San Miguel star June Mar Fajardo adds three more trophies to his giant collection as he claims a record-extending eighth MVP plum and makes the First Mythical and All-Defensive Teams
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Powering the Beermen to a championship and two finals appearances and leading the league in statistics last season, Fajardo beat out teammate CJ Perez and former Barangay Ginebra ace Christian Standhardinger. Newsome and Tolentino made the First Mythical Team for the first time, while Perez and Standhardinger each earned their third citations.
Fajardo proved to be the biggest winner as he nailed his place in the All-Defensive Team as well alongside Newsome, Hodge, Terrafirma’s Kemark Carino, and NorthPort’s Joshua Munzon.Holt emerged as the runaway winner for the Rookie of the Year award after putting up 17.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.9 steals, and steering the Dyip to their first playoff appearance in eight years.
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