The leagues top local scorer is in the sideline for few months now due to a knee injury and fans are waiting for his return. Many speculations came out that in Game 3 he will be back to play to help his team be part of the 2013 Commissioners Cup Finals. In the last All Star Game, Mark Caguioa was expected to be there but people thinks he will not play due to his injury. But no one can stop the "Heart of the PBA" not to play. Obviously, he played for the fans but it is a risky gamble for him to play in a non bearing game.
Playing just limited minutes in the said All Star Game against Smart Gilas you can observe that Caguioa can move, jump, run a bit and shoot the ball. He can even battle for rebounds but as he said he is some kind of afraid to force it. Definitely, you can see on the game that he is really not forcing it but what is the real reason why? Knowing him for few years now, every time he play he make sure that he will give it all on the game. But that is not what we saw last Sunday.
He barely jump when he took a shot, when he runs it seems that he is carrying his feet so gentle on the floor. He said that he is not feeling any pain, but let us face it in a non bearing game we are used to see Mark Caguioa showing his dribbling skills and crossover moves against his opponent.
If we will consider everything, GAME 3 might be his come back, he might play tonight but are we going to see him play the same game as he is doing this conference. Taking note of his doctor he is fit to play tonight .Physically he is but not emotionally. Caguioa is afraid to make mistake of forcing his knee and being sidelined again. Being in his position is really not that easy, this is another opportunity for them and I believe he is just doubtful if this is really the right timing for his come back. Even the coaching staff of Barangay Ginebra I think can see that he is not emotionally ready because if so they will not let all the decision to Caguioa if he wants to play or not.
What ever happens tonight, if he will play or not, we just need to hope that he will be the same Mark Caguioa we have known before, Fearless!
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