Bong Ravena
| TNT Katropa | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 22, 1970 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | University of the East |
| PBA draft | 1992 Round: 1st Round / Pick: 5th overall |
| Selected by the San Miguel Beermen | |
| Playing career | 1992–2005 |
| Coaching career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1992–1994 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 1994–1997 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs |
| 1998–1999 | Pasig Blue Pirates (MBA) |
| 2000–2005 | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
| As coach: | |
| 2008–present | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters / TNT Tropang Texters / Tropang TNT / TNT Katropa (as assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Ferdinand Ravena (born May 22, 1970), also known as Bong Ravena, is a Filipino retired professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the PBA team TNT Katropa. He is nicknamed The Raven during his playing days.
Ravena did not start playing basketball in his younger days. He was more often seen in the open fields playing football, and when he was indoors, he played volleyball. Once he picked basketball as his primary sport, it came to him quickly.
He played college ball at University of the East under then coach Roel Nadurata and led the Red Warriors to a finals appearance in 1990 but fell to De La Salle Green Archers that were powered by Noli Locsin, Jun Limpot and Johnedel Cardel.
He was drafted 5th overall by San Miguel Beer in the 1992 PBA draft and earned a serious reputation as a deadeye gunner, while playing backup for Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim. Lim. His ability to work well off the ball was supposed to make him the quintessential decoy for the Beermen, who had a surplus of wing men on board.
By the end of his rookie season, he was awarded the PBA Rookie of the Year, but not without controversy. He controversially won the award despite posting meager numbers of 5.1 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 13.6 minutes.
In his sophomore season in 1993, he was relegated as a benchwarmer. By the end of the year, he found himself dealt to the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars in exchange for Kevin Ramas.
Coney Island renamed themselves as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs when he arrived in 1994. Upon his arrival, the team was loaded with young guns and veterans, yet he managed to earn more minutes than rookie Vince Hizon and defensive wiz Glenn Capacio. However, in 1995, when Purefoods sent Hizon to Ginebra San Miguel, sent the draft rights to second pick Rodney Santos to Alaska in 1996, and traded away Capacio to Mobiline in 1997, he found himself as the team’s starting shooting guard.
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