RABEH Al-Hussaini is now free as a bird.
SPIN.ph learned NLEX is not keen on exercising its rights on the eccentric former UAAP MVP, making him an unrestricted free agent for the new PBA season.
The 31-year-old Al-Hussaini was the final piece in complicated, three-team trade built around Poy Erram that took a while before being approved by the league trade committee.
The Road Warriors gave up the 6-foot-8 Erram in exchange for Anthony Semerad, Blackwater’s 2020 first-round and 2021 second-round picks along with Al-Hussaini.
But Al-Hussaini’s contract with Blackwater is already expired and while there was a pending offer for a new deal, he has yet to sign on the dotted line as he is currently in Kuwait, where his father’s side of the family is based.
While in Kuwait, Al-Hussaini was traded by the Elite to the Road Warriors as part of the Erram package, transferring the playing rights of the center out of Ateneo to NLEX.
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But management is letting go of the 6-foot-7 Al-Hussaini, who briefly played for the franchise during the 2017-18 season.
As an unrestricted free agent, any teams especially those in need of a big man, can now directly sign Al-Hussaini, the former Rookie of the Year (2011) and three-time All-Star, who won a championship with San Miguel during the 2011 Governors Cup.
Source: Spin PH
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