Ken Bono
Filipino basketball player
Karl Kenneth Odani Bono (born June 19, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for the Mindoro Tamaraws of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). 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.
01Achievements
University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
Philippine Basketball League (PBL)
- 2006 Most Improved Player
- 2006 Mythical Second Team
- 2007 Sportsmanship Award
- 2007 Mythical First Team
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
- 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference champion (with San Miguel Beermen)
- 2013 PBA Governors' Cup champion (with San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Philippine Sportswriters Association
- 2006 Amateur Player of the Year
02PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Season-by-season averages
| 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 | |
03Personal life
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.
Sources and credits
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