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By ADRIAN STEWART CO
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‘Irreconcilable differences’
IRRECONCILABLE differences was allegedly the reason why a certain PBA star parted ways with the only team that he played for in his many years in the league before the start of the 2016-2017 Oppo PBA Philippine Cup.
A source revealed to the Buzzer Beater that the differences between the PBA star and the team has nothing to do with his poor performance in the last few years, but with politics.
“Kasi nung eleksyon, vocal itong si PBA star sa pagsuporta dun sa isang mayoralty candidate dito sa Metro Manila. Hindi naman nakapagtataka kasi kaibigan at nakalaban niya ‘yun nung collegiate days niya,” said the source.
“Nung nalaman nung mga bossing, pinatawag siya sinabihan siya na tigilan ang pagtulong kay mayoralty candidate kasi ang sinusuportahan daw ng kumpanya nila ‘yung kalaban,” he added.
“Pero hindi nagpapigil itong si PBA star at vocal pa rin sa pangangapanya niya kay mayoralty candidate kaya ayun nanlamig ang trato sa kanya ng mga bossing,” the source further said.
The source also noted that the team owner did not bar the PBA star from endorsing candidates and in fact the latter appeared in two political advertisements – one with a losing presidential candidate and another with a party-list group.
The cold treatment toward the PBA star started during the third conference of the previous PBA season when his coach was not giving him heavy minutes or sometimes did not let him play at all, despite them losing and not entering the playoffs round.
“Naramdaman niya rin naman ‘yun last conference kahit na nagtatatalo sila at nangungulelat hindi siya masyadong pinapalaro ni coach yun pala may utos na galing sa itaas,” the source said.
“Yup, hindi na siya nagulat nung offseason nang bigla siyang i-trade sa ibang team. Mabuti na lang ‘yung nalipatan niya mga kaibigan niya rin kaya maganda ang trato sa kanya,” he added.
Unlike in the first story, the difference between this burly PBA center and his current team is still reconcilable but a warning has been issued to him by the team owners before the new PBA season began.
The source said that the team owners have already warned this burly PBA center that will be shipped to other PBA teams if he does not stop his involvement in the “point shaving” scheme.
“Alam naman ng mga bossing na nagpo-point shaving siya. Actually, hindi lang siya, pati ‘yung dalawa niyang teammates. Yun isa na kagrupo niya, nadispatsa na kamakailan lang, ‘yun isa naman medyo hindi garapal kaya hindi sinisita,” he said.
“Pati si coach alam yung kalokohan niya kaya nga kung palyado laro niya maririnig mo siyang sumisigaw ng ‘p********(name of the player)’ nagbebenta ka na naman ba ng laro?,” he added.
“Para sa mga hindi nakakaalam, magkaiba ang point shaving sa game fixing. Sa point shaving, sinasadya nung player na paabutin na ganitong points lang ‘yung talo o panalo nila, sa game fixing, papatalo ka talaga,” he said.
“Sa ngayon hindi pa naman siya pinapadalhan ng text na huwag na siyang sumali sa ensayo nila. Kaya sana lang tigilan na niya ‘yung kalokohan niya kundi bebenga talaga siya,” the source said./PN
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