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He now serves as the Tropang Texters' team manager and Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/pba/80286-jimmy-alapag-retires|title=Jimmy Alapag retires|date=January 9, 2015|website=[[Rappler]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/jimmy-alapag-retires-talk-n-text-pba-gilas|title=Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach|last=Badua|first=Snow|date=January 9, 2015|website=spin.ph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/171074/for-me-its-time-alapag-says-as-he-retires|title=‘For me it’s time’, Alapag says as he retires|last=Lozada|first=Bong|date=January 9, 2015|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref> He was also appointed as member of the FIBA Players Commission which will serve from 2014 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alapag honored to be named to FIBA Players Commission|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/01/27/1417349/alapag-honored-be-named-fiba-players-commission|website=www.philstar.com|publisher=Philippine Star|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> However, he plays for the South All-Star Team [[2015 PBA All-Star Weekend|for 2015 PBA All Star]], as his final PBA game for his career, and he scores 12 points and 14 assists.<ref>http://pba.inquirer.net/54757/north-wins-all-star-game-south-claims-danceoff-prize</ref> |
He now serves as the Tropang Texters' team manager and Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/pba/80286-jimmy-alapag-retires|title=Jimmy Alapag retires|date=January 9, 2015|website=[[Rappler]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/jimmy-alapag-retires-talk-n-text-pba-gilas|title=Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach|last=Badua|first=Snow|date=January 9, 2015|website=spin.ph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/171074/for-me-its-time-alapag-says-as-he-retires|title=‘For me it’s time’, Alapag says as he retires|last=Lozada|first=Bong|date=January 9, 2015|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref> He was also appointed as member of the FIBA Players Commission which will serve from 2014 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alapag honored to be named to FIBA Players Commission|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/01/27/1417349/alapag-honored-be-named-fiba-players-commission|website=www.philstar.com|publisher=Philippine Star|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> However, he plays for the South All-Star Team [[2015 PBA All-Star Weekend|for 2015 PBA All Star]], as his final PBA game for his career, and he scores 12 points and 14 assists.<ref>http://pba.inquirer.net/54757/north-wins-all-star-game-south-claims-danceoff-prize</ref> |
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Completing the list of candidates are former player and now Filsports Basketball Association (FBA) Commissioner Vince Hizon, PBA Operations Director Rickie Santos, former NBA Taiwan manager Mark Fisher, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) official Jay Adalem, and sports broadcaster and lawyer Charlie Cuna.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/467342/sports/basketball/pba-jimmy-alapag-supports-former-teammate-danny-seigle-as-next-pba-commissioner|title=Jimmy Alapag supports former teammate Danny Seigle as next PBA Commissioner|author=Marisse Panaligan|publisher=GMA News|date=April 10, 2015|accessdate=April 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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==International career== |
==International career== |
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Born | San Bernardino, California | December 30, 1977||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Upland (Upland, California) | ||||||||||||||
College | Cal State San Bernardino (1998–2002) | ||||||||||||||
PBA draft | 2003: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2003–2015 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2003–2015 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Jim Olmedo "Jimmy" Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known to his nickname as The Mighty Mouse because of his small stature but plays with a mighty heart in the game.
