UNLESS he decides otherwise, Mark Caguioa will be back with Barangay Ginebra in the new PBA season.
The Kings have a standing one-year offer to the former league MVP for a 17th season with the franchise that selected him No. 3 overall in the 2001 PBA Rookie Draft.
If he signs, the 39-year-old guard will continue to receive the same salary he had under his previous contract with the Kings, SPIN.ph learned from multiple sources.
It's uncertain, however, if Caguioa is still receiving the league’s maximum salary.
The popular Ginebra player has yet to sign the contract as he won’t be back in the country from the U.S. until after the holidays. A person close to Caguioa however, doesn’t foresee any problems.
Caguioa averaged 3.6 points in 42 games played in the recently-concluded season in which he reached a career milestone by becoming the latest player to reach 10,000 points.
He has career averages of 13.9 points in a total of 717 games, all played with Ginebra where he won a total of seven championships, including last season’s Commissioner’s Cup.
A 12-time All-Star and three-time member of the Mythical First Team, the 2001 Rookie of the Year's biggest year came in 2012 when he was named league MVP.
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