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Sonny Thoss
Joachim Gunther "Sonny" Thoss (born December 7, 1981) is a German-Filipino former professional basketball player. He played his entire career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) with the Alaska Aces, where his jersey number is retired.
Joachim Thoss was born on December 7, 1981, in Papua New Guinea to a German father and to a Filipina mother. His father, Joachim Thoss Sr. was an East German patrol guard who patrolled the Berlin Wall before it fell and is a carpenter who is involved in construction projects in Papua New Guinea. The younger Thoss' mother, Jesusa Marticio, is from Cebu.
He attended Port Moresby High School. Basketball competitions in Papua New Guinea are rare; Thoss only represented his high school in one-day tournaments. He moved to Australia in 1999 to attend James Cook University.
After Thoss moved to Australia played for the Cairns Marlins of the Australian Basketball Association. He trained under Cairns Taipans assistant coach, Aaron Fearne. During his Marlins stint he was named as Most Improved Player in 2001 and was named as part of the league's under-23 squad.
He was the 5th overall pick in the 2004 PBA draft selected by the Alaska Aces and he was also the tallest rookie picked in that class. In his early years, Sonny was the backup center for the Aces behind the dominant big men Ali Peek and E.J. Feihl in Alaska's rotation. But in his later years, Thoss eventually became Alaska's starting big man and become one of the team's top players.
In the 2007 Fiesta Conference, he won his first championship.
In the 2009–10 Philippine Cup finals, Thoss and the Aces were swept by the Purefoods TJ Giants. The Aces were able to bounce back in that year's Fiesta Conference finals, by defeating the San Miguel Beermen in five games.
In 2011, he was awarded the PBA Sportsmanship Award.
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Sonny Thoss
Joachim Gunther "Sonny" Thoss (born December 7, 1981) is a German-Filipino former professional basketball player. He played his entire career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) with the Alaska Aces, where his jersey number is retired.
Joachim Thoss was born on December 7, 1981, in Papua New Guinea to a German father and to a Filipina mother. His father, Joachim Thoss Sr. was an East German patrol guard who patrolled the Berlin Wall before it fell and is a carpenter who is involved in construction projects in Papua New Guinea. The younger Thoss' mother, Jesusa Marticio, is from Cebu.
He attended Port Moresby High School. Basketball competitions in Papua New Guinea are rare; Thoss only represented his high school in one-day tournaments. He moved to Australia in 1999 to attend James Cook University.
After Thoss moved to Australia played for the Cairns Marlins of the Australian Basketball Association. He trained under Cairns Taipans assistant coach, Aaron Fearne. During his Marlins stint he was named as Most Improved Player in 2001 and was named as part of the league's under-23 squad.
He was the 5th overall pick in the 2004 PBA draft selected by the Alaska Aces and he was also the tallest rookie picked in that class. In his early years, Sonny was the backup center for the Aces behind the dominant big men Ali Peek and E.J. Feihl in Alaska's rotation. But in his later years, Thoss eventually became Alaska's starting big man and become one of the team's top players.
In the 2007 Fiesta Conference, he won his first championship.
In the 2009–10 Philippine Cup finals, Thoss and the Aces were swept by the Purefoods TJ Giants. The Aces were able to bounce back in that year's Fiesta Conference finals, by defeating the San Miguel Beermen in five games.
In 2011, he was awarded the PBA Sportsmanship Award.
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