WWJD: What Would Junmar Do?

It was in the 90s that the acronym WWJD became a hit. I'm referring to the famous Evangelical Christian slogan: "What Would Jesus Do?".

And why on earth am I sounding too preachy when all stuffs here are supposed to be about sports (well, in some cases I could talk about laundry soap, the best diaper-pants and anything domestic-related). 

Well, siya din naman kasi nag-umpisa eh. Akalain mong dinamay pa si God sa kanyang pagpapalusot pagdadahilan.

Now back to the ball game. 

For now, I would like to borrow the famous acronym, and with no intentions to disrespect whatsoever, I have supplanted and tweaked it a little. 

Now, What Would Junmar, really Do?

Eh sa injured siya eh. 

Why can't he simply convince Gilas fans? How bad was his plantar fasciitis? Or how terrible a salesman he is that he can't sell the cheapest item to millions of crazy Pinoy hoops fans? 

Sirang-sira ang imahe ni Junmar sa social media. Kung babasahin mo bawat reaction sa bawat press release o kwento na naisusulat o Facebook post patungkol sa kanya—pambihira!—malamang sa hindi nasa 99.9% ang pag-bash o di kaya'y pagka-dismaya sa kanya. Halos mapantayan na niya ang mga bilang ng germs na kayang puksain ng isang patak ng isoprophyl alcohol. 

Here's just a few of the ever-growing adverse social media reactions (c/o @GilasFans on Twitter)

If I were Junmar, I wouldn't dare open these social media sites. Never in my wildest dreams. I would shy away from reading sports news websites. Or maybe because he did. It was reported couple of weeks back that he's supposedly out of shape. But in the next press releases, we somehow saw a bit leaner JMF. Not Blatche—I mean, fat! 

Malamang napupuyat. Hindi nakatulog ng maayos kakabasa ng mga mensahe ng mga fans sa FB, twitter, instagram, atbp.. Mas mabuti na nga lang bumili siya ng tabloid o broadsheet uli. Atleast pag binasa niya yung article sa dyaryo na tungkol sa kanya o sa San Miguel, eh walang Disqus o kaya'y Facebook o Twitter commenting feature sa ilalim ng bawat kwento. Mas mabuti ngang nagtago na muna siya sa lungga at lumabas nung medyo tantyado na niyang malabo na siyang maisasali sa Final 12. 

What Would Junmar Do? 

It's done. Ano pa ba. 

Sabi niya next time nalang daw uli siya sasali sa Gilas (Read: Pag totoong pinayagan na talaga siyang sumali nung mga powers-that-be).

... follow @labapilipinas on twitter for some sports laundering!