TNT Tropang 5G’s Bol Bol during a game against NLEX Road Warriors within the 2026 PBA Commissioner’s Cup quarterfinals. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines–Bol Bol, the crowd-drawing 7-foot-3 reinforcement of TNT, holds a large lead within the Bobby Parks Best Import race of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.
The previous NBA player compiled 59.4 Statistical Points after the 12-game eliminations to realize an early advantage over San Miguel Beer’s Bennie Boatwright, NLEX’s Cady Lalanne and Barangay Ginebra’s Justin Brownlee.
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Boatwright is second with 53.4 SPs with Lalanne in third (50.6) and Brownlee fourth (50.3) while Rain or Shine’s Jaylen Johnson is fifth (47.8).
Bol, who leads all foreign players in scoring at 38.2 points and blocks with a mean of 4.3, has been a source of intrigue and a spotlight since he was tapped to play within the midseason conference that eliminates the peak limit, though he has sometimes been the topic of scrutiny for his demeanor.
He has also posted 14.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists on average, however the Tropang 5G ended the elimination at 6-6 and needed to beat top seed NLEX to force a rubber match within the quarters.
A loss in Saturday’s do-or-die encounter will end Bol’s bid for the award.
Boatwright is a distant second despite playing five games for San Miguel. He arrived after replacing Justin Patton following his sudden change in attitude.
Lalanne, three-time Best Import Brownlee and Johnson, then again, have been vital for his or her respective teams’ status in the highest 4 of the playoffs.