San Miguel Beer shipped veteran Kelly Nabong, 31, to the NorthPort Batang Pier in exchange for Russel Escoto.
The Office of the Commissioner approved the one-on-one swap yesterday, Friday.
Nabong, who was acquired by the Beermen from GlobalPort in 2018, was suspended by the team indefinitely after figuring in a scuffle during a team practice late last year.
The 6’6” bruiser was averaging 4.1 points and 4.0 rebounds for SMB in the season-ending conference before getting involved in the melee that also included import Dez Wells and teammates Arwind Santos and Ronald Tubid.
This will be Nabong’s third stint with the GlobalPort franchise.
Escoto, meanwhile had a short stint with the Batang Pier, who acquired the 27-year-old center from Columbian just last August.
The former Far Eastern University standout averaged 3.7 points on a 47-percent shooting from deep, on top of 2.4 boards in his one-conference stint with NorthPort.