11-time PBA champion Bolado dies in motorcycle crash

Photo from Cris Bolado’s Facebook account

Former Philippine Basketball Association player Cris Bolado was killed Sunday in a motorcycle crash in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia.

He would have turned 48 in October.

The 6-foot-6 Bolado, drafted 13th overall by Alaska Milk in 1994, won 11 PBA championships, including a Grand Slam with Alaska in 1996.

He also suited up for Ginebra, Purefoods, Pop Cola/Coca-Cola, San Miguel and Red Bull before retiring in 2013 with career averages of 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds.

According to reports, Bolado was working as a basketball coach in an international school in the Cambodian capital.

He was likewise managing a Filipino restaurant with partner Anne Christine Waje at the time of his death.

Bolado, who played for National University in college, also left behind two children.

Ginebra mentor Tim Cone, the late player’s coach in Alaska, and former teammates expressed shock over the incident.