{"id":218208,"date":"2019-06-10T20:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218208"},"modified":"2019-06-10T20:53:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T00:53:19","slug":"three-way-trade-sending-jericho-cruz-to-nlex-approved-by-pba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/10\/three-way-trade-sending-jericho-cruz-to-nlex-approved-by-pba\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-way trade sending Jericho Cruz to NLEX approved by PBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_218209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218209\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/54437314_2664600296889722_4859737241812992000_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-218209 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/54437314_2664600296889722_4859737241812992000_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"636\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cruz has not seen any PBA action for the past three months because he was placed under the restricted free agent list. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/photos\/a.2664599076889844\/2664600290223056\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbaofficial\/?__xts__[0]=68.ARBCjpD081cmjP7ewBYI2XaUVbSND4cM4gqsj86PX51e-CjIfkci8aummqs1Zk_TQrJtKDTmaJjA8YGezpQIuJRIsOBAfDRoAiXpReyO2JDCvmbZPqzNlp2bPiOD_PcLsOMvoORgTQbzAwZuIcdgynKfmPmcZ9XYUhunxYYiehI94vAx6gRqZjbGiJNdn-JyJjmzymPDmecJOJjRjSYPdEffnh-57UUdPxYEYsj2N33ENRJChzCTPLuW5EmkDbFeG7c2MkuNcCgelkkufid0anx4uDh4rQrjC5HecDHwOY5xWcGU5HhAmU3ut7_rKNGtm2ACVQAX6jD3NhYqHNfPdsMV_qtvks4RkCDgdhO7Oh68z16aHIMcT5cqPflGMNAnkEfbLSu87JjKjEwPZ5dA5h1K2g&amp;__tn__=k*F&amp;tn-str=k*F\">PBA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner\u2019s office has approved last Monday, June 10 the three-team deal that officially transfers shooting guard Jericho Cruz from the Talk N Text KaTropa to the NLEX Road Warriors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The transfer of Cruz back to his former coach Yeng Guiao began when NLEX traded Marion Magat for NorthPort Batang Pier\u2019s second-round pick in the 2020 rookie draft. NorthPort then gave Magat and their second-round 2021 and 2022 draft picks to the Talk N\u2019 Text KaTropa for both Cruz and Michael Miranda. For Cruz, NLEX had to sacrifice their 2019 and 2020 second-round draft picks to NorthPort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the trade, NLEX assistant coach Jojo Lastimosa said he \u201cexpects Cruz would be excited to play,\u201d explaining, \u201cHe brings a lot of veteran poise in him. He&#8217;s a dynamic player who can create his own shot and penetrate\u2014that&#8217;s what we need. His excitement is something I look forward to him showing on the court.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cruz, on the other hand, has not seen any PBA action for the past three months because he was placed under the restricted free agent list. After a rumoured disagreement with KaTropa team consultant Mark Dickel, the former Adamson Soaring Falcon was asked to stop attending practices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Miranda, who is also part of the deal, he is awaiting eligibility to play after the ongoing Commissioner\u2019s Cup as he was recently traded by the Road Warriors to Talk N Text when Poy Erram entered NLEX.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NLEX is hoping that their new addition will aid their current season run, which is at a 0-5 win-loss standing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner\u2019s office has approved last Monday, June 10 the three-team deal that officially transfers shooting &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218208"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218261,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218208\/revisions\/218261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}