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 Alex Cabagnot
Biography
Alex Cabagnot, embattled professional basketball player, is currently signed with the Philippine Basketball Association’s Sta. Lucia Realtors. The young point guard, although born in the Philippines, spent his adolescent and young adult years in Los Angeles, stirring up some controversy surrounding the All-Filipino requirement to play for the Realtors. That aside, contract disputes and an untimely suspension of Cabagnot made both the team and player aware of the advantages of staying together, and Cabagnot is back in the backcourt for the Realtors.
Cabagnot was born in Quezon City, Pilippines, on December 12, 1982.Although he spent most of his youth in the Philippines, he moved to Los Angeles for high school and college. As a member of the Eagle Rock High School basketball team in Los Angeles, he earned four letters in basketball, was all-Northern League Conference pick three times, voted the league’s MVP twice, and won other honors as well.
At Los Angeles Valley College, Cabagnot distinguished himself with honors and recognition, not the least of which winning the Western State Conference League Iron Man award—twice. During his stay at college, he led his team in several areas, and helped them win conference championships as well.In 2005, the Philippine Basketball Association’s team Sta. Lucia Realtors drafted Alex Cabagnot. Although the team finished seventh in qualification play for the Philippine Cup that year, he had a consistently good record.
In the 2006 offseason, however, the Realtors and Cabagnot had a falling out. Cabagnot was displeased with his contract, and there was an issue with the Realtors’ pure Filipino policy. Cabagnot, although born in the Philippines, spent his high school and college life in the United States, and it seemed his national blood-bond may have been questioned. He left the Philippines, didn’t return for a team meeting, and didn’t contact them. Eventually they suspended him indefinitely, and he was in danger of being banned from the PBA.
Fortunately, Alex Cabagnot and the Sta. Lucia Realtors found a way to mend fences and he is back in the lineup and once again strengthening the Sta. Lucia roster.
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