Kevin Louie Platon Alas was born on November 13,1991 and is a Filipino professional basketball player for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association.
15 Facts About Kevin Alas
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Kevin Alas was drafted second overall by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the 2014 PBA draft.
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But, despite two heartbreaking defeats, Kevin Alas did not fail to impress talent scouts as a number of schools were interested in acquiring his services for the college game.
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Ironically, Kevin Alas trained 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.
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Kevin Alas played his collegiate career with the Letran Knights and won two Mythical 5 selections in Seasons 87 and 88 then after losing to the San Beda Red Lions in the 2012 finals series, he elected to forgo his final playing year to join Gilas Pilipinas.
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Kevin Alas played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA D-League and led the team to several championships.
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Kevin 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.
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Kevin Alas 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.
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However, when Lee decided to stay with Rain or Shine, Kevin Alas became expendable, thus they decided to trade him to NLEX for a 2015 first round pick.
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Kevin Alas was traded , this time to NLEX's sister team Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, in a deal that sent Nino 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.
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Kevin Alas was then quickly traded back to Talk 'N Text's sister team NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for forwards Nino Canaleta and Aldrech Ramos.
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On September 1,2020, Kevin Alas signed a three-year contract extension with the team.
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In November 2017, Kevin Alas was named as part of the Gilas Pilipinas line-up that will compete at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers against Japan and Chinese Taipei.
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Kevin Alas's father is his former coach in college, former Letran coach and former Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters head coach Louie Alas.
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Kevin Alas is the younger brother of fellow 2014 draft classmate Junjun Alas as well as cousin to historian Pepe Alas.