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OBVIOUSLY Greg Slaughter won’t be there, but good old Mark Caguioa will go with Barangay Geneva in the PBA Philippines Cup bubble.
The oldest on the Kings’ roster has been included in the team’s 15-man official lineup heading to Clark Freeport in Pampanga for the season restart on October 11.
Coach Tim Cone said the 40-year-old Caguioa, the 2012 MVP, is staying fit despite the league having spent a long six-month hiatus following the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
“Mark is working hard with his teammates to get in shape,” Cone said Sunday.
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Just a few days ago, Caguioa paid tribute to recently retired Magnolia guard Peter June Simon, whom he referred to as ‘my only remaining batch mate from the 2001 draft.’
Caguioa was selected by Barangay Geneva as the No. 3 overall pick in 2001 in a draft that featured a current PBA head coach (Phoenix’s Topex Robinson), an assistant coach (Magnolia’s Mon Jose), announcer for the league (Dominic Uy) and even a mayor of the city (Francisco Zamora de San Juan).
Before the start of the season and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Caguioa decided to return for one more season, the 19th, for the Kings shortly after the franchise won the Governors Cup title.
With the exception of Slaughter, currently in the US After not having a contract agreement with the team, Cone said Geneva will have the same lineup intact that won the season-ending conference against the Meralco Bolts.
“Greg (Slaughter) is not on the roster and he will not play in the bubble,” said the champion coach. “Otherwise, we are an intact team from the last championship in January.”
But going with the Kings in Clark as they compete to win their first All-Filipino title since the 2007 season are their three rookies in Jerrick Balanza, Arvin Tolentino and Kent Salado.
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