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NAME: Kevin Louie Platon Alas
DOB: November 13, 1991 (age 24)
POB: Las Piñas City, Philippines
HEIGHT: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
WEIGHT: 175 lb (79 kg)
NATIONALITY: Filipino
HIGH SCHOOL: Colegio de San Juan de Letran
COLLEGE: Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Career history
2014–2015 Talk
'N Text Tropang Texters
2015–present NLEX
Road Warriors
No. 6 – NLEX Road Warriors
Position: Point guard
League PBA
Men's Basketball
Representing
Philippines
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014
Wuhan Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013
Naypyidaw Team
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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. He is also the younger
brother of fellow 2014 draft class mate Junjun
Alas.
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