THE Barangay Ginebra coaching staff headed straight to the hospital to check on the injury of sophomore guard Jeremiah Gray after the Gin Kings' win over the NLEX Road Warriors on Sunday night.
Stand-in coach Richard del Rosario is keeping his fingers crossed the knee injury suffered by Gray isn't too serious, although the initial prognosis point to a second ACL tear for the Ginebra guard.
Head coach Tim Cone, who took time out from his Gilas Pilipinas duty to watch Ginebra's PBA On Tour game against NLEX, rode with Gray in the ambulance as the Fil-Am guard was taken to the nearby Medical City.
Gray twisted his knee as he was going for the basket on a fastbreak while trying to elude a trailing Tony Semerad with 22 seconds left in the third period.
He was stretchered out of the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig, ironically, the same venue where he suffered an ACL injury while playing for TNT in the PBA 3x3 back in 2021.
Unfortunately, fans do their usual thing and searched for someone to blame. They are pointing to the coaching staff for deciding to play Jeremiah in the last game of the preseason.
The reality is, it doesn't matter. I mean, it is logical to play Jeremiah in the preseason because he is trying to improve his game and they are trying him into other roles. Not playing him there means not taking advantage of those logical things and actually the risk of an injury remains.
And we all saw the injury. It was something that can easily happen in a practice facility. Yes. It is very unfortunate but I do not think it will really help the psycho at this point if a blame game starts.
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