I think Burger King may be amenable to lending Japeth Aguilar to the SMART-Gilas team, especially when Yeng Guiao takes a leave of absence from his coaching job to concentrate on his gubernatorial candidacy come February 2010. We have to remember that Lito Alvarez and Bert Lina are staunch supporters of the national team program dating back to their MBA stint in 1999. They even went to the point of being part of the BAP hierarchy, with Bert Lina's younger brother Joey running the ship.
Also, Air 21 has competed in a couple of international tournaments which earned the ire of the PBA Board back in the mid 2000's. Apparently, prior to them joining any other tournament, they should have sought permission from the PBA Board first. But all these have been resolved already. What I do know is that Lina and Alvarez are more than willing supporters of the SBP and given the fact that they are business partners with MVP also at Burger King, securing Aguilar may not pose as a stumbling block.
I heard the PBA Board is open to the idea of lending a few players to Rajko Toroman as part of a compromise deal. The arrangement though will be dependent on how the players can be able to adjust to the program set forth by the SBP. If part of this would include international stints, regular practices, etc, then the players would have to conform to this.
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