For Gin’s Star Caguioa, It’s Good News And Bad News

For Gin’s Star Caguioa, It’s Good News And Bad News
By WAYLON GALVEZ
May 15, 2012, 10:39pm


MANILA, Philippines - Barangay Ginebra guard Mark Caguioa, who won the award as best player of the just-ended PBA conference, has recently rejoined the team’s practice, although it remains uncertain if he will play in the season-ending Governors’ Cup that starts Sunday at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo City.

Ginebra mentor Siot Tanquingcen said yesterday that the 6-foot-1 guard was finally given the ‘green light’ by doctors to join the team’s training but was advised to do it gradually so as not to aggravate his injured right eye.

“We’ll see how he will respond,” Tanquingcen told the Bulletin in a phone interview. “According to Mark’s doctors, it should be gradual. Then after two weeks, he’ll be re-evaluated and will go from there if he can really play.”

“It’s always good news that guys are getting back healthy. There is
still possibility of a surgery, though we’re hoping for the best he
won’t have one. Even Mark doesn’t want to undergo operation. Now it’s a
trial period,” Tanquingcen added.

Caguioa, 32, has been sidelined since late March after sustaining a
fractured right eye socket when it was accidentally hit by the left
wrist of B-Meg’s James Yap during the team’s playoff game that decided
the No. 2 spot in the previous PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

Because of the injury, Caguioa was sidelined during Ginebra’s
best-of-five semifinal series with B-Meg, the eventual champion of the
second conference.

According to Tanquingcen, Caguioa still has migraine, one of the
effects from his fractured orbital socket, and that only indicates that
“Mark isn’t 100 percent healthy” and still needs time to recover before
he can play again.

“Let’s just see how he goes. He can actually do everything, but as
I’ve said just gradual. There are no limitations on what he does,”
Tanquingcen said.

Ginebra, which will continue to miss veteran center Eric Menk after
suffering a pulled hamstring in practice recently, will start its PBA
Governors’ Cup campaign on Wednesday (May 23) against Air21 at the
Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Meantime, former University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) guard
Cedric Bozeman continues to impress Tanquingcen in practice, but the
Ginebra coach said they will know how good the ex- Atlanta Hawk when the
tournament begins.

“We’ll really know during the course of the conference. Although, I
think he has a good attitude,” he said. “He’s also getting along well
with his teammates. We got him because he can fill our need at the two
guard positions since he’s a combo-guard.”

Source: Manila Bulletin

Wag madaliin baka lumala at tumagal pa ang paggaling, kay MENK naman, IMHO, siguro dapat mag reitre na sha

^Tama pre sayang ang Slot ni Menk eh sana maging trainer na lang siya

Kung ako tatanungin, wag na sha maglaro ngayong governors cup tutal may import naman tayo, mas kelangan naten sha sa All-PINOY CUP..

Good idea siguro kung sa All Pinoy na lang sya maglaro kung hindi talaga pwede eh wag sanang pilitin.Tutal meron ngang import plus the fact that Maliksi is due for his return at chance na nila para magpakitang gilas kasama na rin si Ababou.

caloy wrote:Good idea siguro kung sa All Pinoy na lang sya maglaro kung hindi talaga pwede eh wag sanang pilitin.Tutal meron ngang import plus the fact that Maliksi is due for his return at chance na nila para magpakitang gilas kasama na rin si Ababou.

Tama ka kabs, para mas mabigyan pa ng PT sila Ababou at Maliksi, at ang nagbabalik na si PRM