RJ ABARRIENTOS and Justin Brownlee, as expected, captured the Best Player of the Conference and Best Import award, respectively, for the PBA 50th Season Commissioner’s Cup.
Brownlee and Abarrientos proved a cut above the rest from the eliminations on, giving Ginebra a sweep of the individual awards in the midseason conference.
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Abarrientos won his first-ever BPC award, but the third for the clan since uncle Johnny won two during his career with Alaska in the 1996 and 1997 Commissioner’s Cup.
Brownlee, on the other hand, won his fourth Best Import award, and his first since the 2022-23 Commissioner’s Cup - a mean feat for the shortest import in the fold.
Abarrientos and Brownlee iwon overwhelmingly in both the media and players votes.
Abarrientos accumulated 1,147 points after garnering 462 from statistics, 592 from the media votes, and 93 from the players votes.
Robert Bolick of NLEX was second with 804 (483 stats, 277 media, 44 players), 13-time BPC winner June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel third with 573 (480 stats, 53 media, 40 players), Ricci Rivero of Phoenix Super LPG fourth with 431 (417 stats, 10 media, 4 players), and Jerrick Ahanmisi of Terrafirma ffith at 421 (408 stats, 13 players).
Brownlee amasseed 1,264 points in the tabulation after being first in stats with 593, media votes with 560, and player votes with 111.
Jaylen Johnson of Rain or Shine came in at second with 888 points (554 stats, 276 media votes, 58 players votes), followed by Chris McCullough of TNT with 690 (579 stats, 93 media votes, 18 players), and Patrick Gardner of Meralco with 534 (524 stats, 3 media votes, 7 players votes).
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