Baguio ready to lead Air21 against PF

by Josef Ramos
Saturday, 27 December 2008 (1,691 Views, 23 Comments)

COMMISSIONER Sonny Barrios of the PBA officially approved the trade that transferred the high-flying Cyrus Baguio and Celino Cruz to the Air21 Express from the Red Bull Barakos early Saturday.

Barrios said through statement earlier: “Commissioner Sonny Barrios met with PBA Vice-Chairman Angelito Alvarez and Red Bull Governor Tony Chua at the PBA Office to clarify the trade involving Red Bull’s Celino Cruz and Cyrus Baguio in exchange for Air21’s 2011 and 2012 1st round draft picks.”

“After the assurances from both Alvarez and Chua that the both teams will positively address the Commissioner’s concerns and will continue to uphold the league’s rules and regulations, particularly those pertaining to the Team Salary Cap, the trade was approved accordingly.”

Meanwhile, the Air21 Express meet the Purefoods Giants Sunday night at 6:30pm in the first game of the wildcard stage after the game between Coca-Cola Tigers and San Miguel Beermen at 4:00pm.

“We are happy that Cyrus (Baguio) will suit up against Purefoods,” said Air21 mentor Bo Perasol. “We are very excited to see him play with us.”

Celino Cruz, on the other hand, will miss his first game with the Express due to family reason. He is expected to play for the Express if they would advance to the next stage of wildcard round.

The Express, who relies heavily on Arwind Santos, Gary David, Don Allado and Wynne Arboleda, finished the elimination round at 8-10.

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Comments(23)

TheDevilWearsPrada Saturday, 27 December 2008 at 8:37 pm

free live stream for air21 games

http://www.freewebs.com/air21express/pbalivegame.htm
young don Saturday, 27 December 2008 at 9:39 pm

…Ok!,,,Ok!,,,Ok!,,,Ok!…

i said im out but now im here from VERY DIS-APPOINTING DECISION of Air21 MANAGEMENT…

teka lang nakaka-gago na kayo ahh…saan ko ba nabasa yun???…
CRISIS daw ngayon kaya ang RED BULL ay namimigay ng mga player…
affected din daw ng crisis ang STA. LUCIA at AIR21…

for STA. LUCIA…i dont believe because 60 percent of OFW Remittance ay napupunta sa REAL STATE & i know that because im a realtor at isa sa binibenta ko Sta. Lucia projects…

for Air21…i dont believe also lalo na sa Remittance ngayong december at ang mga client ko ngayon puro OFW…

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sabi money matters ang dahilan kaya pinamigay si Ranidel sa TNT…
ang tanong ko naman…bakit from 12 players naging 14 na ngayon???…
…”tapos walang pera”…”nakakaloko kayo”…

To: TheChampIsHEre
bago ka dito ano?…”WELCOME PARE”…welcome sa site ng Air21 express…

To: idol_arwind
OK IM HERE but MAPAPA-BALIK ba naman kami ng BUONG-BUO???…
how about Mike of Kuwait, Jmarc80 & many more???…

OK nadyan na si SKYRUS BAGUIO & CELINO CRUZ…
parehas may Championship exprience at fit na fit si CYRUS sa team…

ang tanong…
1. EFFECTIVE NAMAN KAYA???…
2. CELINO CRUZ???…
-its better siguro kung si TOPEX ang pinag-sumikapan kunin ng maaga…
3. AABOT naman kaya yan sa FINALS katulad LAST CONFERENCE???…
4. baka MAG-HIHINTAY na naman ang TEAM ng IMPORT DAYS???…
5. KAYA ba TALAGA ng Air21 BIG MEN MAKI-PAG-SABAYAN without RANIDEL???…
- for the past 2 games…”i dont think so”…
6. SAPAT na ba si QUINAHAN at STA. MARIA to lead Air21 FRONTLINE???…
- always remember na sa simula ng conference center ang hinahanap ng team…

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i know na hindi lahat ng Air21 fans ay babalik ng ganon-ganon lang kung walang result na mas-maganda pa kaysa sa last conference…

WILDCARD na at ang unang kalaban PUREFOODS, remember HINDI pa KAYO NANANALO sa KANILA…

GOODLUCK Air21 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NAPANGITI nyo ako with CYRUS…
but im still NOT GIVING MY 100 percent SUPPORT without CONVINCING RESULT…

