Ken Bono Explained

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
Awards:

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

University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)

Philippine Basketball League (PBL)

Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

Philippine Sportswriters Association

PBA career statistics

Correct as of October 19, 2016[3]

Season-by-season averages

|-| 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

Personal 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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Teodoro steers Mindoro past Bicol in MPBL. April 8, 2024. April 21, 2024. Philippine Star.
  2. News: Burger King gets Pingris, Bono for Santos . . July 27, 2009 . February 15, 2011 .
  3. http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Ken-Bono/74/ Player Profile