Early life, college and amateur career
Alapag is the youngest of six siblings and his parents are both Filipino immigrants from Leyte, making him a full-blooded Filipino. He was born and raised in San Bernardino, California. He said his greatest influence in playing basketball was his father and older brother Crispin. He started playing basketball at the age of 3.[1]
He played collegiate basketball at California State University, San Bernardino, where he established himself as a clutch three-point shooter.[2] In 2002, he had his first crack of Philippine basketball when he was invited by then-national team coach Jong Uichico to try out for the Philippine National Team bound for 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.[3]
Professional career
2003: Rookie season
Alapag was selected 10th overall pick in the 2003 PBA draft by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals and was considered the "steal of the draft". Later on, Alapag formed a dynamic duo with slotman Asi Taulava, to lead the Phone Pals to the All-Filipino Cup Championship by beating the Coca-Cola Tigers in the finals, after overcoming the 0-2 deficit to the Tigers and winning the last four games in the series to capture its first ever title. At the end of the 2003 season, he won the Rookie of the Year award by a huge margin after averaging 14.5 points, 7.02 assists and 6.54 rebounds per outing while shooting a decent clip of 35.4 percent from the three-point region.[4]
2004-05 season
In the 2004–05 PBA season, Alapag continued his remarkable play by winning his second mythical first team selection and co-MVP honors with teammate Taulava in the All-Star Game held in Cebu. He also led the Phone Pals to two straight Finals appearance but fail to win another championship against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Cup and against San Miguel Beermen in the Fiesta Conference.[5]
2008–2011 seasons
In the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, Alapag would add another championship ring by helping the Tropang Texters vanquish the Alaska Aces in a grueling seven game series. He did the same trick in the 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup Finals against San Miguel after beating the Beermen 4 games to 2 and shared the Finals MVP honors with Jayson Castro. In the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, he once again led the Tropang Texters to their back-to-back championships against Brgy. Ginebra, with him and Jayson Castro again both awarded as co-finals MVP. His team made it again in the 2011 PBA Governors' Cup Finals only to lose to the Petron Blaze Boosters in seven games. At season's end, he was minted as the season's Most Valuable Player, beating the likes of Arwind Santos and Mark Caguioa in the MVP race.[6]
2011–2014 and retirement
In the 2011–12 PBA Philippine Cup, Alapag would again rose to the occasion as he anchored an epic comeback by beating their nemesis, Petron Blaze in seven games after overcoming 1-3 deficit in their best-of-seven semi-final series. In the Finals game, his team successfully defended the Philippine Cup trophy by beating the Gary David-led Powerade Tigers, four games to one. In 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup, the Tropang Texters again advanced to the Finals against the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados, only to lose the series in seven games. In the 2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup Finals he led the Texters sweep the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters four games to none and retain the Philippine Cup for the third time (they also took permanent possession of the Jun Bernardino Trophy).[7]
On December 23, 2014, he passed Ronnie Magsanoc to move to No. 2 behind Allan Caidic in the all-time three-point list with 1,172 three point field goals made.[8]
On January 9, 2015, he formally announced his retirement during a press conference at the Smart Araneta Coliseum prior to the second game of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup Finals between the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen. His #3 jersey was retired by Talk 'N Text on March 8, 2015, during the halftime of the 2015 PBA All-Star Game.[9]
He now serves as the Tropang Texters' team manager and Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach.[10][11][12] He was also appointed as member of the FIBA Players Commission which will serve from 2014 to 2019.[13] However, he plays for the South All-Star Team for 2015 PBA All Star, as his final PBA game for his career, and he scores 12 points and 14 assists.[14]
International career
Alapag played his first ever World Cup stint in Spain. He helped his team to win its first World Cup victory for the first time in 40 Years, beating Senegal. Despite his announcement of retiring for the national team after playing in the world cup, he accepted another offer after Jason Castro was declared unable to play for the Asian Games in Incheon. During the tournament, His National Team was expected to win gold because of their performance in the World Cup but went on to a disappointing run, losing three games in a row against Iran, Qatar, and the host, Korea, respectively. At the end of the Tournament, he retired for International Basketball.
