PBA commmissioner Chito Salud forbid the trade of POWERADE's Marcio Lassiter to SMC's Petron which was reasoned out by the Commissioner that it will just destroy the equilibrium of the League. The current proposal includes Noynoy Baclao, the First Overall pick last 2010 Draft together with Rey Guevarra.
According to some reports, the proposal was modify which now includes Rabeh Al-Hussaini and Reyn Guevarra plus the 2012 first round draft pick for Marcio Lassiter, yet another possible bait might be Joseph Yeo and Rey Guevarra plus 2012 first round draft pick.
Lassiter, one of the vital clogged last Fiba ASIA for Smart Gilas Pilipinas was drafted 3rd Overall of the recent draft along with the consensus No. 1 Pick JV Casio. Lassiter was also part of the Powerade which rode a cinderalla finish last All Filipino Conference and averages 16.9 points , 6 rebounds, 3 assist, 1.4 steals and .4 blocks per ball game.
There were also some issue circulating in the PBA that once the trade is executed, POWERADE will be next to be handed to SMC as their new team in the PBA. The logic behind this trade was to execute the trade before the sell, which came from the rulling of "sister team cant directly trade its player unless with a neutral team to be with".
