Ken Bono
| File:Ken Bono 2025.jpg Bono with the Mindoro Tamaraws in 2025 | |
| No. 25 – Mindoro Tamaraws | |
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| Position | Power forward / center |
| League | MPBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 19, 1984 Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 280 lb (127 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Iloilo Central Commercial High School |
| College | Adamson |
| PBA draft | 2007: 1st round, 6th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Alaska Aces |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2008 | Alaska Aces |
| 2008–2009 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 2009–2010 | Coca Cola Tigers |
| 2010–2011 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters |
| 2012 | Bangkok Cobras |
| 2012–2013 | B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Coffee Mixers |
| 2013–2018 | Meralco Bolts |
| 2019 | TNT KaTropa |
| 2022–2024 | San Miguel Beermen 3x3 |
| 2024–present | Mindoro Tamaraws |
| Career highlights | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Karl Kenneth Odani Bono (born June 19, 1984) is a Filipino basketball player who plays for the Mindoro Tamaraws of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[1][2] He played collegiate basketball for the Adamson Soaring Falcons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) from 2003 to 2006 and was named the league's Most Valuable Player in his final season before being selected sixth overall by the Alaska Aces in the 2007 PBA draft.
In the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), Bono played for Montaña Pawnshop and Cebuana Lhuillier. In his last conference in the PBL, he was the MVP frontrunner but lost the award to Jayson Castro of Harbour Centre due to lack of media votes. He also played for the Bangkok Cobras in the ASEAN Basketball League.
Achievements
[edit | edit source]University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
[edit | edit source]Philippine Basketball League (PBL)
[edit | edit source]- 2006 Most Improved Player
- 2006 Mythical Second Team
- 2007 Sportsmanship Award
- 2007 Mythical First Team
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
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- 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference champion (with San Miguel Beermen)
- 2013 PBA Governors' Cup champion (with San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Philippine Sportswriters Association
[edit | edit source]- 2006 Amateur Player of the Year
PBA career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Correct as of October 19, 2016[3]
Season-by-season averages
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Alaska / Magnolia | 29 | 8.5 | .466 | .538 | .727 | 2.3 | .4 | .0 | .1 | 3.8 |
| 2008–09 | San Miguel | 24 | 8.2 | .402 | .250 | .667 | 2.2 | .2 | .1 | .2 | 3.5 |
| 2009–10 | Coca-Cola | 24 | 8.7 | .338 | .100 | .800 | 2.4 | .4 | .1 | .0 | 2.8 |
| 2010–11 | Barako Bull | 8 | 14.5 | .370 | 1.000 | .750 | 3.8 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 5.5 |
| 2011–12 | B-Meg | 3 | 1.7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.2 | .2 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| 2015–16 | Meralco | 18 | 6.5 | .342 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.1 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Career | 106 | 8.4 | .391 | .311 | .758 | 2.2 | .4 | .1 | .1 | 3.2 | |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Bono is the son of an American ex-marine Anthony Shannon and Maria Nonie Bono of Iloilo City. He is married and a father of one.
References
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Filipino sportsmen
- Alaska Aces (PBA) draft picks
- Alaska Aces (PBA) players
- Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball players
- Bangkok Cobras players
- Barako Bull Energy Boosters players
- Basketball players from Iloilo
- Centers (basketball)
- Filipino men's basketball players
- Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players
- Filipino people of American descent
- Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots players
- Meralco Bolts players
- Mindoro Tamaraws players
- PBA 3x3 players
- Power forwards
- Powerade Tigers players
- San Miguel Beermen players
- Sportspeople from Iloilo City
- Visayan people