Marinero star named D-League best player

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JUAN Gomez de Liano has been named as the 2022 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup Most Valuable Player after leading Marinerong Pilipino to the finals.

The University of the Philippines product was magnificent all conference long, leading the Skippers, the No. 4 seed to the finals, only the franchise’s second title appearance.

He averaged 18.4 points and 6.3 assists, both league-best, along with 8.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals as the undoubted leader of the team.

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He also recorded the 10th triple-double in the PBA D-League history, doing it in the Skippers’ elimination round clash against EcoOil-La Salle.

Gomez de Liano is the second Marinerong Pilipino player to win the MVP trophy after Eloy Poligrates in the 2019 Foundation Cup.

He bested teammate Jollo Go as well as EcoOil-La Salle’s Michael Phillips and CJ Austria, Adalem Construction-St. Clare’s Johnsherick Estrada and John Rojas, and Apex Fuel-San Sebastian’s Romel Calahat and James Una for the trophy.

The championship, though, remains his prime focus.

“Marinero has never won a championship, so that’s my ultimate focus: giving them one and making history with them,” he said.

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