MVP runner-up LA Tenorio has moved on, says he has more chances to win in future

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Last month, LA Tenorio lost the PBA Most Valuable Player trophy last season to Arwind Santos in the tightest race the league has ever seen.

With less than two weeks before the start of the new season, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel star guard said he has put the episode behind him.

“Naka-move on na ako. Hindi naman ako natagalan dahil natanggap ko naman agad na hindi ako nag-MVP,” Tenorio said in a telephone interview.

“I’m happy na naging candidate ako for MVP. Para sa akin malaking achievement na yun.”

Tenorio thinks he has more chances to win the league’s top individual plum in the future, but realizes the key would be leading Ginebra to a title.

“For me, my ultimate goal is to help my team win the championship,” said Tenorio, who won Best Player of the Conference honors in the Commissioner’s Cup last season after leading his team to the finals of that tournament.

It was an impressive performance for the small point guard, who carried his squad to the title round despite the absence of an injured Mark Caguioa.

With Ginebra building up through the draft with first round picks Greg Slaughter and James Forrester, Tenorio is confident that the Gin Kings could end their five-year title drought.

“Sa tingin ko malaki tsansa namin ngayon kasi we’ve added key players. Kung ano yung kulang before napunan na ngayon,” said Tenorio.