Playing style
Alapag is known for his lethal 3 pointers way beyond from the arc, excellent passing and play making ability, and an intelligent decision making in the game, especially in the last dying seconds on the clock. Despite his small size, Alapag takes advantage of his speed and agility to break down his defender and pass it on his teammate or score by the lay-up.[15]
Statistics
Legend | |||||
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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 December 27, 2013[16]
Season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2003 | Talk 'N Text | 54 | 37.56 | 0.222 | 0.354 | 0.753 | 6.54 | 7.02 | 0.91 | 0.02 | 23.9 |
2004-05 | Talk 'N Text | 77 | 33.97 | 0.407 | 0.360 | 0.764 | 5.52 | 5.84 | 0.56 | 0.03 | 24.26 |
2005-06 | Talk 'N Text | 41 | 35.22 | 0.382 | 0.335 | 0.786 | 5.44 | 8.07 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 13.05 |
2006-07 | Talk 'N Text | 28 | 31.21 | 0.420 | 0.347 | 0.741 | 4.93 | 6.89 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 11.46 |
2007-08 | Talk 'N Text | 39 | 30.79 | 0.421 | 0.361 | 0.797 | 6.00 | 5.98 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 13.49 |
2008-09 | Talk 'N Text | 46 | 31.80 | 0.412 | 0.406 | 0.823 | 3.78 | 5.02 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 14.87 |
2009-10 | Talk 'N Text | 47 | 32.13 | 0.333 | 0.360 | 0.826 | 2.64 | 6.47 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 14.00 |
2010-11 | Talk 'N Text | 63 | 30.32 | 0.379 | 0.349 | 0.841 | 2.86 | 5.44 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 12.43 |
2011-12 | Talk 'N Text | 52 | 28.12 | 0.383 | 0.348 | 0.769 | 2.38 | 5.46 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 10.71 |
2012-13 | Talk 'N Text | 49 | 26.41 | 0.396 | 0.370 | 0.878 | 1.88 | 4.88 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 10.22 |
2013-14 | Talk 'N Text | 6 | 29.33 | 0.302 | 0.146 | 1.000 | 3.17 | 4.67 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 11.33 |
Career | 502 | 31.83 | 0.369 | 0.357 | 0.798 | 4.16 | 6.00 | 0.54 | 0.01 | 12.98 |
Personal life
Alapag's parents are Filipino immigrants Crispin and Aurora Alapag. He's the youngest of six siblings. He considers his father and elder brother Crispin Jr. as his greatest influence in basketball.[17]
He is currently married to Filipina actress LJ Moreno.[18] On December 5, 2014, They welcome their first child together a girl named Keona Skye.[19]
References
- ^ "Jimmy Alapag – the basketball 'The Mighty Mouse'. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho one-on-one interview with the 'The Mighty Mouse' on basketball court". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Halili, Mico. "The Final Score: Jimmy Alapag's parents saw something familiar in Game 3". www.gmanetwork.com. GMA News. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Henson, Joaquin. "Fil-Am Jimmy Alapag: Big Little Man". www.philstar.com. Philippine Star. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/basketball-player-profiles-jimmy-alapag-10717/,
- ^ http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/basketball-player-profiles-jimmy-alapag-10717/
- ^ http://sports.inquirer.net/11819/talk-n-text-ace-alapag-bags-pba-mvp-award
- ^ http://philnews.ph/2013/01/16/talk-n-text-captured-philippine-cup-title-grand-slam/
- ^ Sacamos, Karlo. "Jimmy Alapag leapfrogs Magsanoc to move to No. 2 behind Caidic in three-point list". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Talk 'N Text retires Jimmy Alapag's jersey in tiff with Rain or Shine; Barako Bull, Blackwater clash". InterAksyon.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Jimmy Alapag retires". Rappler. January 9, 2015.
- ^ Badua, Snow (January 9, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag retires, takes on new role as Talk 'N Text manager, Gilas assistant coach". spin.ph.
- ^ Lozada, Bong (January 9, 2015). "'For me it's time', Alapag says as he retires". INQUIRER.net.
- ^ "Alapag honored to be named to FIBA Players Commission". www.philstar.com. Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ http://pba.inquirer.net/54757/north-wins-all-star-game-south-claims-danceoff-prize
- ^ http://www.sportinglife360.com/index.php/basketball-player-profiles-jimmy-alapag-10717/
- ^ "PBA Profile: Jimmy Alapag".
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39xSZO60lY
- ^ "LJ Moreno marries star cager Jimmy Alapag".
- ^ "LJ Moreno welcomes baby girl with husband Jimmy Alapag".