Sonny Alvarado

Sonny Alvarado
Personal information
Born (1973-01-15) January 15, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityPuerto Rican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College
PBA draft1999: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Tanduay Rhum Masters
Playing career1996–2000
PositionCenter / power forward
Career history
1998–1999Explosivos de Moca
1999–2000Tanduay Rhum Masters
Career highlights and awards

Earl Sonny Alvarado (born January 15, 1973) is a Puerto Rican former basketball player who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Tanduay Rhum Masters. He was known as "The Punisher".

Player profile

Alvarado played for multiple colleges in NCAA, and ended up at University of Texas at Austin. He played for Spain, Mexico, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico pro ballclubs.[1]

Alvarado was drafted by Tanduay Rhum Masters as first overall. In his first year, he led the team to a Finals finish lost to Benjie Paras-led Formula Shell.[1][2][3] In his time with Tanduay, he was a front-court tandem with Eric Menk.[4]

Controversy

Main article: Fil-sham controversy

In the middle of the 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup semifinals against Purefoods, Alvarado found without any evidence or document that he has a Filipino citizenship. He was deported by the Department of Justice Bureau of Immigration. The sweep of the team against Purefoods were later voided, and Purefoods eventually marched to the Finals.[1][5][3][6][7]

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999 Tanduay Gold 48 43.8 .450 .213 .689 13.1 3.9 2.2 1.0 22.9
2000 Tanduay 17 39.5 .451 .338 .722 13.4 3.5 2.2 1.2 24.1
Career 65 41.6 .451 .276 .706 13.3 3.7 2.5 1.1 23.2

References

  1. ^ a b c "PBA is reluctant to relax its rules on Fil-foreigners because of this". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  2. ^ "Sonny Alvarado". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  3. ^ a b "Stanley Pringle is oldest rookie top pick in PBA. Guess who he beat for the record". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  4. ^ Villar, Joey. "Menk to strut stuff in Negros?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  5. ^ "Balingit return to PBA put on hold". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  6. ^ "Bernardino: We'll come out stronger". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  7. ^ Beltran, Nelson, Villar, Joey. "'This one for you'". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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