Poy Erram
Filipino basketball player (born 1989)
John Paul "Poy" I. Erram (born July 7, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 15th overall in 2013 by the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.
He started his career in Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) where he played for the university's basketball team, the Ateneo Blue Eagles.
Early life
Erram was born in Makati. His father is a soldier while he never saw his biological mother after he turned two years old. He came from a broken family with 11 siblings, but they had different mothers. When he was 12 years old, his father moved him and his siblings to Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, as he was assigned there. It was there that he learned basketball from playing with his friends on the streets. His parents weren't supportive of him playing so often.
Before high school, Erram joined a Milo Olympics tournament in his province, where he met coach Arvin Martinez.
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