“The root and his crop”

For the subject Sports Journalism

The former Ateneo Blue Eagle basketball player Japeth Aguilar steps up higher as he engraved his name in Philippine basketball, resembling his father’s race.

The 6’9” Filipino home grown Japeth
marked as he had the first stride to the National Basketball Association (NBA) when he played in the US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the Western Kentucky Hill toppers. Also he played n the Sun Belt Conference. He was part of the Hill toppers when they won the Sun Belt Conference East Division title for the first time since the 2002-2003 seasons.

At the age of 20, he has moved toward this huge. In this year’s PBA Rookie Draft, the Burger King Whoppers made him he first over-all pick. It was predicted earlier before the draft happened.

Japeth Aguilar, as assumed by many, had spread his popularity over the world, invading the United States for his slum dunk action at the age of 13 with a huge crowd.

Now, as we are watching him thru television playing for the Philippines’ pride, we only sees the determination this man has, the power to build one’s dream to be in the NBA, every man’s dream.

Japeth’s root, is father himself, Peter Aguilar.

His father also played in PBA for five different teams: Anejo, Alaska, Seven-up, Sta Lucia Realtors and Shell.

As this moment, the crop, Japeth, cross his own road, for the reason of overshadowed with his father. A journey to stardom, as what it seemed but he only tries to step forward for his own sense of name.