SAN Miguel Beer’s prized center June Mar Fajardo’s greatness does not seem to slow down.
The reigning eight-time PBA MVP is leading the race for the Commissioner’s Cup Best Player of the Conference halfway through the eliminations.
Fajardo posted a 44.8 statistical point average to top the quartet of Arvin Tolentino (Northport), Robert Bolick (NLEX), Calvin Oftana (TNT), and rookie Jordan Heading (Converge).
Winner of the most BPC plumns with 10, the 6-foot-10 behemoth is averaging 19.8 points, a league-best 17.3 rebounds, and 4.5 assists for the defending champions Beermen in the latest statistical points standings released by the pro league after the holiday break.
Fajardo’s recent BPC came in the season-opening Governors’ Cup.
Tolentino trails Fajardo at No. 2 with 40.8 SPs as he leads the toruney in scoring with a 24.7 average, while adding 8.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.0 steals, and 1.1 block shots in an all-around showing for the pacesetting Batang Pier.
Bolick, a consistent BPC contender like Tolentino, is the league’s top assist man with a 7.9 average and normed 24.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.1 steals to place at No. 3 with 37.6 SPs followed by Oftana who has 34.3 SPs behind numbers of 21.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 2.0 assists.
Heading, the FiberXers rookie is also making a strong case for the conference’s highest individual award with 33.1 SPs to land at No. 5. The Fil-Australian freshman owns a team-best 17.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 6.8 assists.
The do-it-all Mike Watkins of NLEX tops the race in the best import plum, leading over the likes of previous winners Justine Brownlee of Ginebra and TNT’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
Watkins owns 54.9sps as he shows the way in rebounding (24.1) and block shots (3.0) among imports. He averages 25.4 points and 1.9 assists per game.
A surprise second is Northport’s Kadeem Jack (50.7 SPs) with 30.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.7 blocks per game, while Brownlee, a three-time winner of the award with the Kings, is a close third with 50.2 SPs (28.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.2 blocks).
Donovan Smith of Phoenix and Rain or Shine’s Dean Thompson made up the top five.
