J. Yap-Simon tandem - too much for their own good?

B-MEG's deadly duo - Peter June Simon and james Yap

Last conference, we saw the emergence of one of PBA's deadliest 1-2 punch in James Yap and Peter June Simon. Rookie coach Jorge Gallent was thinking of a strategy that would get them out of an early 0-2 record last conference. Then, he thought of putting the struggling Simon, by then, together on the floor with James Yap. And like a bread and butter, the two scoring machines blended perfectly,

The tandem led a severely-depleted B-MEG to a respectable 4th place finish last Philippine Cup.

This conference, once again, B-MEG started the Commissioner's Cup with a 0-2 record. This time, having the J. Yap-Simon tandem as their main offensive ploy.

Has the combo cooled off already? Or its just that other teams figured out how to disrupt these two?

B-MEG's offense, with this duo carrying a lot of the team's scoring load, has taken a toll on the ball rotation of the team. Low assist outputs of the team is hurting the team's offensive capabilities. Too much isolation plays for these two has led to too much turnovers due to predictability of the team's offense.

And more importantly, James' production and effectiveness on the court has been reduced due to Simon's talent. He's almost, if not the same, as skilled as James Yap that these two players have to give the ball up to the one who is hot. And right now, Simon is scoring slightly better than James.

That's why, coach JG thought of reversing his game plan back to normal. Putting the "Super Sub" back to his throne, and starting James Yap in their game earlier against Air21. And it seemed like the ploy went perfectly, as they drubbed the Express to the tune of 119-90. James Yap scored 22 points while PJ Simon contributed 19 in a well-balanced game that the Llamados showed.

Even with this scintillating performance, don't expect that we saw the last from this deadly duo already.