Kevin Alas
| No. 6 – NLEX Road Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | PBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
November 13, 1991 Las Piñas City, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Colegio de San Juan de Letran | ||||||||||||||||||
| College | Colegio de San Juan de Letran | ||||||||||||||||||
| PBA draft | 2014 Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | NLEX Road Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Louie Platon Alas (born November 13, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted second overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the 2014 PBA draft.[1]
Early life and amateur career
Alas attended Grade School at Blessed Trinity School in Las Piñas and began playing organized basketball when he was in the 5th grade. The following year, he transferred to Letran where he would soon engage in more competitive tournaments. He would eventually make the Letran Squires lineup during his 2nd year in high school. Along with his brother, Junjun, and Mythical Five member John Noble, Kevin helped lead the Squires to the NCAA Juniors Finals in 2007 where they got swept in two games by a powerhouse San Sebastian Staglets team that featured Ryan Buenafe and Arvie Bringas. The following season, his last with the Squires, Letran made it back to the finals setting up a rematch with San Sebastian. But, once again, the Staglets dominated the Squires, sweeping them again to complete a historic four-peat and a 14-0 record (12-0 sweep in the eliminations due to the suspension and unresolved issues with the juniors' team of PCU) in the NCAA juniors division. But, despite two heartbreaking defeats, Kevin did not fail to impress talent scouts as a number of schools were interested in acquiring his services for the college game. Ironically, Alas tried out with an old Letran rival, De La Salle University where he practiced for nearly two months before making his decision on which school to play for in college. Without any advice or influence from anybody, including his father, who gave him the free hand to select a school, Kevin personally decided that it would be best for him to stay with Letran.
He played his college ball with the Letran Knights and after their loss to San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA Season 88 championship game, he elected to forgo his final playing year to join Gilas Pilipinas.[2] During his time with Gilas, he was a key part of the team's gold medal finish in the 2013 SEA Games and a bronze medal finish in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup.
He also played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA D-League and led the team to several championships. By the time his D-League stint is over, he then decided to apply for 2014 PBA draft along with his elder brother, Junjun.
Professional career
Alas was drafted 2nd overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters during the 2014 PBA draft, and signed a three-year deal with the team. He was groomed to take over the starting point guard spot since at that time when he was drafted, starting point guard Paul Lee requested to be traded to another team. However, when Lee decided to stay with Rain or Shine, Alas became expendable, thus they decided to trade him to NLEX for a 2015 first round pick.[3] He was traded once again, this time to NLEX's sister team Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, in a deal that sent Niño Canaleta to the Road Warriors, with Blackwater Elite as conduit which acquired Larry Rodriguez and 2015 1st round draft pick of Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.[4]
On August 25, 2015, Alas, along with forward Rob Reyes, was traded by Talk 'N Text to Mahindra Enforcers in exchange for Troy Rosario. He was then quickly traded back to Talk 'N Text's sister team NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for forwards Niño Canaleta and Aldrech Ramos.[5]
Personal life
He is the second of four siblings. His father is his former coach in college, former Letran coach and current Alaska assistant coach Louie Alas.[6] He is also the younger brother of fellow 2014 draft class mate Junjun Alas.
References
- ↑ "2014 PBA Draft Results". InterAksyon. August 24, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ↑ Flores, Celest R. (February 8, 2013). "Kevin Alas leaves Letran on final year, signs up with Smart Gilas". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ↑ "ALAS TO NLEX". Inquirer.net. October 4, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ↑ Beltran, Nelson (October 9, 2014). "Alas heads to TnT in 3-team trade deal". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ↑ Bracher, Jane (August 25, 2015). "Rosario to TNT, Alas to NLEX, Heruela to SMB headline slew of PBA trades". Rappler. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ↑ Joble, Rey (November 10, 2012). "Louie Alas’ advice to son Kevin: Play final year at Letran, pursue national team dream". InterAksyon. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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