GOODLUCK again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
diehard-21 Saturday, 27 December 2008 at 10:14 pm

Just passing by for curiosity. I used to visit this website regularly before and I’m curious what the other fans are also saying about the Ranidel trade. As I have observed, almost every avid supporter of the Express is not in favor of the trade. Ranidel’s game is very important for the Express even if they got (kuno) Baguio in a trade. Ranidel’s game inside will be sorely missed by the Express. They have enough SF and SG in the team so even if they didn’t get Baguio, they will still be okay if they had Ranidel. But without Ranidel now, I don’t know who will they turn to now to fill in his shoes.
diehard-21 Saturday, 27 December 2008 at 10:17 pm

Basta for me until now, the trade of Ranidel sucks!! And the management don’t deserve our support!!
diehard-21 Saturday, 27 December 2008 at 10:19 pm

I-trade na lang ninyo ang buong team para yung bagong team na lang ang susuportahan ko!
dmcry123 Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 1:36 am

this is quite a good news…

let us give the whole situation the benefit of the doubt…

who knows we might end up in a good place…

i know ranidel is a great player and he is a big loss but lets give the new acquisitions a chance…
akp_francis Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 9:01 am

heyyy..
sa mga may ayaw sa air21 di umalis kayo
di kayo karapat dapat d2,,sa tingin niyo
want ng managementna humina ung team
magisip nga kayo,,,tsaka tama lang yung trade
para mas mapalakas ang team,,
oi diehard21 bat dika nalang lumipat sa tnt
c ranidel lang ata idol moh ehe.?
akp_francis Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 9:30 am

tambakan niyo ang pf….go air21
TheDevilWearsPrada Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 1:12 pm

coach yeng is free now i think it so nice if we get him what do you think guys?
neil Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 1:53 pm

well, good for the team… we have david and baguio now… kaso di ba kayo kinakabahan kasi baka si david na ang ma-trade? kaya lang naman ata nagbigay ang barakos dahil bali balita na magdidisbanned na raw sila next season… ewan ko lang…
nakakatawang nakakaawa ang express last game sa winning shot ni Ranidel… ayan tuloy…. actually… nabawasan talaga gana ko sa express after that trade… ngayon naman they got baguio who is a SG and another cruz(una si marvin) which is PG… so loaded na naman sa positions… PF and C ang hinahanap naming mga fans… pano na si Marvin or Egay and Cholo/Intal,, mukhang magbabalot balot na sila next conference ah… at wag naman sana na baka si Santos at David pa ang bitawan…

Kung mag BBurger King kayo next conf/season… maintain the core of the team namely:
David
Santos
Se
Baguio
Quinahan
Allado/Kramer
Canaleta
Arboleda/C. or M. Cruz

no offensement, pero Hindi kawalan si Intal, Cholo, Adonis or even Allado… kung gusto niyo, ipamigay niyo silang apat kapalit ni Ranidel ulit…

God bless mamaya!
Kazuki Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 3:14 pm

ok din kaya yung ranidel trade kc solid din nman c allado.. also it gives assure playing tyme for arwind and kg they have to step air21 did this trade 4 them if they step up di n pansin ang pag-alis ni ranidel c arwind kc panay tira sa lbas kung ginagaya nia si kevin garnett midrange at turn around fade-away edi superstar n sia.. bagiuo is nice addition to the team.. ang dami kc’ng BAKAW sa air21 ehh…
Kazuki Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 3:15 pm

buti pa sa TNT si cardona lng…
Kazuki Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 3:17 pm

kadiri nman ng fans d sa air21 pag-nanalo lng tsaka su2porta.. kya ang management wla din support ok lng.. next conference nman BURGER KINGS na kau ehh..
chit0 Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 6:59 pm

go air21 lakas nio na!!

baguio,santos,david tandem!!
robert galapia Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 9:36 pm

ganda ng offense pati depensa sana
tuloy tuloy,pakita nyo talent ng bagong air21 express!!!!!!!!!
goodluck!!!!!!!
young don Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 9:52 pm

