{"id":331000,"date":"2026-05-08T01:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331000"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:37:35","slug":"june-mar-fajardo-sees-vibrant-future-in-big-man-geo-chiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/june-mar-fajardo-sees-vibrant-future-in-big-man-geo-chiu\/","title":{"rendered":"June Mar Fajardo sees &#8216;vibrant future&#8217; in big man Geo Chiu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"FOR_target_content\">\n<div id=\"attachment_675334\" style=\"width: 2510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-675334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Miguel Beermen\u2019s June Mar Fajardo shoots a basket as Terrafirma Dyip\u2019s Geo Chiu looks on during a game within the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup. \u2013PBA IMAGES<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines\u2013June Mar Fajardo saw firsthand why many consider Geo Chiu has a vibrant future within the PBA.<\/p>\n<p>Facing one another within the PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup on Wednesday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the reigning MVP got here away impressed with the 2025 top overall pick despite San Miguel Beermen\u2019s 126-110 win over Terrafirma Dyip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"billboard_article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat child has such a vibrant future,\u201d Fajardo said in Filipino. \u201cHe just has to remain healthy because that\u2019s the issue for us big men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs to be healthy because he plays well. He just needs more touches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fajardo, nonetheless, also showed Chiu what it takes to dominate in the professionals, ending with 30 points and 16 rebounds to steer the Beermen.<\/p>\n<p>The Ateneo product, though, was no pushover as he tallied a double-double of 12 points and 16 rebounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ztoop\">\n<i id=\"art_cont\" style=\"color:#85A7BF;\">Article continues after this commercial<\/i>\t\t  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Within the battle of huge men, Fajardo helped hand the Dyip a season-ending loss as Terrafirma dropped to 4-7.<\/p>\n<p>San Miguel, meanwhile, improved to 6-5 to affix the four-way tie for fifth place.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Miguel Beermen\u2019s June Mar Fajardo shoots a basket as Terrafirma Dyip\u2019s Geo Chiu looks on during a game within the 2026 PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup. \u2013PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines\u2013June Mar Fajardo saw firsthand why many consider Geo Chiu has a vibrant future within the PBA. Facing one another within the PBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup on Wednesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[1369,929,51459,2912,994,9535,1082,1054,2911,3731],"class_list":["post-331000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-big","tag-bright","tag-chiu","tag-fajardo","tag-future","tag-geo","tag-june","tag-man","tag-mar","tag-sees"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331003,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331000\/revisions\/331003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}