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As one of the longest-serving coaches in the PBA, Tim Cone couldn’t help but feel nostalgic when the one-on-one exchange between greats Greg Slaughter and Christian Standhardinger was finally consummated by Barangay Geneva and NorthPort.
Cone, 63, admitted that the trade took him back to the 1980s, when several MVPs, Ramón Fernández and Abet Guidaben, were still the elite greats who engaged in a direct trade with each other not once, but twice.
Can’t blame Cone for going back in time on a Friday.
Like Fernández and Guidaben when they were first traded in 1985, both Standhardinger and Slaughter are in the prime of their playing careers.
Slaughter, the first overall pick in the 2013 draft, was Rookie of the Year, was named Best Conference Player in the 2017 Governors Cup, made the Mythical Team pick twice and won four championships with the Kings.
Standhardinger, the first overall pick in the draft in 2017, was awarded the Best Conference Player award at the 2019 Governors Cup, was part of the Mythical Team once, and was part of two championships while still with San Miguel.
“The exchange reminds me of the old days when Mon Fernández and Abet Guidaben exchanged for each other. Both great top-tier men with different abilities, ”Cone said of the Slaughter-Standhardinger deal.
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Without a doubt, the most successful trade so far this offseason will be one of the most memorable deals in league history involving two great men.
But aside from that, and Fernandez’s two exchanges for Guidaben (the two were exchanged again at the end of their careers in 1988), there were other one-to-one PBA exchanges in the past that also concerned the brand’s slot machines.
SPIN.ph remember some of these trades:
Marlou AQUINO-JUN LIMPOT (2000)
The lanky 6-foot-9 Aquino was a budding franchise player when Geneva placed him No. 1 in the 1996 draft. And it was no surprise that the move paid off just a year after the bill was planted. seed, as the franchise won the Commissioner’s Cup championship during the 1997 season.
But the partnership ended in 2000 when Geneva decided to take a new direction following the departure of leader Robert Jaworski two seasons earlier. One by one, the nucleus of that Geneva unit was dismantled and Aquino was no exception. The national team player was loaned several times by the team to Sta. Lucia, his former fan baseball club, for another Rookie of the Year and No. 1 teammate (1993) Limpot in a direct trade.
JERRY CODINERA-ANDY SEIGLE (1999)
In one of the most shocking deals in PBA history before the turn of the century, Purefoods parted ways with Codinera, one of the two remaining original members of the franchise when it entered the league in 1988, by young great Andy Seigle of Mobiline. The 6-foot-5 Codinera, one of the greatest defensive players of all time, had become synonymous with the Hotdogs and vice versa, sending shockwaves throughout the league when the team released him to get slam services. . -Sounding down Mobiline Fil-Am, who was Rookie of the Year in 1997. Codinera’s departure also marked the end of one of the deadliest frontcourt partnerships in league history.
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ASI TAULAVA-ALI PEEK (2007).
For a long time, the 6-foot-9-inch Taulava was the face of the TnT franchise, standing behind him through good times and bad. Hired directly by the Texters in 1999, the Fil-Tongan was undoubtedly a great success for the telecommunications club, which was an important part of their first championship in 2003, during which they were also named MVP. But the long association came to an end when the Texters said their goodbyes to Taulava in a trade that took everyone by surprise, sending him to Coca-Cola for the muscular 6-foot-4 Peek midway through the 2006 Philippine Cup. 07.
STANDARD-MO TAUTUAA (2019)
Standhardinger himself was part of a similar one-for-one exchange not long ago after San Miguel struck a deal with NorthPort in exchange for Tautuaa’s services in the latter part of 2019. Second straight championship with San Miguel when consummated the trade involving two former No. 1 overall picks.
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