Slaughter completes Gilas Pilipinas SEA Games lineup

Delfin Dioquino
Slaughter completes Gilas Pilipinas SEA Games lineup
Greg Slaughter will form a towering frontcourt with June Mar Fajardo as the Philippines shoots for a 13th straight gold medal in the 2019 SEA Games

MANILA, Philippines – Greg Slaughter will be Gilas Pilipinas’ last addition to its 12-man lineup for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

The seven-foot Slaughter will replace Roger Pogoy, who was ruled out of the regional meet after sustaining a bulging disc on his back, as he forms a towering frontcourt with the 6-foot-10 June Mar Fajardo.  

Gilas Pilipinas team manager Gabby Cui confirmed the development. 

With his Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone calling the shots for the national team, Slaughter was initially considered a lineup shoo-in before he suffered a dislocated thumb early in November.

But he was able return to the hardcourt a week before the SEA Games, making him the top candidate to replace Pogoy. 

Gilas Pilipinas will open its bid for a 13th straight gold medal against Singapore on Wednesday, December 4, at the Mall of Asia Arena. – Rappler.com

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Delfin Dioquino

Delfin Dioquino dreamt of being a PBA player, but he did not have the skills to make it. So he pursued the next best thing to being an athlete – to write about them. He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017.