FILE–San Miguel Beer guard Kyt Jimenez during the 2023 PBA Commissioner’s Cup.–PBA IMAGES
MANILA, Philippines–Kyt Jimenez, San Miguel’s social media success story, will be missing a milestone in his budding career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The crafty rookie guard will be skipping the midseason festivities in Bacolod next week, where he’s supposed to compete in the newcomers’ exhibition, following a freak injury that left him with 19 stitches across his right forearm.
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“I would still want to join the trip but the doctors advised against traveling (by air),” Jimenez said on his way out of Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday night, shortly after the Beermen rolled past Rain or Shine, 109-97, for its first win in its defense of the Philippine Cup.
Jimenez fell inside his bathroom and cut himself after trying to blunt his slippage with his left hand, cutting his arm with shattered glass.
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His timeline for recovery is pegged around three months.
Jimenez, a social media sensation, was picked in the fifth round as the 76th overall selection in the last PBA Rookie Draft.
He was taken as the first pick by Team Stalwarts for the Rookie-Sophomore-Juniors game, only second overall behind TNT forward and former Gilas Pilipinas standout Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser.