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Notable athletes, coaches and teams from the 2019 season and 2020 bubble campaign will be honored Sunday during the PBA Press Corps virtual awards night in Pasig.
The event will be a two-in-one ceremony, as the previous season’s honorees will be named alongside their bubble counterparts after last year’s scheduled event was called off at the last minute after the outbreak of the pandemic.
Champion coaches Tim Cone of Barangay Geneva and Leo Austria of San Miguel Beer will join league commissioner Willie Marcial and president Ricky Vargas as award-winning teammates in the hour-long event.
Cone, who led the Kings to a historic Philippine Cup championship held under a first bubble setup in Clark, Pampanga, received the Outstanding Bubble Coach award.
Austria, on the other hand, will receive the 2019 Baby Dalupan Coach of the Year award after leading the Brewers to consecutive titles during the 44th season, including a fifth consecutive all-Philippine crown.
Marcial received the nod from sports journalists as Mr. Executive, while Vargas was chosen as the Danny Floro Executive of the year 2019.
The President’s Award will be awarded to the 12 PBA teams for their sacrifices to ensure the restart of the Philippine Cup last year, while the 2019 honoree is the City of Bulakan, the Mayor of Bulacan, Vergel Meneses, who He successfully passed into public service from being MVP and PBA basketball. legend.
NorthPort veteran Sean Anthony will also be named Defensive Player of the Year (2019).
Rounding out the bubble prizes are Justine Chua (Top Bubble D-Fender); the quintet of Calvin Abueva, Chris Ross, Mark Barroca, Christian Standhardinger, and Chua (All-Bubble D-Fenders), RJ Jazul (Mr. Quality Minutes), CJ Perez (Scoring Champ), the semifinals Barangay Ginebra-Meralco Game 5 (Game of the Buble) and Aaron Black, Arvin Tolentino, Roosevelt Adams, Barkley Ebona and Renzo Subido (All-Rookie Team).
PBA staff will also be recognized for their continued work to ensure the well-being of the Clark Bubble.
The rest of the 2019 prize pool, on the other hand, is comprised of Terrence Romeo (Mr. Quality Minutes), June Mar Fajardo (Order of Merit), Pérez (Scoring Champion), NorthPort vs. NLEX (Game of the Season). ), Pérez, Robert Bolick, Bobby Ray Parks Jr., Javee Mocon and Abu Tratter (rookie team), Kiefer Ravena, Standhardinger, Beau Belga, Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos and coach Yeng Guiao (interview team), and the PBA D-League Finals MVP Thirdy Ravena (Challengers Cup) and Hased Gabo (Foundation Cup).
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