Sonny Cabatu
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Santiago "Sonny" Cabatu Sr. (born on October 10, 1960 in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur
, Philippines
), is a retired Filipino
professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association
and was the very first draft pick of the league in 1985. He is also the father of current Philippine Patriots
player Junjun Cabatu
.
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur
Cabugao is a 1st class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 33,847 people in 6,268 households.-Political subdivisions:...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
), is a retired Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
and was the very first draft pick of the league in 1985. He is also the father of current Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...
player Junjun Cabatu
Junjun Cabatu
Santiago Cabatu, Jr. , better known as Junjun Cabatu, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Philippine Patriots. Known by many because of his father Santiago "Sonny" Cabatu, Sr., who is a former PBA player and was the very first draft pick of the league in 1985. He played high school...
.