FILE – Player of the Year Justin Brownlee and Conference Player of the Year Scottie Thompson, both from Barangay Ginebra, during the awards ceremony at the 2022 Governors Cup.
Barangay Ginebra is expected to win two individual awards to be presented before Game 4 of the 2022 PBA Commissioners Cup Finals on Friday at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Two wins before claiming the mid-season crown, the Gin Kings are expected to get a boost ahead of the 5:45 p.m. competition with Scottie Thompson being prioritized for the Conference Player of the Year award and Justin Brownlee is expected to win Best Imported Plum.
Thompson is eyeing a second BPC of his career after another pivotal performance that helped Gin Kings reach the Finals, although teammate Jamie Malonzo could damage that bid following a similar display in the first conference. his fairy since being acquired from NorthPort Batang Pier.
Former NorthPort friend Malonzo’s Robert Bolick, San Miguel Beer’s CJ Perez and NLEX’s Don Trollano are also award nominees, but their team’s failure to reach this point of the conference left them mostly are not considered.
Brownlee is set to win the top international title for the third time in his illustrious career in the Philippines, and is the man who led Ginebra to the championship round against the Bay Area Dragons.
Magnolia’s Nick Rakocevic finished second but lost to Brownlee and Ginebra in the semi-finals, which turned out to be potentially the clincher for the latter team.
The other Best Import nominee is Devon Scott of San Miguel.
Forty-five percent of the statistics will be used as criteria to determine the winner, with the remainder coming from votes from the media (30%) and players (25%).
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