Jude P. Roque
San Miguel Beer (SMB) is close to being just the second team in the Philippine Basketball Association’s (PBA) history to win the Philippine Cup (All-Filipino Conference) three times in a row, after Talk N’ Text. As of this writing, the Beermen lead the best-of-seven finale 3-1 over sister team Barangay Ginebra Kings. With three-time MVP and five-time Best Player of the Conference winner June Mar Fajardo heading its frontline, SMB has dominated the Philippine Cup in the last two seasons. Now the Beermen are on the verge of making history, and getting the privilege of permanently keeping the “Perpetual Trophy” called the Jun Bernardino trophy, in honor of the late former PBA commissioner.