MANILA, Philippines — Pinamunuan ni eight-time Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo ang idinagdag na 10 players sa PBA 50 Greatest Players kahapon sa Cignal Customer Experience Center.
Ang 35-anyos na si Fajardo ay hinirang na MVP noong 2014 hanggang 2019 at noong 2023 at 2004 at iginiya ang San Miguel sa 10 PBA titles.
“It will take many, many years para siguro may lu-mabas na isa pang June Mar Fajardo,” wika ni Crispa legend Atoy Co sa 6-foot-10 na Cebuano star.
Si Co ay kasama sa 10-member selection panel na pinamumunuan ni dating PBA Commissioner Sonny Barrios.
Kasama rin sa listahan sina Nelson Asaytono, Jeffrey Cariaso, Bong Hawkins, Abe King, Danny Seigle, Scottie Thompson, Yoyoy Villamin, Manny Victorino at ang namayapang si Arnie Tuadles.
Kasama nina Barrios at Co sa selection panel sina legends Ramon Fernandez at Allan Caidic, champion coach Dante Silverio, sports editors Ding Marcelo, Al S. Mendoza at Nelson Beltran at broadcasters Andy Jao at Quinito Henson.
Unang pinangalanan ang 25 Greatest Players noong 2000 na pinamunuan nina Robert Jaworski, Fernandez, Co, Alvin Patrimonio, Benjie Paras, Abet Guidaben, Freddie Hubalde, Samboy Lim, Kenneth Duremdes at Philip Cezar.
Isinunod ang 15 bagong miyembro noong 2015 na binanderahan nina Danny Ildefonso, Willie Miller, James Yap, Jimmy Alapag, Mark Caguioa, Jayjay Helterbrand at Eric Menk.