Chris Ross (basketball)
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Christopher "Chris" Ross (born March 9, 1985) is a Filipino-American[1] professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Ross played high school basketball at John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, where as a junior, he sank a 50-foot half-court buzzer-beater to give Jay the 2002 Class 5A state basketball championship.[2] After high school he played college basketball at McLennan Community College and Marshall University.
Ross can play both guard positions and is currently the starting shooting guard for the Beermen.[3]
PBA Transactions
Originally selected as the fourth pick of the 2009 PBA draft, Ross was traded to the Coca-Cola Tigers for the latter's first-round pick in the 2010 Draft.
- 2010 — After one season with the Coca-Cola Tigers in the Ross was traded to Sta. Lucia in exchange for Paolo Mendoza.
- October 11, 2013 — Ross traded by the Meralco Bolts to GlobalPort Batang Pier along with Chris Timberlake for rookie guard AJ Mandani and star Gary David.
- October 30, 2013 — Ross traded by GlobalPort Batang Pier to the Petron Blaze Boosters for Denok Miranda.
Awards & Milestones
- February 3, 2016 — Ross was named Finals MVP after scoring a career high of 21 points with five rebounds, five assists, and shooting 4 for 6 from the 3-point line in game 7 of the 2016 Philippine Cup Finals.[4]
- October 14, 2016 — Ross was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night and named to the PBA All-Defensive Team.[5]
- February 10, 2017 Chris became the 27th player in PBA history to reach 500 career steals.
PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Correct as of October 4, 2016[6]
Season-by-season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | Coca-Cola / Sta. Lucia | 37 | 16.9 | .381 | .095 | .467 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .2 | 4.5 |
| 2010–11 | Meralco | 25 | 32.5 | .376 | .000 | .526 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 2.0 | .3 | 8.0 |
| 2011–12 | Meralco | 29 | 29.3 | .333 | .180 | .600 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.6 | .3 | 6.5 |
| 2012–13 | Meralco | 42 | 28.6 | .312 | .145 | .610 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 1.7 | .2 | 5.2 |
| 2013–14 | Petron / San Miguel | 35 | 24.1 | .381 | .182 | .714 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 1.9 | .0 | 7.8 |
| 2014–15 | San Miguel | 54 | 20.1 | .435 | .245 | .679 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | .2 | 5.4 |
| 2015–16 | San Miguel | 57 | 26.1 | .381 | .206 | .728 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 2.0 | .3 | 6.5 |
| Career | 279 | 24.8 | .370 | .178 | .630 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 1.6 | .2 | 6.1 | |
References
- ↑ Payo, Jasmine (June 27, 2010). "Three more Fil-Ams sign up for PBA draft". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ↑ Chan, Lorne (2010-03-04). "Jay star Ross still living the dream". MySA.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ↑ Joble, Rey (August 17, 2010). "Meralco's PBA team wants franchise player". GMANews.TV. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ↑ "SMB guard Chris Ross named Finals MVP". INQUIRER.net. The Inquirer Company. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ "PBA Leo Awards 2016 Winners & Nominees (Complete List)". PinoyBoxBreak. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ↑ Player Profile at PBA-Online!
External links
- Player Profile at PBA-Online!
- Marshall University Profile
- Ross still living the dream