Karl Kenneth Odani Bono (born June 19, 1984) is a Filipino basketball player who last played for the

TNT KaTropa The TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990. The fr ...

of the

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(PBA). He played collegiate basketball for the

Adamson Soaring Falcons The Adamson Soaring Falcons are the collegiate men's varsity teams of Adamson University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines which is the mother sports league of the ''Falcons''. The collegiate women's varsity team ...

in the

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(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

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(PBL), Bono played for Montaña Pawnshop and Cebuana Lhuillier. In his last conference in the PBL, he was the

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frontrunner but lost the award to

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due to lack of media votes. He also played for the Bangkok Cobras in the

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Achievements

University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)

* 2006 Most Valuable Player * 2006 Mythical First Team

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

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)

Philippine Sportswriters Association

* 2006 Amateur Player of the Year

PBA career statistics

''Correct as of October 19, 2016''Player Profile
at PBA-Online!

Season-by-season averages

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Personal life

Bono is the son of an American ex-marine Anthony Shannon and Maria Nonie Bono of

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on t ...

. He is married and a father of one.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bono, Ken 1984 births Living people Alaska Aces (PBA) players Barako Bull Energy Boosters players Basketball players from Iloilo Centers (basketball) Filipino men's basketball players Filipino people of American descent Meralco Bolts players Power forwards (basketball) Powerade Tigers players San Miguel Beermen players Sportspeople from Iloilo City Magnolia Hotshots players Adamson Soaring Falcons basketball players Visayan people Alaska Aces (PBA) draft picks Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players PBA 3x3 players