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[baludoy]

Cabagnot mom pleads for prodigal guard

By June Navarro
Inquirer
Last updated 01:29am (Mla time) 09/18/2006

Published on page A37 of the September 18, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

STA. LUCIA REALTY is in a dilemma on whether to give Alex Cabagnot another chance or dump the delinquent point guard for good.

Cabagnot is repentant for his misdeeds after the sophomore playmaker from the University of Hawaii-Hilo abandoned the Realtors without a word two months ago.

Team sources said the Sta. Lucia management has already learned to move on without Cabagnot. The team is now contemplating on whether to take its prodigal guard back or penalize him harshly.

Aside from a P20,000 fine awaiting Cabagnot for playing two games in the Las Vegas Summer League without Sta. Lucia’s consent, team governor Buddy Encarnado had vowed to seek a lifetime ban from the league.

“Boss Buddy is still undecided on what to do with Cabagnot,” said a team insider who declined to be identified.

“He (Encarnado) understands that Cabagnot was influenced by his peers. But at the same time, he wants to make this player an example that you cannot just abandon your team and return if you feel like it.”

Encarnado and team manager Ariel Magno couldn’t be reached for comment but another source said Cabagnot’s mother, Jo Del Rosario, talked to Encarnado over the phone and pleaded that his son be given another chance.

Should the Realtors reinstate Cabagnot, the team will have a surplus of players.

According to the same source, team management will sit down with Cabagnot soon after his arrival from the United States.

“Boss Buddy will decide after their heart-to-heart talk,” said the source. “Never in his 24 years with basketball has he put a player down. But a lesson must be taught and it will be on his mind when he talks with Cabagnot.”

Cabagnot left for the US in a huff after the Realtors got booted out in the wild-card phase of the season-ending Philippine Cup.

It was actually the second time that Cabagnot had gone AWOL. After being picked second overall in the 2005 draft by the Realtors, Cabagnot left the country, purportedly to pursue his studies.

It turned out Cabagnot was at a loss on what kind of contract he would get from the Realtors.

As a result of his latest boo-boo, Cabagnot’s three-year contract with the Realtors is now bound to be restructured if player and team settle their differences.

Cabagnot is supposed to receive P225,000 a month in his second year and P337,500 in the last year of the pact after the Realtors gave him the maximum salary for a rookie last year.

man, how stupid can one get.

[BoEinG_747]

wala na isip isip iyan ...wag na pabalikin iyan ..hindi naman sia ganon kalakas na player buti sana kung mala "Sonny Alvarado" ang kalidad niya .
kahit fil sham .gagawan mo ng paraan .kasi dominante na player talaga
sia legal na nga sia ,kung ano pa kalokohan ginagawa niya..pag pinagbigyan pa nila uli iyan ..tatawanan lang sila niyan ..ang dali lokohin ng PBA .at gagawin nya uli iyon ..
mas maganda pa nga naging takbo ng Realtors ng naging starter nila sa point guard si Jimwell Torion

[edzzz]

gusto ko mapanuod kung ano magiging impact ni LA and Espinas

[shadow]

tama, ban cabagnot for life! he had all the opportunity na maglaro sa PBA, pero sinayan niya lahat, mas maraming local players na deserving sa spot niya, ano akala niya kung kailan niya gusto umalis at bumalik ok lang? he may have the talent pero mas gugustuhin ko na lang ang lesser talented player na maglaro basta yun commitment andoon...

[RedHorse]

kung ako si encarnado... pwede basta, renegotiated contract -- min wage pay ng pba sahod, at ibabalik next year if maka semis sila

[Syuryuken]

Pag pinabalik pa sa PBA si Cabantot ibig sabihin WALANG WORD OF HONOR ang management ng SLR.

Sila na nagsabi noon na ibaban na sa PBA si Cabantot.

[space invader]

wag nang pabalikin yan sa PBA.. wag tayo magpa-uto sa mga fil-shams na kung umasta kala mo superstar.. myado pa-importante at nag iinarte.. kala mo nman gnun kagaling maglaro ng basketball yang c cabagnot, ni hndi nga yan mkakasama sa RP team.. tpos proud pa sya na kesha nkapaglaro lng sa america, superstar na d2! hay.. sayang ang pera ng SLR.. mukang mas magaling pa yata c abarrientos sa kanya khit matanda na c johnny a...

[chua_riwap]

Pag pinabalik pa sa PBA si Cabantot ibig sabihin WALANG WORD OF HONOR ang management ng SLR.

Sila na nagsabi noon na ibaban na sa PBA si Cabantot.

Huwag nang pabalikin yan. Ogags ang Realtors pag pababalikin pa si Cabantot! Niloko na sila......lolokohin pa sila ulit nyan.

Taga niyo sa bato!

[BoEinG_747]

kung ako si encarnado... pwede basta, renegotiated contract -- min wage pay ng pba sahod, at ibabalik next year if maka semis sila

pwede pero hindi ibabalik ang dating sweldo kundi pababa pa taon taon ..lokohan na lang tutal sia una nanloko sa SLR management

Pag pinabalik pa sa PBA si Cabantot ibig sabihin WALANG WORD OF HONOR ang management ng SLR.

Sila na nagsabi noon na ibaban na sa PBA si Cabantot.

...TAMA...

[RedHorse]

Erring, ailing Cabagnot back into SLR fold
By Nelson Beltran
The Philippine Star 09/20/2006

Sta. Lucia Realty has given Alex Cabagnot one more chance to mend his ways, paving the way for the Fil-Am guard’s return less than two weeks before the start of the 2006-07 PBA season.

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200609201602.htm