ANTIPOLO – Arvin Tolentino of NorthPort and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson of TNT were the PBA 49th Season Commissioner’s Cup’s finest after being named as the Best Player of the Conference and Best Import, respectively.
The awarding was held before Game 4 of the best-of-seven finals between TNT and Barangay Ginebra held at the Ynares Center.
The trophy was a milestone for Tolentino, who captured his first-ever BPC trophy after leading NorthPort to the semifinals before losing to Ginebra. It was also a fitting follow-up to the Mythical First Team selection he earned last season.
The former FEU star became the first NorthPort player since Christian Standhardinger in the 2019 Governors' Cup to win the BPC trophy.
Hollis-Jefferson, meanwhile, secured his third Bobby Parks Best Import plum, joining Justin Brownlee of Barangay Ginebra and Allen Durham of Meralco on the list of three-time winners.
‘RHJ’ won the award with his mother in attendance, arriving in Manila on the morning of Game 4 following a flight from Philadephia via San Francisco.
Tolentino accumulated 1,072 points after topping the media votes with 564. He was third in statistics and players votes to defeat Calvin Oftana of TNT (777 points – 399 stats, 280 media votes, 98 player votes), 11-time winner June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel (600 – 525, 45, 30), Robert Bolick of NLEX (540 – 464, 14, 62), and Jordan Heading of Converge (419 – 408, 7, 4).
Hollis-Jefferson was the overwhelming winner of the Best Import award with 1,280 points, collecting 615 from statistics, 532 from media votes, and 133 from players votes.
Kadeem Jack of NorthPort placed second (825 points – 581 statistics, 230 media votes, 14 players votes), followed by Brownlee (670 – 508, 66, 96), and Deon Thompson of Rain or Shine (633 – 546, 82, 5).
Here's the final tally:
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