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Rommel Adducul has landed with Purefoods Chunkee Giants after a two-day layover with Red Bull.

Adducul ended up with the Giants following the completion of a three-way trade deal among Red Bull, San Miguel Beer and Purefoods.

Purefoods got Adducul in exchange for Don Camaso after Red Bull earlier acquired him from San Miguel in a surprise deal for Enrico Villanueva.

The PBA Commissioner’s Office is expected to receive the trade paper any time which league observers deemed one-sided for the SMC group.

However, Red Bull officials maintained they just wanted the best for their players who no longer wanted to play for the Bulls.

Apparently, Villanueva had been asking to be traded as early as last season.

Red Bull cited insubordination in delisting Villanueva from the “Restricted Trade List,” paving the way for his transfer to San Miguel. Under the restricted list, Villanueva could be traded only to Danny Seigle at San Miguel.

Some quarters said there could be monetary consideration involved in the package despite San Miguel and Purefoods gaining marquee players while Red Bull settled for a third-string guard in Camaso.

But Red Bull officials said they are indeed interested on Camaso, who played for the team back in the PBL.

Purefoods is excited over the entry of Adducul.

Kerby Raymundo, for one, had said he’s had long wanted to have a dependable partner to ease the load at the paint.

“I’ve been playing 4 or 5 and defending against imports and I’ve wanted to have a reliable reliever,” Raymundo said.  – Nelson Beltran