By JONAS TERRADO
The Magnolia center, now in his 18th season in the league, needs 36 games to surpass former Crispa great and 1977 Most Valuable Player Freddie Hubalde for 10th on the list.
Reavis is currently 14th overall with 758 career games while Hubalde made 793 appearances in 16 seasons that included stops with Tanduay, Purefoods, Shell and Ginebra.
Jojo Lastimosa is 11th with 789 games, Bernie Fabiosa is ranked 12th at 788 while Abe King played 782 matches for 13th position.
Abet Guidaben holds the record for most number of games with 1,081, with Ramon Fernandez in second at 1,074. Robert Jaworski is third at 958, Olsen Racela (925), Philip Cezar (918), Jerry Codinera (871), Yoyoy Villamin (871), Alvin Patrimonio (857) and Nelson Asaytono (820).
The 42-year-old Reavis made his debut with Coca-Cola in 2002, joining the PBA after playing two seasons for the San Juan Knights in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.
He was traded to Barangay Ginebra in 2006 before joining the Purefoods franchise in the 2009-10 season. Reavis has the most championships by an active player with 11.
Ginebra’s Mark Caguioa has the second most games played among active players with 742, two more than NLEX guard Cyrus Baguio. They are among the five players currently in the league with at least 700 appearances.
Part of that group are Meralco’s Reynel Hugnatan (719), TNT KaTropa’s Harvey Carey (718), Rain or Shine’s James Yap (717) and Alaska’s Sonny Thoss (712).
Closing in on 700 is Reavis’ teammate Peter June Simon with 687 career matches.
