Ginebra’s Joe Devance and Gilas cogs Troy Rosario and Roger Pogoy will be missing some of the 2018 PBA All-Star festivities this week.
Devance announced on his Twitter Tuesday night that he is skipping the Visayas leg of the mid-season festivities on Sunday due to a knee injury.
“These events are never promised and I’m honored I was a part of them throughout my 11 year career. The PBA and you guys have always showed me so much! I love you guys and I’ll try my best to make it up to you guys somehow,” the Ginebra big man said in another tweet.
Ronald Tubid replaced Devance in the Visayas roster, which will take on the Nash Racela-led Gilas Pilipinas at Unversity of San Agustin gym in Iloilo.
Meanwhile, Rosario and Pogoy will not be joining the Gilas squad in the Visayas and Mindanao legs to give them additional time to prepare for the upcoming Fiba 3×3 this June.
Rosario and Pogoy along with GlobalPort’s Stanley Pringle and San Miguel’s Christian Standhardinger will carry the Philippines in the World Cup, which the Philippines is hosting from June 8-12.
The PBA All-Star event kicks off Wednesday at Davao del Sur Coliseum.