Trade Window #2 of the 2025 Major League Pickleball season has been open for fewer than 48 hours, but teams are already making moves to modify their rosters.

MLP announced a trade via social media Wednesday morning between the Miami Pickleball Club and Texas Ranchers, two teams that compete at the Premier Level.

 

 

 

 

 

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Here are the details:

•                      Texas acquires Eric Oncins.
•                      Miami acquires Noe Khlif and cash considerations
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Here are the updated team rosters after the trade:

•             Texas: Christian Alshon, Eric Oncins, Michael Loyd, Etta Tuionetoa, Tina Pisnik, Helena Jansen
•             Miami: Jay Devilliers, Noe Khlif, Yuta Funemizu, Milan Rane, Mya Bui, Ava Ignatowich
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Trade Window #2 will be open until July 16 at 10pm ET.

Breaking things down

Let’s get into how these moves impact each team’s projected starting lineup.

Texas: Christian Alshon, Eric Oncins, Etta Tuionetoa, Tina Pisnik

This is a really, really intriguing move by the Ranchers. They got Khlif in the draft at No. 14 overall—which I think was a steal—and paid only 50,000 draft points for him.

Khlif has had a stellar start to the 2025 season, making deep runs in men’s doubles at every tournament he’s played so far. He made the quarterfinals in Palm Springs and Mesa, with a semifinal run in Tucson sandwiched between those two results.

More importantly, Khlif has seen success playing both sides. His runs in Palm Springs and Tucson came with him playing the left alongside Rafa Hewett, while he played the right with JW Johnson in Mesa.

Alshon also excels on both sides, but he’s had especially strong results playing the right with the likes of Quang Duong and—most recently—Andrei Daescu.

We would have most likely seen Khlif on the left and Alshon on the right, which would have made a solid Premier team for Texas.

Now, the Ranchers have Oncins. Oncins, along with Khlif, helped lead Miami to a Challenger level title in 2024, which secured the club's promotion to the Premier level.

The former Florida Gulf Coast University tennis standout mostly plays the left side and boasts impressive athleticism. He also executes ernes with ease, which is one of the reasons for his ‘Air Oncins’ moniker.

I would venture to say that the six-foot-two Oncins has more upside on the left than Khlif, thanks to his length. He and the (also) six-foot-two Alshon will make for a scary—and potentially league-winning—men’s doubles pairing.

For mixed doubles, Alshon and Tuionetoa will most likely stay as Texas’ No. 1 pairing. They are a top-3 tandem at the Premier level in my book and even took silver at PPA Worlds last November.

That will leave Oncins and Pisnik to play together, which will make for a strong No. 2 pairing.

Oncins is an upside pickup that could propel an already-stacked Ranchers roster to a title in 2025, even if it comes at the high cost of an excellent player in Khlif.

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Miami: Jay Devilliers, Noe Khlif, Milan Rane, Mya Bui

This move brings Khlif back to South Florida, where his MLP career began in 2024. As mentioned before, he helped Miami earn a Challenger level title after being picked up off of waivers.

He’ll be paired up with a pickleball veteran in Devilliers, who is known to be more of a left-side player. Having Devilliers on the left and Khlif will give us ‘Team France’ in Miami and should make for a competitive Premier level pairing.

In mixed doubles, I would expect Khlif to play with Rane because of how familiar they are with each other. Even though Rane mostly played with Oncins during Miami’s 2024 season, she and Khlif have competed in several PPA tournaments together and frequently push top-tier opponents to three games.

That would leave Devilliers to play with Mya Bui. Despite being somewhat of an unknown at this point, Bui seems to have the stamp approval from Anna Bright, who knows a thing or two about identifying unproven talents in pickleball.

Good pick

— Anna Bright (@annabright108) March 2, 2025

 

We’ll see if Khlif’s second stint in Miami is as successful as his first.