“He is not a hundred percent so why risk it, right?” says Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes as he rules out June Mar Fajardo. SEAGames32 Cambodia2023
MANILA, Philippines – The last remnant of Gilas Pilipinas’ shocking silver-medal finish in the Southeast Asian Games will no longer take part in the Philippines’ redemption bid.
National team head coach Chot Reyes said on Wednesday, April 26, that June Mar Fajardo has been ruled out for the upcoming SEA Games to be hosted by Cambodia in May as he continues his recovery from a knee injury.while playing for San Miguel in the East Asia Super League in March and missed the latter part of the PBA Governors’ Cup, where the Beermen suffered a semifinal exit.
“He is not a hundred percent so why risk it, right? We don’t want something bad to happen to him,” said Reyes in a mix of Filipino and English. Fajardo was one of the few bright spots when Gilas Pilipinas failed to bring home a 14th straight gold medal following a stunningHe and TNT guard Roger Pogoy were the only two holdovers from the Vietnam squad included in theThe two, however, were bitten by the injury bug in the lead-up to the regional showpiece, with Pogoy going down with aReyes said the team is preserving Fajardo for the FIBA World Cup, which the country will co-host with Indonesia and Japan in August.
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