JUSTIN Brownlee just scored a grand slam for Barangay Ginebra this season.
After bagging the Governors' Cup Best Import award, the 33-year-old Brownlee powered the Kings to a back-to-back championship in the season-ending meet as they finished off the Meralco Bolts Friday night in Game 6 of the finals, 103-92, before a record crowd of 20,244 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
To top it all, Brownlee is now part of the Top 5 all-time scoring list among imports following his 24-point, 16-rebound, six-assist stats line in the closed-out game.
The charismatic import surpassed fellow Ginebra legend Billy Ray Bates at no. 5 as he now totaled 4,539 points in his PBA stint that began in 2016.
Bates, the explosive former Portland Trailblazers stalwart who steered the Ginebra franchise to its first ever league championship in 1986, fell at sixth spot with 4,523.
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The ever humble person that he is, Brownlee felt great being mentioned in the same breath as Bates and Norman Black, the Meralco Bolts coach who leads the all-time scoring list with 11,329.
"It's always great to be mentioned with those guys and Norman Black. It's great. Great feeling," said Brownlee.
"I definitely did my history on the imports that has played here. I know he is a great import and he has a lot of success. He is one of the best, if not the best, to play here," Brownlee added, pertaining to the legendary Bates.
No. 2 in the import scoring list behind Black is the late seven-time Best Import winner Bobby Ray Parks with 8,955, grand slam champion Sean Chambers with 8,225, and scoring great Lou Massey with 5,386.
"It feels great to be in the company of things in the league. I feel like this is a great league, very established, have a lot of history, have a lot of players, import and local players. It feels great to keep accomplishing things in this league because it means a lot," said Brownlee.
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This is the fifth time Brownlee moved in the leaderboard among the top scoring imports, initially being at no. 11 before the start of the conference.
He had since moved past the likes of Byron 'Snake' Jones and Billy Ray Robinson, Donnie Ray Koonce, Larry McNeil, Francois Wise, and Bates. (RG)
