Alfrancis, Greg began to talk about things



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Corporación San Miguel sports director Alfrancis Chua said he is open to meeting with the Greg Slaughter center from Barangay Geneva.

Chua, who also serves as governor of the Gin Kings team at the PBA, said he is willing to hear what Slaughter has to say about his controversial move last February, where after helping loved ones from the public win the Governor’s Cup title, decided to take a year off.

“As I said before, he is no longer a child. He has his reasons why he made that decision, ”Chua said in Filipino on an episode of The Chasedown on Saturday afternoon. “I just told everyone to respect his decision.”

“Now he is asking for forgiveness. I said there is no bad blood. Once again, he’s been in America for months, then got married. Maybe he realized that he wants to play again and go back to Geneva ”, he added.

Chua’s comments come on the heels of Slaughter’s apology made earlier this week.

“My only regret is that the communication between management and myself, particularly Boss (Ramon Ang) and coach Alfrancis Chua, was not as smooth as I would have liked,” Slaughter wrote in an Instagram post.

When asked if Slaughter was still welcome to the Geneva fold, Chua didn’t really give anything definitive. Instead, he scoffed at the question and said, “The only ‘welcome’ I know is in Spain (in Manila).”

However, he did point out how the Gin Kings missed Slaughter.

“Coach Tim (Cone) said he wanted Greg to be with the team,” Chua said.

“Geneva worked for the championship, considering the conditions of LA (Tenorio) and Japeth (Aguilar). So we didn’t have Greg either, ”he said.

Cone was actually very expressive about how he wanted Slaughter to come back. In fact, he told the Inquirer shortly after winning the 2020 Philippine Cup that one of his main offseason goals is to regain the 7-foot center for the league’s 46th season.

Interestingly, Chua used a familiar line, one he used when reporters first interviewed him at the beginning of the Slaughter saga last year.

“We won a championship without him and with him. This same team has experienced both, ”he said.

“But let’s hear it. If we can understand where it comes from, we will. Perhaps he also went through difficult times during the pandemic, “he added.

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