BARANGAY Ginebra coach Tim Cone assured that LA Tenorio and Japeth Aguilar are going to join the team in time for the restart of the PBA Philippine Cup next Sunday.
Fans of the league’s most popular ballclub are at a loss on the absence of the two key players from the Clark bubble based on posts in most of the teams' fan pages.
But Cone on Sunday assured there’s nothing to worry about as he expects both Aguilar and Tenorio to come on board for the Kings this week.
“LA is scheduled for the 7th, while Japeth is tentatively for the 9th,” he said in a short text message.
Cone didn’t elaborate on the reason for the two's late entry, although SPIN.ph sources said family matters and health issue had something to do with Tenorio and Aguilar's failure to join the Kings when they entered the bubble last Tuesday.
Tenorio is still attending to his family after his wife gave birth to their first daughter just last week.
Aguilar meanwhile, is reportedly still undergoing rehab on an old injury, which the source however didn’t bother to mention.
Both Tenorio and Aguilar played key roles in the four championships the Kings won under Cone the past four years.
The 36-year-old Tenorio was back-to-back Finals MVP when Ginebra won the Governors Cup title in 2016 and 17, while Aguilar won the same award when the Kings regained the Governors Cup crown last January.
But missing the 33-year-old Aguilar could prove costly for the Kings, who will be without valuable big man Greg Slaughter this season after failing to reach a contract agreement with Barangay Ginebra.
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