To: akp_francis
ayos ka ah…kabago-bago mo dito, ganyan comment mo tapos si diehard-21 pa na isang regular member sa site ang pinalilipat mo at mukhang marami kang pinapatamaan…
walang gustong humina ang team, maliban lang siguro kay alvarez…

ang galing mo mag-request…NATAMBAKAN nga…
well…WELCOME sa SITE ng Air21 Express!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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To: TheDevilWearsPrada
NICE SUGGESTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sana nga gawin ng management, if we have a chance!!! instead of getting the BAD Jawo the CLEAN MENTOR & SUPER MOTIVATOR “YEN YAO” na lang…I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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To: Kazuki
Hoy! may rason kami para mag-withdraw ng support…
everything in this world ay may price or equivalent…
at ang PRICE ng SUPPORT ay RESULT…OK???…

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To: neil
may POINT ka pare…baka nga ma-trade sila…

C_ = Quinahan / Sta. Maria
PF = Se / Allado
SF = Santos / Canaleta
SG = David / Baguio / Intal / Villanuva
PG = Arboleda / Billiones / M. Cruz / C. Cruz

14 players…LOADED talaga tapos hindi naman lahat nagagamit…
akala ko sa pagkawala ni Ranidel ay mabibigyan ng mas-mahabang playing time si Intal & Villanueva kaso pano yan nadyan na si Baguio & Celino, baka nga ma-trade na sila next conference…

… ” OK LANG KUNG SI ARBOLEDA NA LAGING NAG-PAPATALO ANG I-TRADE NG TEAM ” …

well, malamang yun ang nasa isip ni Alvarez kaya nya kinuha si Celino Cruz lalo na’t interesado ang Ginebra kay Winnie…

kapag yun ang nangyari EVERYBODY is HAPPY !!!…

- dahil si Arboleda ay isang SOFT CORE ng TEAM…
- sya pa nga PARATI ang nag-papaTALO sa TEAM tuwing END of the CONFERENCE…
- i believe na HINDI nag-CHAMPION ang TEAM dahil walang SOLID PG…
- naka-pasok sya sa PBA dahil sa PALAKASAN SYSTEM, pamangkin sya ni Bert Lina…
- we dont need his LOYALTY…all we need is QUALITY RESULT…

napag-usapan na yan noon na i-TRADE sana si ARBOLEDA kaso ang TANONG noon SINO ANG PAPALIT ?…eh ngayon may KAPALIT na…So ibig-sabihin PWEDE na syang i-TRADE…

So,,,i-TRADE na yan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARBOLEDA GOODBYE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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EVERYBODY:
MALAKING KAWALAN si RANIDEL pero ITS PAST already…MOVE ON PARE !!!…MOVE ON…

kung gusto nyo rin ma-TRADE si ARBOLEDA gaya ko MAG-POST din KAYO…
BAKA SAKALING PAKINGAN TAYO NG MANAGEMENT…
lujille Sunday, 28 December 2008 at 10:27 pm

basta aq masaya aq n nand2 c baguio s team welcome papa cyrus s team hehe drim come true q to mkta cla mgksma ang 2 idol q baguio and santos waaah ang saya….s tngin q aq lng ang msya s hehe..gudluck kailngan mtlo ntn smb wish q lng hehe.. Go express santos,baguio,david,m.cruz,canaleta and arboleda ang pmb2 q s express bsta glngan nio….
Mike of Kuwait Monday, 29 December 2008 at 5:03 pm

@ Young Don ,

Happy New Year sa yo and to all of the Express Fans !

I do respect your comment ,but the info that you have provided about Arboleda are wrong . Here are the facts :

- Whynne Arboleda is married to the daughter of Mr. Bert Lina .

- Whynne Arboleda is SON in LAW of Mr. Bert Lina .

- I cannot accept that Whynne Arboleda is the one that creates the losing of Air 21 in every game .
Walang gustong matalo kahit saang laban at always remember , Whynne is the TEAM Captain of the TEAM and he is one of the foundation of the EXPRESS since the start .

Welcome natin si Mr Cyrus Baguio . Lets hope na nakamove on na ang lahat ng fans ng Express sa Departure ni Ranidel ,,,, Alam mo Young Don ! I always read the comments of each and everybody here , I am only keeping my silence and let everybody shares their IDEA and Feedbacks . Pero i need to correct you on the comments what you had above .

Peace Bro ! I just want to say that i am still an Express fan , I have said na mawawala ako its because of the TRADE of RANIDEL .. Di ako EXPERT sa Basketball pero malaking kawalan si RANIDEL DE OCAMPO sa TEAM .

