Fajardo takes home 4th All-Filipino Best Player award | Inquirer Sports

Fajardo takes home 4th All-Filipino Best Player award

/ 07:10 PM March 03, 2017

June Mar Fajardo accepts BPC award along with teammates. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net

June Mar Fajardo accepts BPC award along with teammates. Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net

June Mar Fajardo continues to etch his legend among the league’s greats.

The ever-humble Cebuano giant rewrote the history books anew, winning his fifth Best Player of the Conference award on Friday.

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The honor allowed Fajardo to tie the record set by Beermen great Danny Ildefonso, who also won five BPC awards in his 17-year career.

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The 6-foot-10 big ma can’t help but be overwhelmed with the distinction he now shares with his mentor.

“Of course, I feel proud because I don’t expect that I can match him. I just feel really happy,” said Fajardo in Filipino.

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Averaging 19.4 points, 15.2 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 1.5 assists, Fajardo has once again stamped his class among the locals, winning his fourth BPC plum in an all-Filipino conference.

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And after helping San Miguel reach the 2017 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, it’s all but a lock that the three-time PBA Most Valuable Player adds another hardware to his already loaded trophy collection.

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Fajardo netted 1217 votes to nab the crown, besting fellow candidates GlobalPort’s Terrence Romeo, Alaska’s Calvin Abueva, and teammates Alex Cabagnot and Arwind Santos.

However, Fajardo’s goal remains the same: to help give San Miguel its third straight Philippine Cup and claim the Perpetual trophy.

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“I’m thankful, but it’s better if all of us are happy so I really want to be a champion again.”

Romeo was at distant second in the BPC race with 711 votes, followed by Cabagnot (556 votes), Santos (381 votes), and Abueva (370 votes).

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