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One-import format, guest team among changes for Commissioner’s Cup
The PBA Commissioner’s Cup will feature a one-import format with unlimited height.
There will also be a guest team in Hong Kong Eastern which is close to finalizing their entry for the said conference.
Each team will be allowed to field one import with unlimited height, including HKE as the 13th team of the tournament after they formalized their entry.
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"Imports natin for the Commissioner's Cup isa lang with unlimited height. Pinag-usapan din namin sa Hong Kong Eastern yun. And pumayag din sila doon," said PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial.
Marcial added the league and the Hong Kong-based ballclub already agreed in principle about the team's coming participation in the mid-season conference which comes off the wraps on November 27.
"Kontrata na lang. Pero in principle ok na kami nung team owner (chairman Frankie Yau). Kausap ko siya nung isang araw nasa Europe siya. Gagawa na lang ng kontrata," said Marcial.
The guest team can also change imports but could only field one at a time and import-change should be according to the PBA's regulation.
It means that the original import can be replaced, but had to be relegated in the injury/reserved list in order to be eligible to return if ever his team decides so.
But the replacement import could no longer return once he's been supplanted by the original reinforcement.
Hong Kong Eastern is also eyeing a two-year stint with the league but Marcial said they have to discuss it first after the season finished.
One more thing, the Hong Kong team will not have a home game this conference and they will play their entire schedule in the country.
