Castro is not getting any younger, that is correct and he is not as aggressive as he was before, he need someone who can help him.
If we noticed in his games, he has become more of a facilitator than a scorer and that is good at his age now, and with Erram, hopefully things will get better.

They are not anymore, Gregzilla left them, they don't have big center like the SMB so this might be a good chance for other teams to show up.

Well, to be honest, I like their chances this all Filipino Cup, they are the real definition of in tact team and with their good coaching staff and as long as the players are healthy, they should win the next conference,.. I'll bet on them if there's someone who likes to challenge.

Erram going to the TNT is not something big to hype on, TNT just want some help and IMO, the biggest hype should be Ray Parks playing with the TNT but since last season he hasn't showed his real game, we are expecting him to play his best out in this all Filipino cup, no import, it should be them who should find a way to win and get their goal this conference.

and hopefully they can give Harvey Carey  a championship on his final season in the PBA>

https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/tnt-katropa-harvey-carey-set-for-17th-and-final-season-in-pba-a2437-20200303?ref=feed_1_section

Actually, that's not the case.

The reason I say Ginebra is still intact because they still performed well with or without Slaughter. They already used to cover the hole when Slaughter got injured. And take note, they win a championship without Slaughter. Although imports play a big role in that, the locals' lineup is still complete. They also played in the finals in All-Filipino Cup without Slaughter on-board. Take note at that conference, they faced being eliminated 4 times but still reach the finals.

So in here, I consider Ginebra as one of the dominant team in the upcoming All-Filipino Conference even Slaughter isn't on their lineup now.

Upon checking there are only 12 teams in PBA so your right that it is not that hard to familiarize the behavior of every team but I am not so sure also whether it will give us a big chances of winning. The game can be thrown easily if the team would like to especially that I also heard some news that some of PBA teams are doing it because the players have bet to themselves either they win or loss.

But if somehow PBA will not behave like this way again then I love to try in betting in PBA games as I usually bet in NBA games but I so unlucky in terms of my betting choices. 

Great to see that people here are not only speaking of SMB's dominance in the Filipino Cup, now that JMF is out, it seems like the betting odds will be balance, other teams has a good chance now,.. but I am just curious, do you we have like a sort of PBA futures or who will win in this conference betting?
it was not presented yet in our favorite crypto sports book, so what about we will make it as a bet in our local?

If you will observe the Ginebra's roster within the past years, there are not that much changes. This is because their current roster right now is a strong roster already and they are a championship contender team with or without the Import. The addition of Slaughter helped the Ginebra a lot but as you said, with or without Slaughter they are a championship contender team.  If we see the Japeth Aguilar in the last conference where they win against Meralco, they have a high chance to win a championship again.

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TNT is over hyped right now because they got Erram in a 3 team trade. There are many strong teams right now in this Conference. NorthPort have CStan, Magnolia have Sangalang, SMB have Tautuaa and Ginebra have Aguilar. Yes they are a strong team but I will go with Ginebra or SMB with this conference as champion . SMB fan here .

Odds update before the first game of this conference.
San Miguel Beermen vs Magnolia Hotshots.
The odds is favor on the Magnolia Hotshots now, for me, June Mar Fajardo's injury really got big impact on the odds since this is all-filipino-cup, I'm really sad for June Mar Fajardo and for the team San Miguel Beermen (btw, nice entrance for the 6 times MVP, JMF)

Even the San Miguel Beermen can't play the 6 times (consecutive) MVP, they manage to win the game with the help of the Most Improved player MO Tautua.
I manage to win But this conference will be difficult for the SMB team as we saw JUNEMAR still in bad condition to play a game.
This might be a long process of healing but still hoping that the guy can play in the playoffs.
APAY is the best player in the court especially when it is an all-Filipino cup.

Do you know who won the 44th awarding in this league? if now and interested i made a post about that.
link: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5145323.msg53989818#msg53989818

I lose my bet on this game, I was thinking Magnolia would easily beat the SMB but I was wrong, they showed that they can still dominate inside and Moala Tautuaa was just so smart with the pick and roll plays, all of them did great especially the 3 point shooting, that kills the Magnolia as they don't shoot 3s pretty well and the SMB's defense is really good.