The third-year Barangay Ginebra player emerged No. 1 after the initial balloting for the coming PBA All-Star week, a testament to the spoft-spoken guard's growing popularity.
The University of Perpetual Help alumnus gathered a total of 17,851 votes from online (17,573) and venue (278) ballots combined during the initial voting cutoff for the May 23 to 27 mid-season spectacle.
Thompson bested celebrated players such as Terrence Romeo, Calvin Abueva, June Mar Fajardo, Kiefer Ravena, Japeth Aguilar, LA Tenorio, and even veterans James Yap, Mark Caguioa, and Marc Pingris.
Thompson, who thanked the fans for making him their top choice, emerged as the No. 1 player voted to lead Mindanao team against Gilas Pilipinas as they battle each other on May 23 in Davao Del Sur.
The cutoff for voting came before the start of the semis and resumes during the eliminations of the Commissioner’s Cup.
The top five players who get the most number of votes in each team will make the starting unit, while the rest will be selected by the respective coaches.
The league recently released the result of the Top 10 players voted by fans in each of the three teams from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
For Luzon, Aguilar (11,692), Abueva (10,083), Marc Pingris (8,553), LA Tenorio (7,051), Paul Lee (6,880), Jayson Castro (6,566), Mark Caguioa (5,550), Alex Cabagnot (5,129), Marcio Lassiter (5,093), and Arwind Santos (4,972).
Over in Visayas, Fajardo (17,498), Yap (17,006), Ravena (14,550), Greg Slaughter (11,665), Terrence Romeo (11,052), Joe Devance (8,341), Roger Pogoy (7,467), Jeff Chan (7,386), Chris Ross (6,413), and Aldrech Ramos (4,352).
And down in Mindanao, Thompson (17,851), Barroca (17,377), Jio Jalalon (14,368), Peter June Simon (13,596), Mac Belo (12,192), Jaypee Erram (8,342), Baser Amer (7,526), Rafi Reavis (7,331), Cyrus Baguio (7,269), and Sonny Thoss (6,395).
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