MANILA (UPDATED)— Barangay Ginebra San Miguel continues to make moves as they retool their roster.
The Tim Cone-coached squad engaged in a trade yet again with TerraFirma Dyip and sent their 2024 PBA Rookie Draft second-round selections Didat Hanapi and Paolo Hernandez, sources told ABS-CBN News.
In exchange for them is Dyip’s Season 50 second-round pick.
The 6-foot-2 Hanapi previously played for Adamson University in college, and he averaged 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in his last year with the Soaring Falcons in Season 86.
Meanwhile, Hernandez was one of Mapua University’s main weapons.
This is the second trade of the two squads in three days as Ginebra recently got Stephen Holt, Isaac Go, and eventual third-overall pick RJ Abarrientos for Christian Standhardinger, Stanley Pringle, and Nonoy.
After the deal, which is still pending approval by the league, Ginebra only has Abarrientos and third-round pick Paul Garcia as the remaining rookies on their roster.
The 6-foot-3 forward delivered 9.6 markers as well as 5.1 boards, 2.9 dimes, and 1.1 steals in the Cardinals’ Finals run in NCAA Season 99.
They are expected to join the Dyip’s 10th overall pick Mark Nonoy, second-round pick CJ Catapusan, and third-round draftee Peter Alfaro as the rookies of the team who recently unloaded some of their aces.