{"id":63788,"date":"2015-10-28T05:10:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63788"},"modified":"2015-10-28T05:10:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:10:16","slug":"greg-slaughter-focuses-on-pba-season-sets-aside-gilas-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/28\/greg-slaughter-focuses-on-pba-season-sets-aside-gilas-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Slaughter focuses on PBA season, sets aside Gilas inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Despite of being part of the Gilas Pilipinas pool for next year\u2019s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Ginebra\u2019s Greg Slaughter would rather focus on having a better play in 41st season of PBA.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 6\u201911\u201d Slaughter was asked on the possibility of tapping him to include in the 12-man team of coach Tab Baldwin for the berth to the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, he said, \u201cI\u2019m definitely keeping that in the back of my mind as the competition goes by.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The King\u2019s campaign is for the team\u2019s center which fell off and having the team\u2019s 86-78 loss against their rival Star in the opening game of SmartBro Philippine Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slaughter said he\u2019ll definitely use the ongoing season of the league to tune himself up for the qualifiers set July 4-10 next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanna use the PBA to always gets better and prepare myself for Gilas when the time comes,\u201d he said in an interview with Spin.ph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slaughter showed off his skills in the King\u2019s game against Hotshots, gained a score of 28 points on 12-of-18 shooting from the field, and grabbed 16 rebounds on top of four assists and a block of 39 minutes in a play.<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to his efforts in the endgame, the King\u2019s big man suffered cramps and got cured by a massage at the Ginebra\u2019s bench.<\/span><\/p>\n

Slaughter knows he\u2019ll keep himself better after his first game of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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