PBA: Frustrated Caguioa rips ‘heartless’ Ginebra after early exit

(Updated 7:32am) A frustrated Mark Caguioa ripped into his Barangay Ginebra teammates, just hours after they were booted out by the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters from the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup quarterfinals.


 
Caguioa woke up early and took to Twitter to vent his frustrations, saying that all of the other teams in the league wanted to get matched up against Ginebra because the squad was full of lazy and soft players.

He also complained that this generation of players seemed unaware of the team's famed legacy or if they did, they weren't being played by the team's coaches.

"The Spark" ended his rant by saying that even if famed NBA coach Phil Jackson was in charge of Ginebra, they still wouldn't have entered the semifinals because the team lacked heart.

 

The tweets were in stark contrast to the single message of another Ginebra guard, LA Tenorio. The team's starting point guard simply tweeted out "Less talk, less mistakes...#positivevibesonly" early in the morning.

[Related: Talk 'N Text easily dispatches Ginebra, waltzes into semis]

Ginebra had entered the quarterfinals as the eighth seed after losing four of their last five games. Matched up against the league-leading undefeated Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, Ginebra managed to stay within eight points, 42-34 at the break, before TNT opened the third with an 8-0 run, blowing the game wide open.

The final score of 97-84 does not indicate how one-sided things were in the fourth quarter, as Talk 'N Text was in complete control all the way in the second half.

Caguioa led his team with 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting, along with four rebounds, an assist and a block.

Ginebra has not won a title since the 2008 Fiesta Conference. - AMD, GMA News