Ken Bono | |
Number: | 25 |
Team: | Mindoro Tamaraws |
League: | MPBL |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 280 |
Position: | Power forward / center |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1984 |
Birth Place: | Iloilo City, Philippines |
High School: | Iloilo Central Commercial High School |
College: | Adamson |
Draft Year Pba: | 2007 |
Draft Round Pba: | 1 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 6 |
Draft Team Pba: | Alaska Aces |
Career Start: | 2007 |
Team1: | Alaska Aces |
Years1: | 2007–2008 |
Team2: | San Miguel Beermen |
Years2: | 2008–2009 |
Team3: | Coca Cola Tigers |
Years3: | 2009–2010 |
Team4: | Barako Bull Energy Boosters |
Years4: | 2010–2011 |
Team5: | Bangkok Cobras |
Years5: | 2012 |
Team6: | B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Coffee Mixers |
Years6: | 2012–2013 |
Team7: | Meralco Bolts |
Years7: | 2013–2018 |
Team8: | TNT KaTropa |
Years8: | 2019 |
Team9: | San Miguel Beermen 3x3 |
Years9: | 2022–2024 |
Team10: | Mindoro Tamaraws |
Years10: | 2024–present |
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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.
Correct as of October 19, 2016[3]
|-| align=left | | align=left | Alaska / Magnolia| 29 || 8.5 || .466 || .538 || .727 || 2.3 || .4 || .0 || .1 || 3.8|-| align=left | | align=left | San Miguel| 24 || 8.2 || .402 || .250 || .667 || 2.2 || .2 || .1 || .2 || 3.5|-| align=left | | align=left | Coca-Cola| 24 || 8.7 || .338 || .100 || .800 || 2.4 || .4 || .1 || .0 || 2.8|-| align=left | | align=left | Barako Bull| 8 || 14.5 || .370 || 1.000 || .750 || 3.8 || .5 || .3 || .1 || 5.5|-| align=left | | align=left | B-Meg| 3 || 1.7 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.2 || .2 || .0 || .0 || 3.0|-| align=left | | align=left | Meralco| 18 || 6.5 || .342 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.1 || .5 || .0 || .0 || 1.8|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 106 || 8.4 || .391 || .311 || .758 || 2.2 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 3.2
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.