Already loaded with stars in all positions, San Miguel Beer will welcome back veterans forwards Fil-Am Danny Seigle and Lordy Tugade in the coming PBA Philippine Cup set Oct. 11 at the Araneta Coliseum.
SMB head coach Siot Tanquingcen said yesterday that Seigle and Tugade, who were both sidelined last conference due to injuries, were impressive during the team's recent practice.
"But we don't want to rush them," Tanquingcen said. "Both of them are doing okay."
Tugade, the 6-foot-3 native of Alaminos, Pangasinan, missed the latter part of last season's Philippine Cup and the entire Fiesta Cup with a left knee injury.
Seigle and Tugade, according Hector Calma, the one-time San Miguel playmaker who is now the team manager, are under the watchful eyes of conditioning coach Chester Tiongson.
"Maski hindi pa nag-start nun ang training ng team, they already started with their conditioning," Calma said. "Sa ngayon OK naman silang dalawa, nakaka-sabay na sa ensayo. Siguro both of them nasa 80 percent na ang condition sila."
In a recent survey, nine coaches have tagged San Miguel Beer and defending champion Talk 'N Text as the 'teams to beat' in the Philippine Cup.
Calma said that they are hoping to carry the momentum of their successful title campaign in the Fiesta Cup as they try to win their first All-Filipino championship in eight years or since winning it in 2001 under coach Jong Uichico, who is now with the Ginebra Kings. Waylon Galvez - Manila Bulletin
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