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Fajardo poised for his 9th MVP award
Tempo
|October 05, 2025
June Mar Fajardo is once again primed for another Most Valuable Player award as the PBA honors the best of the best from the Season 49 with its Leo Awards at the Novotel Hotel just before the 50th Season opening on Sunday, Oct. 5.
The 6-foot-10 San Miguel center emerged as the frontrunner once more to the league's highest individual honor after winning the Best Player of the Conference plums in the Governors' Cup and the Philippine Cup.
Crowding Fajardo in the MVP race are former NorthPort star Arvin Tolentino and NLEX super scorer Robert Bolick.
This story is from the October 05, 2025 edition of Tempo.
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