In what could be the first major shakeup in the PBA during the offseason, Barangay Ginebra has sent the veteran pair of Christian Standhardinger and Stanley Pringle to Terrafirma in exchange for Rookie of the Year frontrunner Stephen Holt and vastly improved big man Isaac Go.

The league announced the blockbuster trade on Saturday, July 13 – a day before the Season 49 PBA Rookie Draft where the two teams are also switching first round picks with the Kings now selecting third overall and the Dyip taking their turn at the 10th.

The move to acquire Holt should give Ginebra some stability in the backcourt while the pick swap would also put the Kings in position to take one of the top talents in this year’s pool with guys like Justine Baltazar, Sedrick Barefield and Kai Ballungay projected to land in the Top 3.

Go, on the other hand, should provide the size that Ginebra missed after letting go of Standhardinger while also adding another dimension to the Kings frontline with his three-point shooting.

All of those should bode well for the Kings who continue to deal with slew of injuries with Scottie Thompson still having no timetable for return and Jamie Malonzo expected to still miss the season-opening Governors’ Cup. 

Jeremiah Gray, on the other hand, is expected to be with the team midway through the eliminations.

For the part of Terrafirma, it has now completely broken up the core of the team that made a breakthrough run in last season’s Philippine Cup when they reached the quarterfinals and came one game shy of making it to the semis.

Standhardinger, Ginebra’s leading scorer last conference, should give the Dyip the size and heft on the frontcourt, providing much needed scoring punch along with Juami Tiongson especially following the departure of Holt, Go and Javi Gomez de Liano, who decided to get his overseas career another shot after signing with a KBL team.

Pringle, meanwhile, should still be able to put up good numbers for Terrafirma when healthy on top of the veteran smarts and leadership.