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ABL Lifetime Achievement awardee Leo Avenido wants to keep going

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/10/17/leo-avenido-101717.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Leo Avenido, seen here playing for Gamboa Coffee Mix in the PBA D-League, was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the ABL on Tuesday. PBA Media Bureau</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines – Leo Avenido does not want to call it a career just yet.Even after he was honored by the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) with a Lifetime Achievement Award – the first to do so in the league&#x27;s eight-year history – Avenido admits he still wants to keep his basketball career rolling.&quot;Pag lifetime, ibig sabihin matanda na talaga, ano?&quot; Avenido joked on Tuesday, after he was hailed by the ABL for a glittering career that includes an MVP trophy and a title with San Miguel Beer in the 2012 season.&quot;Siyempre, grateful at saka thankful ako sa ABL na nabigyan ako ng chance na ganyan,&quot; he added. &quot;Ibang achievement na &#x27;yun para sa akin. May MVP pa, may championship pa. Kumpleto na rin.&quot;But Avenido, who has played for multiple ABL teams over his career, hopes that award won&#x27;t signal the end of his playing days.&quot;Siyempre, gusto ko pa rin maglaro, kung papayagan,&quot; he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/basketball/news/2017/10/17/history-making-nine-teams-wage-war-2017-2018-abl-32354">READ: History-making nine teams to wage war in 2017-2018 ABL</a></li></ul>Avenido started out with the now-defunct Brunei Barracudas before making his way to the Singapore Slingers and SMB. He has also seen action for the Saigon Heat, and now, he reveals that he is in talks with the CLS Knights of Indonesia, one of three new teams to join the ABL in its eighth season.&quot;Ita-try daw, kaso siyempre, marami rin nagta-try out,&quot; he said. &quot;Sabi ko, subukan muna nila.&quot;Nevertheless, the 38-year-old Avenido is ready to accept his basketball fate, should he not make it to Indonesia&#x27;s roster.&quot;Baka bumagsak ako (sa tryout),&quot; he said. &quot;Siguro, assistant coach na lang. Depende sa kanila, kung gusto pa nila. Ako, wala naman. Trabaho lang naman tayo eh.&quot;Avenido, who already has one coaching stint under his belt with Gamboa Coffee in the PBA D-League, added that as much as he wants to keep playing, he knows that there is a next generation of stars ready to take his place.&quot;Kung hindi na (pwede mag-laro), siguro ipa-pass ko na &#x27;yung torch sa mga young guys natin,&quot; he said.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a>)

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ABL Lifetime Achievement awardee Leo Avenido wants to keep going

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 17, 2017 03:36 PM PHT

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