Bol Bol leads Best Import race after elims

TNT Tropang 5G’s Bol Bol during a game against NLEX Road Warriors in 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 sizable lead in the Bobby Parks Best Import race of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup.

The former NBA player compiled 59.4 Statistical Points after the 12-game eliminations to gain 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 an average of 4.3, has been a source of intrigue and attention since he was tapped to play in the midseason conference that eliminates the height limit, though he has sometimes been the subject of scrutiny for his demeanor.

He has also posted 14.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists on average, but the Tropang 5G ended the elimination at 6-6 and had to beat top seed NLEX to force a rubber match in 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, on the other hand, have been vital for their respective teams’ status in the top four of the playoffs.