Let us welcome also to Don Allado and Celino Cruz …

Keep it up Express ..Lasingin natin ang SMB sa January 04 .

You can do it guys ..The way you have showed last game with PF ..I think we can eliminate SMB …

Good Luck and God Bless to all of the players and sana walang mainjured .
diehard-21 Monday, 29 December 2008 at 10:10 pm

Advance Happy New Year sa mga forumers!! Napadaan uli ako dahil mahirap iwanan ang dati mo ng nakasanayan. Sa totoo lang, hindi ko pa rin maiwanan totally ang pagsuporta ko sa Express. Sila na kasi ang nagustuhan kong team mula ng mawala ang Tanduay kaya probably until may bagong team na papasok sa PBA na gaya ng Tanduay o Express, eh malamang hindi na muna siguro ako susuporta ng ibang team sa PBA. Kasi hindi ko talaga type ang ibang teams na nasa PBA ngayon. Although I admit until now my sympathy is still with the Express. Kasi nga I have learned to like them na before. Ang problema lang eh hindi ko nagugustuhan ang sistema ng management lalo na sistema nila na instead na magdagdag ng magagaling na players, eh nagbabawas pa sila. And sometimes instead na magdagdag sila ng player na kailangan nila eh yung may kaagaw pa ang kinukuha nila.

I am referring to the trade of Ranidel and the acquisition of Cyrus. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the entry of Cyrus Baguio as a matter of fact I welcome him as an addition to the team, pero between another SF and PF which was the position of Ranidel, I think Ranidel was more important to the team than getting another SF or SG. Well nangyari na ang pagkuha kay Baguio kaya wala na akong masasabi pa. Good acquisition naman siya kaya hindi na lang ako magsasalita. Kaya lang ang observation ko lang eh sana mas mabuti na lang sana kung iniwan na lang nila si Ranidel rather than get another SF. Nandiyan naman si David at Intal who plays the same position as Cyrus so I would still prefer sana Ranidel.

Para sa akin mas mabuti sana kung kumuha na lang sila ng isang Sentro para makumpleto ang team. I have not been silent with desire before na makuha nila si Samigue Eman ng San Miguel kung papayag ang SMB sa isang trade (not with Arwind, Gary or Ranidel before) pero I don’t know if they even entertained this idea before. Pero kung sakaling makuha nila si Eman, for sure babalik uli ako ng full support sa team. Kasi I really like home grown talents for the team. Sana nga si Japeth Aguilar ang makuha nila kung pwede.

Ang isa pang naiisip ko lately na mangyayari eh ang posibilidad na baka mag-trade na naman sila ng player with the acquisition of Baguio and Cruz. Sobra na kasi sila ng player lalo na sa PG, SG at SF position kaya malaki ang posibilidad na gagawin na naman nila ito. Sana hindi naman sina Arwind o David ang ibigay nila. Talagang b-b- na ang management kung gagawin pa nila ito. Mumurahin ko na talaga sila!

Anyway, kung magbabago naman ang pangalan ng team next conference to Burger King, I don’t know if susuporta pa rin ako o baka mag-leave of absence na lang muna ako. Kasi hindi ko talaga type ang second rate lang na team sa PBA lalo na kung gagawin ka lang stepping stone ng sister team mo. With the way I see it, baka gagawin lang palabigasan ng TnT ang Express/Burger King. At saka, ayoko talaga sa TnT kahit sabihing sister team pa sila ng Express/BK. As I have said, wala talaga akong gustong ibang team sa PBA.

Anyway, congratulations na lang sa panalo ng Express kagabi. Hindi ko napanood ang buong laro nila dahil akala ko tatambakan lang sila ng PF pero ng sumilip ako sa laro midway na yata ng last quarter eh nagulat ako sa score. Kaya congratulations na lang sa kanila lalo na kay coach Bo at mga players and sana you can keep up that energy till you reach your goal.

