Mark M. Magsumbol is a Filipino retired
basketball
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player. Magsumbol has played in the
Philippine Basketball Association
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, the
Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League (PBL) was a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league was composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.
History
The PBL was formed on Ma ...
,
National Basketball Conference
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, and for the
American Basketball Association (ABA) team
San Jose Skyrockets
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.
Background
Magsumbol earned a Hotel and Restaurant Management degree at St. Benilde in 2001, but instead of applying what he learned in the classroom, decided to try his luck on the court. He never applied for the PBA draft and has played for four teams in the Philippine Basketball League, three teams in the National Basketball Conference, and a team in the Cebu Basketball Federation. Magsumbol also played for the Cebuana Lhuillier national squad.
Magsumbol previously played for the San Jose Skyrockets in the
American Basketball Association (ABA) as an "import" in the US minors. He made his ABA debut, aged 25, by scoring 12 points, including 3-of-4 triples, in the Skyrockets’ 160-101 romp over the Tijuana Dragones at the San Jose Auditorium on Jan. 30, 2006. He arrived in the US on January 22, 2010.
Magsumbol was chosen to play for the Sky Rockets among 15
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
aspirants in a tryout conducted by coach Marc Joffe at the
PhilSports Arena
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in
Pasig
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It is located along t ...
in October 2009. Joffe arrived with team owner Kazuni Hasegawa from
San Jose to check out Filipino players capable of playing in the ABA.
Magsumbol later joined the PBA. He was drafted by the
Sta. Lucia Realtors
The Sta. Lucia Realtors were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1993 to 2010. Prior to joining the PBA, it played in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) from 1987 to 1992.
In 2015, a new Sta. ...
. After SLR, he transferred to Air21 Express. He last played with M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala Cebu Niños, a commercial team based in
Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 16 ...
.
References
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Benilde Blazers basketball players
Philippines men's national basketball team players
Filipino men's basketball players
Living people
Basketball players from Quezon
1980 births
Small forwards
Shooting guards
Sta. Lucia Realtors players
Barako Bull Energy players
Filipino expatriate basketball people in the United States
Filipino expatriate basketball people in Indonesia
Sta. Lucia Realtors draft picks