of its port company to Manuel V. Pangilinan's Group. The amount was reportedly the one to be used in the expansion program of the Burger King fast-food chain, which currently has a total of 63 outlets in the Philippines. This caused changes in the front office staff, with Lito Alvarez assuming the position of team manager. As a result, Gallent went to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants; Guiao and Baculi stayed as coaches. The Titans would also change their team nickname anew, using "Burger King Whoppers" as their new team name. Guiao's long time deputy Roehl Nadurata and Johnny Tam were then hired by the team. Baguio, Se, Cruz Traded to SMC Teams Cyrus Baguio, reportedly unhappy in Burger King, was dealt to the Barangay Ginebra Kings along with bruiser Homer Se for future picks while Celino Cruz was shipped to the Purefoods TJ Giants for forward Aaron Aban. Sharma and Alonzo Trade Burger King traded Richard Alonzo to Barako Bull for Carlo Sharma. Arwind Santos to San Miguel Beermen Burger King marquee player Arwind Santos was traded to San Miguel for Marc Pingris and Ken Bono, and San Miguel's 2010 first-round pick. Pingris was also an original member of the team being the third overall pick in the Draft. He played one season for the team before being shipped to Purefoods. He was then traded to San Miguel for Enrico Villanueva. Bono, a one-time UAAP Most Valuable Player, first played for Alaska before he was traded to SMB. During the 2008-2009 PBA Season, Santos played a total of 44 games, averaging 16.18 points (6th overall), 7.75 rebounds (9th), 1.11 blocks (4th) shot 70.8% from the freethrow line and 40.4% from the field in 31.73 minutes (12th) per game. Japeth traded to TNT, then released back to Gilas After playing a single game for the Whoppers, Aguilar was traded from the Burger King Whoppers as he was forwarded to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in exchange for four first round future picks (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) and undisclosed amount of money. The Tropang Texters in turn released him back to Smart Gilas. Wynne Arboleda incident Another incident, this time involving its team captain and son-in-law of its team owner, put the Whoppers into the sports headlines once more. On October 16, 2009, during their game against Aguilar and Smart Gilas at the Araneta Coliseum, specifically halfway in the second