This one caught us by surprise since there was no indication that she was moving.
Hopefully this move benefits both parties where Leila develops her offense further while PLDT gains a backup for KKD on the Opposite side.
On hindsight how would you describe Leila’s career at Capital1?
For how long will Sachi aka Jaja play for Creamline? Wasn’t she going to LOVB?
Congratulations to the Tower Highrisers!
Is Erika Deloria the biggest steal in the 2025 draft? Girl has the potential to become a superstar in the PVL. Chery’s demise has been good for her career so far.
Good showing from the new generation of Creamline players. Hopefully they stay together and develop that Creamline chemistry.
Particularly impressed this game with Paralejas, Lalongisip, Jamili, and Bernardo. Celis, Toring, Gamit, and Pangilinan get extended minutes as middles for this game. They need to develop their net defense more as they were outblocked by NXLED.
VP Sara is defended by Fortun Narvasa & Salazar. I was surprised that their grizzled veterans such as Atty. Sigfrid Fortun has not appeared yet. I am sure that the young defense lawyers are competent, I just wonder where the senior partners are in this case?
I saw this on Facebook (credit to Alicia Firmeza). Is Sachi Minowa really joining Creamline or Choco Mucho?
I guess she was drafted by the wrong team.
Today while I was wiping down my five-month old iPhone 17 Pro I noticed that it has a deep dent and scratch. I have been using XUNDD clear case. I could not even remember if the phone fell recently. Very disappointing that Apple used a brittle aluminium body. Meanwhile, my old iphones (11 and 14Pro) are still basically spotless.
I also noticed that there is now a gap between the screen and the aluminum body. Does this mean that the water resistance is now compromised?
It has become a strategy of some teams not to draft players but hope for free agency after the draft where they will not have to pay the rookie minimum salary. We saw this last year with Cignal tapping NU libero Pearl Denura after the draft. Another player who was picked as free agent after the draft was Ayesha Juegos (AdU, now CMFT). Maybe some teams are also feeling the pinch of having top heavy salaries.
Do you think that is it time for PVL to implement a salary cap for teams to level the playing field or should teams be left to decide if they want to go all-in in getting quality players at premium prices?
It has almost been a year and after four conferences, On Tour 2025, Invitational 2025, Reinforced 2025, AFC 2026, we can now get a barometer of the performance of the second PVL draft class. Again, I have skipped rookies who rarely played as we definitely cannot reliably gauge their performance yet.
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NOTE: This is already the third version of this post. The first, long version was scrapped by Reddit for some unknown reason when I tried to edit it with my mobile phone. This is the second time that entire bodies of my post magically disappeared. Lesson learned. For long posts I will write it on another format first before copy-pasting it on reddit. Now I will have to rewrite again what took me hours at first. I will try to post a concise version instead.
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Honorable mentions:
I feel that the 2025 draft really had no busts as the other first round picks aside from Bella, Jean, AC, LDG, and Jules, really had no significant playing time. However, I must say that with her US NCAA and international experince, CMFT must really test Tia Andaya's mettle. She had one significant game during the AFC where she contributed quality minutes not as a setter but as an Opposite Spiker instead. With her height and jump, she might have a potential as an attacking setter ala Julia Coronel, Ivy Perez, or Jasmine Nabor. She is being wasted riding the bench.
ADDENDUM: I did not consider Alohi Robins-Hardy since, while she is technically and by PVL definition a rookie, she has already competed in semi-pro and professional leagues here and abroad.
How about you? Who are your Top 3 from last year’s draft in terms of performance or impact to their team? Who are your honorable mentions? Do you have what you consider as draft busts who were drafted high but underperformed?
This has not been a good week for the current leadership of PNVF.
Cap1 Solar Spikers have acquired the talents of Vanie Gandler and Erika Santos. This will make Capital1 a contender in the coming seasons. Do you think so too?