(UPDATE) WINNING a precedent-smashing seventh Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) trophy was farthest from June Mar Fajardo's mind considering the spate of injuries that marked his 2022-23 season stint with San Miguel Beer.

For one, the 2022-23 Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference awardee missed several games in the Commissioner's Cup after undergoing a procedure to repair a laryngeal fracture he sustained following an inadvertent elbow from Rain or Shine import Steve Taylor Jr. in October last year.