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'Isang karangalan': June Mar Fajardo savors another well-deserved award

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John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173814295353120250129 (3).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">June Mar Fajardo was named Mr. Basketball at the 2024 PSA Awards Night, Monday at The Manila Hotel. <em>Photo from Fajardo&#x27;s Facebook page (AHOSgaming) </em></span></span></span>MANILA, Philippines – The individual accolades of June Mar Fajardo keep on piling up.</div><p>Fajardo, the PBA&#x27;s record-holder of most number of MVP plums with eight, accepted another award as he was named Mr. Basketball for professional hoops in the 2024 Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night on Monday at The Manila Hotel.</p><p>The 6-foot-10 behemoth said it&#x27;s an honor to be named Mr. Basketball by the PSA again.</p><p>&quot;Isang karangalan na mapabilang dito. Thankful ako sa PSA, sa pagpili sa &#x27;kin,&quot; Fajardo said.</p><p>In a social media post on Tuesday, Fajardo extended his gratitude to the sportswriting body for the said citation.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fahosgaming%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02fLak9LBLbxBw3CCk7563E8cCEc7RcDWqh85NXudRK7TGtg6Rma2xMgDwdWH9rmPRl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="589" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>However, San Miguel&#x27;s own bid in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner&#x27;s Cup is now out of their hands as Fajardo and company wait for the results of NLEX and Magnolia&#x27;s games.</p><p>Sitting at 10th place with a 5-7 win-loss card, they are trailing the Road Warriors and Hotshots, who currently has 5-6 slates each.</p><p>&quot;Tagilid kami ngayon, pero may chance pa naman kami. Malungkot &#x27;yung team (matapos matalo sa TNT), pero ayos naman kami. High hopes pa rin kami,&quot; Fajardo shared.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KNmbYuYgBWw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>