Next to that, I think we should compare Joshua Munzon and Jericho Cruz. Munzon is five years younger. Munzon was a top 20 player this season. I think Munzon clearly have a higher trade value. Can we agree 60-100?

Lastly, let us analyze Jeron Teng and Will Navarro. Navarro has accumulated a lot of believers because of his versatility. Teng was the top scorer of Converge before he decided to go to San Miguel and become a bench warmer. Let us agree that Navarro has a higher ceiling and he is playing a more crucial position. I will score it as 80-100.

So, we have the following scores:
100-90
60-100
80-100

In total, it will be 240-290. That means Northport clearly gave a much better package. Can San Miguel at least give up their 1st round pick?

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