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of the

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. He was drafted with the 7th overall pick by the

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in the

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. Two days after the draft, he was traded to San Mig in exchange for fellow rookie

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and veteran

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and member of the 2013 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers roster who captured the very rare

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. His entry into the PBA signals the complete reversal of his basketball fortunes. A former NCAA Division II player, he quit basketball and decided to embark on a different path in life. Instead, he saw his hoops career resurrected after moving to Manila to play in the

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, first with Big Chill before moving to Blackwater. After spending his rookie season with the grand slam champion

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, he was traded along with

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midway through the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup for

veteran center

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. After a couple of months, he was waived by the Energy. He has since retired and is now a mortgage loan initiator initiator back in the United States.

PBA career statistics

Season-by-season averages

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References

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