Fajardo’s lore in the PBA has reached unprecedented heights yet again after winning the 48th Season MVP award — his eighth time bagging the plum to not only extend his record with most such awards in league history but also cementing a feat that could no longer be done again.
June Mar Fajardo wore his wide smile as he received and raised another coveted trophy to add to his continuously growing hardware, radiating his usual gentle and easy going demeanor – very far from his beastly and dominant version on the court.
With the award, Fajardo has now doubled the number of MVP awards his closest pursuers had with Ramon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio both having four apiece. He bested teammate CJ Perez, who won the Best Player of the Conference and Finals MVP award in the Commissioner’s Cup and Terrafirma’s Christian Standhardinger, who last year, was a vital cog for Barangay Ginebra.By being nominees to the MVP award, the three were also named to the Mythical First team with Meralco duo Chris Newsome and Arvin Tolentino
Fajardo was also named to the all-defensive team joining Newsome and Hodge and NorthPort’s Joshua Munzon and Kemark Carino
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