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FILE – Alvin Patrimonio and JuneMar Fajardo during the 2015 Philippine Sports Writers Association Awards.
MANILA, Philippines – There are some players deep in the conversation of being the greatest of all time in the PBA and names like Ramón Fernández, Alvin Patrimonio and Robert Jaworski often appear in people’s heads.
Fernandez is the league’s all-time leading scorer and has four MVP awards alongside Patrimonio, while Jaworski, despite winning just one MVP plum, is arguably the PBA’s most famous character with unbridled charisma that still remains. feels today.
However, there is a more viable player to be in that conversation and that is the jovial giant June Mar Fajardo.
Heritage said the 6-foot-10-inch center should already be in the “CABRA” image along with him, Fernandez and Jaworski.
“With so many achievements under his name, he can already be in the GOAT conversation,” Patrimonio said in a virtual medium available for the MAXIM Hair Restoration hair clinic on Friday. “He has won so many championships with San Miguel and of course he will be there for his contributions.”
Fajardo, who began his PBA career in 2012 as the top overall pick, has already surpassed the Heritage MVP cabinet and Fernandez with the Beermen center winning six of those plums in successive years.
It took both Fernández and Patrimonio six years to win their four trophies, but only Fajardo was able to dominate the league for consecutive seasons.
Fajardo has already eclipsed the Heritage mark of five championships with eight, but is still behind Jaworski and Fernandez.
BLESSED
Jaworski has 13 titles, while Fernandez has an absurd collection of 19 championships while maintaining the distinction as the league’s all-time leading scorer with 18,996 points.
Regarding his “GOAT” status, Patrimonio said he feels blessed to even be considered the best in the league.
“I am blessed because it was my time when we played against our favorite players, the pioneers of the game. [the generation that included Fernandez and Jaworski]”Said Patrimonio, who is third all-time in scoring with 15,091 points, in Filipino. “All I did was give my effort one hundred percent.”
“I am happy to have inspired and touched the lives of the younger generation of players, that for me is what I can call success. There is also the lesson of loyalty because I only played for one team in my career and also taught them about professionalism. One must always have a good attitude and must demonstrate it as a professional ”.
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