Sa mga nagalit sa akin sa mga comments ko before, pasensiya na lang sana kayo dahil sinabi ko lang ang mga nasa loob ko. I think we are in a democratic country kaya anybody can comment whatever we like and you can also say whatever you like. Okay lang yun. Hindi naman ako naapektuhan eh. Peace to all!!
young don Monday, 29 December 2008 at 10:27 pm

To: Mike of Kuwait

Happy New Year din sayo @ sa lahat ng Express Fans…
hay sa wakas…na break rin pagiging silent mo…Peace Yo!…

ang pagkaka-alam ko sa simula asawa nya ang may ari ng Air21, the source: kwentong lasing…

kung bakit ko pinost na pamangkin sya ni Bert Lina ay dahil dito ko lang rin nakuha sa site bago mag-simula ang season, kung hindi ako nag-kakamali si diehard-21 ata o si batangueNios_asassin ang nag-post non…

yes i post it na “sya lagi ang nag-papatalo ng laban”…but i want to make it clear na ang tinutumbok ko ay yung mga “END of the SEASON / CONFERENCE GAME”…

i always remember yung dieying moments ng team specially yung kay Torion…

FOR ME, BY THE WAY I SEE:
EXPRESS CANT CROWN AS A CHAMPION BUT I REALLY REALLY LOVE THIS TEAM…
sana nga mali calculation ko…

REASON ???…is because of PG position…

1. kulang tayo sa welled experience PG at yung leakage na yun lumabas na sa napaka-raming beses tuwing end of the season even last season nawawalan kasi sya ng FOCUS kapag desperado na…hindi ko sya masisisi kasi kung ako ang nasa kalagayan nya, mahihirapan din ako mag-adjust lalo na kapag nag-hahabol…

- well, sana mabago this time !!!!!!!…

2. yes his the foundation of team from the very start but it never lead to the promise land because of “lack of championship experience”…as far as i know kahit sa MBA wala syang championship experience kasi ang Laguna Lakers semis lang ng north ang narating si Biboy Simon pa noon ang Hardcore…

- sana nga this conference or even this season ay mabago !!!!!!!…

3. Captain ball ba kamo ???…
pag-balik mo dito sa pinas subukan mong manuod ng live tapos obserbahan mo ang leadership nya on & off the court & even on the bench, yun eh kung meron kang makikita…kasi ako wala…

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if i made a mistake in posting a comment here…

…”i admit wrong timing ang pag-kaka-post ko”…

dahil play-off season na at hindi pwedeng ipagka-tiwala sa bagong member na si Celino Cruz ang mga susunod na laro kahit na may championship experience pa sya because adjustment is a big factor…

ACTUALLY…
Sir Josef Ramos block & edit my comment about Winnie Arboleda sa next article ang natira na lang ay yun tungkol kay coach Yeng…
in fact Sir Josef did it to me twice this season…

well, i know why because his protecting Air21 team & that is a part of his job…
…and also im posting a controversy comment…

Hindi mo ba napansin yung “ONE FINAL COMMENT” ko…
naka-post yun sa Dec. 20 article “air21-falls-to-alaska-in-antipolo” pero inap-load yun Dec. 25 na tapos sinabayan nya ng 2 other article “ranidel-beats-former-team” at “baguio-lands-to-express”…

5 days nyang sinadyang hindi i-up-date yung news because i know Sir Josef making DELAYING TACTIC on my COMMENT na huwag umapekto sa ibang mga FANS ng Air21…

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OK!…”WELCOME ALLADO & CELINO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

HAPPY NEW YEAR ULI SA INYONG LAHAT AT LASINGIN NATIN ANG SMB SA JAN. 04, 2009…

TAKE OFF Air21 FLIGHT, FLIGHT, FLIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robert galapia Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 3:55 am

sana mamaintane nla ung ginawa nilang depensa sa PF lastgame sa opensa dami nla weapon..tapos
quick ball movement minsan nawawala minsan ba o madalas…tambakan nio SMB cyrus,santos,david,quinahan,kg
robert galapia Tuesday, 30 December 2008 at 3:59 am

sana mamaintain nla ung ginawa nilang depensa sa PF lastgame sa opensa dami nla weapon..tapos
quick ball movement minsan nawawala minsan ba o madalas…tambakan nio SMB cyrus,santos,david,quinahan,kg
akp_francis Thursday, 1 January 2009 at 12:10 pm

pag ganun ul8 dipensa against smb sureball na,,
basta tiwala lang,,oh kung kaya nio tambakan purefoods
di mas lalo ang smb?…goodluck,bat poh pala di naglalaro si homer se?