The Bobby Parks

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA) Best Import of the Conference award (formerly known as the PBA Best Import of the Conference award) is given to the most outstanding non-Filipino on a team's roster, frequently referred to as the "import." Since imports are restricted to certain

conferences A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main ...

, the award is a conference-long award, not a season-long award. The award was renamed on March 31, 2013, after

Bobby Parks Bobby Ray Parks Sr. (November 26, 1961 – March 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) from 1980-1984 and played inte ...

, a seven-time winner of this award who died a day before due to laryngeal cancer.PBA to name Best Import trophy after Bobby Parks
, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, March 31, 2013

Winners

Multiple-time winners

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Philippine Basketball Association Best Import Of The Conference Award Best Import of the Conference Basketball most valuable player awards Awards established in 1981 1981 establishments in the Philippines