Paul Desiderio

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Embattled Blackwater guard Paul Desiderio retires from the PBA (Rappler)

Controversial PBA guard Paul Desiderio is hanging up his sneakers after being dropped from a 3-team trade involving Blackwater, NLEX, and TNT.

Desiderio denied the allegations and said he was willing to cooperate with all investigations. UP peaked under his captainship with its first UAAP finals appearance in 32 years back in 2018 before ultimately falling to eventual Season 80 champion Ateneo. This development comes on the heels of the league’s approval of a

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Paul Desiderio decides to retire from PBA after aborted trade (Sports Interactive Network Philippines)

SPIN.ph learned that Desiderio on Monday told Blackwater management of his decision to walk away from basketball after his name was taken off a three-team trade ...

[ second round picks (2022 and 2025)](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rosario-now-a-bossing-oftana-goes-to-tnt-as-pba-approves-trade-a793-20220919) in his place. But the PBA trade committee revised the trade proposal since Desiderio is still rehabilitating from the ACL injury he suffered prior to the start of Season 47 and instead, threw in two [taken out of the three-team trade among TNT, Blackwater, and NLEX](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rosario-now-a-bossing-oftana-goes-to-tnt-as-pba-approves-trade-a793-20220919) that would have brought the former UP Maroons star to the Road Warriors camp. [Rosario now a Bossing, Oftana goes to TNT as PBA approves trade](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rosario-now-a-bossing-oftana-goes-to-tnt-as-pba-approves-trade-a793-20220919) [Desiderio ](https://www.spin.ph/tag/paul-desiderio)on Monday told Blackwater management of his decision to walk away from basketball after his name was taken off a three-team trade also involving NLEX and TNT. [Paul Desiderio](https://www.spin.ph/tag/paul-desiderio) decided to retire from playing in the PBA.

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Paul Desiderio has retired from PBA (ABS-CBN News)

Paul Desiderio, who is under investigation from allegations of abuse by his former partner, has retired from the PBA.

Marcial told ABS-CBN News that he has been in communication with Desiderio, although he did not disclose the details of their discussion. In July, former UAAP courtside reporter Agatha Uvero alleged that she has been abused, emotionally and physically, by Desiderio. Instead, Blackwater will send two second-round picks along with Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser to NLEX in exchange for Calvin Oftana and Raul Soyud.

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