Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Tiebreaker Times
abl-8—season-awards
abl-8—season-awards

ABL

Bobby Ray Parks Jr. crowned Local MVP once again


San Miguel Alab Pilipinas has yet to win the 8th ASEAN Basketball League championship, but it already has something to be proud of.

Star guard-forward Ray Parks, Jr. has maintained his reign as the king of homegrown talents, as he was named the league’s Local Most Valuable Player for the second straight year.

The former two-time UAAP Most Valuable Player posted averages of 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists for the award.

Parks, Jr. bested Singapore Slingers’ Delvin Goh and Hong Kong Eastern’s Lee Ki.

ABL-8-Finals-Alab-vs.-Mono-Balkman-0105 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. crowned Local MVP once again ABL Alab Pilipinas Basketball News  - philippine sports news
Meanwhile, Alab’s Renaldo Balkman shared Defensive Player of the Year honors with the Slingers’ Chris Charles, marking the first time in league history that a major award will be shared by two cagers.

Balkman normed 2.2 steals and 1.9 blocks, while Charles averaged 2.9 blocks and 1.1 steals. The only other contender for the DPoY crown was Balkman’s teammate Justin Brownlee.

Balkman was also in the World Import MVP race with numbers of 23.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists, but he — along with Eastern’s Marcus Elliott — lost to Chong Son Kung Fu’s Anthony Tucker.

abl-season-8-chong-son-def-alab-mikh-mckinney Bobby Ray Parks Jr. crowned Local MVP once again ABL Alab Pilipinas Basketball News  - philippine sports news

Photo from ASEAN Basketball League

In the other awards, Chong Son’s Mikh McKinney won the Heritage Import MVP title over HK’s Christian Standhardinger and Jason Brickman of Mono Vampire BC in a battle of Fil-foreigners.

McKinney posted averages of 22.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.8 assists, and 2.2 steals.

The Coach of the Year award went to Kung Fu’s Charles Dube-Brais, as he steered the neophyte ball club to the top of the ranks with a 15-5 card, securing an outright semifinal berth.

#ReadMore  Italy shifts focus inward for FIBA WC

Dube-Brais beat Mono coach Douglas Marty, HK Eastern mentor Edu Torres, and Alab’s Jimmy Alapag for the crown.

Written By

Oftentimes on the sidelines. Forever a student of the game. Morayta-bred.


You May Also Like

Basketball

Bobby Ray Parks Jr. is on the move. The second-generation cager has signed with Osaka for the upcoming 2024-25 B.League season. Parks, 31, spent...

Basketball

For the first time in three years, Bobby Ray Parks Jr. is a free agent. The Nagoya Diamond Dolphins announced on Tuesday that the...

Basketball

Bobby Ray Parks Jr. continued his fine play to start the 2023-24 B.League season, guiding Nagoya to a 76-74 win over Shibuya to complete...

Basketball

Carl Tamayo picked up where he left off on opening day, helping defending B.League champion Ryukyu to an 80-79 win to sweep Saga at...

19th Asian Games

The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas unveiled the initial list of 60 players submitted to the Philippine Olympic Committee Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee last...

2023 FIBA World Cup

Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes has shed light on the team’s roster selection process, clarifying that there was no distinct ‘final cut’ made...

Basketball

Gilas Pilipinas has trimmed their pool down to just 13 players ahead of the eligibility meeting for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Absent...

2023 FIBA World Cup

Kai Sotto is expected to join June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar, and AJ Edu as the men in the middle when Gilas Pilipinas takes...

Advertisement