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ALVIN PATRIMONIO STILL SOARING HIGHER
Well, after several years, it turned out that Purefoods decision to give him what he's due was right. After all, records will show that indeed he's worth every centavo of his gargantuan contarct. On the personal side, Patrimonio accomplished what other players have failed to accomplish… Four MVP awards, good enough to match the record of the legendary Ramon Fernandez. And from the looks of it, El Capitan might just be on his way surpassing that feat in a few years time. Alvin was born on November 17, 1966. He is the second of four children of Angel and Ophelia Patrimonio. At the age of ten, Alvin was learning already to shoot hoops with his cousins and other relatives. A big boy who already showed a lot of potentials during his age, he realized that he could turn out to be one of the top cagers in the land if he sets his mind and heart into it. But his interest for organized basketball was still in the early stage then. Although he had played in the intramurals during his high school days a the Manila Science High School. Alvin was raw and needed some polishing. In college, he joined the Mapua Cardinals upon the egging of PE director Amang Lopez. There, Alvin learned that basketball was not a game for boys but a struggle between men. He had to experience what banging is in practice and actual games, but he persevered. Send to the frontlines, Patrimonio showed his wares to the max to the detriment of the opposition. From then on, success became easy for Alvin. He had the skills and the potentials of a very exceptional player. They were all unleashed when he buckled down to business. And although the Cardinals failed to clinch an NCAA championship during his stint, the school emerged as one of the most popular teams because of their star player. As icing on the cake, Patrimonio garnered two awards as the top collegiate player in the land as a frontliner for the Cardinals. Alvin became a hot property after he blossomed in Mapua. He was chased around by different teams in the PABL but it was YCO who got the luck of nailing the 6'3" power forward in October 1986, Alvin joined the shinemasters and by December of that year he led his team to the title. There was no stopping for Alvin from then on. In 1988, he hitched the
pro-bandwagon but got to play in the second conference due to some legal matters concerning his amateur contract. By missing the Open Alvin hit 17.2 points in his maiden season, a living testament to his savvy and on-court guile. In 1989, a misunderstanding with team management nearly saw his transfer to another team but the Ayala franchise wasn't keen on letting their prized catch go. As a result, Alvin became the highest paid player in the league. In 1991, Patrimonio took his first MVP award after he led his team to its second PBA title with a 3-2 victory over Sarsi in the All-filipino Cup. Two years later, he joined the great William Bogs Adornado by making it again in the MVP race. In 1994, he capped his crown by earning his third, but from all indications, the Captain was not letting up.
True enough, this year saw the emergence of Patrimonio as the most bemedalled cager in the land. And to think that he had achieved his
feat in a time where basketball is already considered a science and
One thing that separate Alvin from his peers is his humility and
hardwork. Unlike those fledgling basketball superstars who skip practice or act like primadonna insisde the team, Alvin shows his
leadership by setting up examples. He goes and works in practice probably harder than anyone in the team. In the game, he dives for
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