MARK Barroca of Magnolia and Japeth Aguilar of Barangay Ginebra will captain their respective teams in the PBA All-Star Bacolod 2024 after emerging as the two players with the most votes from fans.
Barroca and Aguilar will get to choose their players for the midseason festivities to be held in March.
Barroca, who got the most votes from the fans, will be the team captain of the All-Star Game for the first time since the format was introduced last year in a match that saw Aguilar, coached by Cone, beating the team of Scottie Thompson, 140-136, in Passi, Iloilo.
By being the top two voter-getters, Barroca and Aguilar will get to choose from a pool of 27 players that were also voted by the fans, host city, coaches, and media.
Meanwhile, Tim Cone of Ginebra and newly-crowned Commissioner's Cup champion Jorge Gallent of San Miguel will be the All-Star coaches after getting the most number of fan votes in balloting done online and at the venue.
The players voted in were Thompson of Ginebra, June Mar Fajardo of San Miguel, Calvin Abueva of Magnolia, Christian Standhardinger of Ginebra, Jamie Malonzo of Ginebra, last season's All-Star MVP Paul Lee of Magnolia, CJ Perez of San Miguel, and Maverick Ahanmisi of Ginebra.
Calvin Oftana of TNT, Stanley Pringle of Ginebra, Chris Newsome of Meralco, Terrence Romeo of San Miguel, Arvin Tolentino of NorthPort, Jayson Castro of TNT, Jio Jalalon of Magnolia, Marcio Lassiter of San Miguel, Ian Sangalang of Magnolia, Robert Bolick of NLEX, Nards Pinto of Ginebra, Ricci Rivero of Phoenix Super LPG, Juami Tiongson of Terrafirma, and Gabe Norwood of Rain or Shine also made it to the All-Star through fan voting.
James Yap of Blackwater was chosen by the host city of Bacolod to be part of the All-Star Game, while Jason Perkins and Tyler Tio of Phoenix Super LPG, Don Trollano of San Miguel, and Cliff Hodge of Meralco were voted by the coaches and media.
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