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PBA Draft: Ginebra reaches for Ken Holmqvist as last pick of first round


Barangay Ginebra got one of the biggest players in the 2021 PBA Rookie Draft, selecting Ken Holmqvist as the last pick of the first round, Sunday afternoon. 

Making the selection were team governor Alfrancis Chua, head coach Tim Cone, and LA Tenorio.

The 6-foot-8 center, who is 25 years old, was part of the Tamaraws squad that copped the UAAP gold medal in Season 78, which ended the school’s decade-long drought.

In that same year, he showed what he can bring to the table, helping FEU rise as co-champions in the Philippine Collegiate Championship League by beating the San Beda Red Lions.

Holmqvist still played spot minutes in the next UAAP season, but he showed much promise. He was even being groomed to be part of the national team.

Then-Tamaraws head coach Nash Racela included the Filipino-Norwegian cager in the Gilas Pilipinas Cadets crew that swept its way to the 2016 SEABA Cup championship in Bangkok, Thailand.

Recently, he played in Norway only coming back home this year.

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