Garvo Lañete
No. 13 – NLEX Road Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | PBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines |
February 13, 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | San Beda College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College | San Beda College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PBA draft | 2015 Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the NLEX Road Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2015–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–present | NLEX Road Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garvo A. Lañete (born February 13, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA.
College career
Lañete studied and played with San Beda Red Lions from 2007 to 2012. He led the Red Lions when they won 4 out of 5 championships. He played his last game with the Red Lions in their 57–55 win over the San Sebastian Stags.[1]
Amateur career
Lañete played for the San Beda-Maynilad Water Dragons in the opener of the PBA D-League. When Maynilad was disbanded, he joined the NLEX Road Warriors and led the team to multiple titles.[2]
He last played for the Hapee Fresh Fighters and was part of the Gilas Pilipinas training pool.
Professional career
Lañete was supposed to apply for the 2014 PBA draft but he decided to forgo the draft as he intended to train more and improve some of his weaknesses.[3] After spending another year as a Gilas Cadet in the D-League, he applied for the 2015 Rookie draft, based on the list released by the PBA on August 10, 2015.[4] He was drafted sixth overall by the NLEX Road Warriors in the 2015 PBA draft.
Personal life
He has two brothers who are also basketball players, Von Harry (Bon Bon) and fellow PBA player Chico who currently plays for the Phoenix Fuel Masters. His father was also a former professional basketball player.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Leyte (province)
- Filipino basketball players
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) players
- People from Ormoc
- Philippines men's national basketball team players
- Point guards
- San Beda College alumni
- Shooting guards
- NLEX Road Warriors players
- Filipino basketball biography stubs