Player Profiles Season 1

Val Acuña

Val Hezy B. Acuña II (born November 24, 1988) is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots^[1].

He is playing straight out of the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where he played for four seasons (2006 to 2009). He was also part of the Warriors team that finished runner-up to the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the 2009 season, where he averaged 11.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in almost 27 minutes.

Mark Andaya

Mark Anthony Andaya (born March 22, 1985 in Manila, Philippines) is a professional basketball player who previously played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association and is now playing for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League. He was drafted eighth overall by Talk ‘N Text in 2006and averages 17.8 ppg and 12.8 rpg.

Nonoy Baclao

Siverino A. Baclao, Jr. (born June 15, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League. A power forward/center, he played three seasons for the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2007 to 2009 and led the Eagles to back-to-back basketball championships in his last two seasons with them.

Froilan Baguion

Froilan Baguion (born March 7, 1980 in Navotas City, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots. He was signed as an undrafted player by Welcoat of the Philippine Basketball Association in 2005.

Baguion played 36 games with Welcoat and averaged 13.6 points per game and 2.9 assists per game in 26.3 minutes per game. He was then traded to the Coca-Cola Tigers where he had limited minutes. In 2008, he was signed by the San Miguel Beermen as a free agent and lasted there until 2009.

Christian Coronel

Christian Coronel (born March 3, 1988 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots. He previously played for the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Coronel was not drafted in the 2007 PBA Draft making him an unrestricted free agent but was later signed by the Realtors in the 2007-08 PBA season.

Dino Daa

Fiel Dino Daa (born February 20, 1984 in Tacloban City, Leyte) is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots.

The younger brother of Sta. Lucia Realtors‘ Dennis Daa, he played collegiately for the Letran Knights from 2006 to 2008, and is an undrafted player in the 2009 PBA Draft. He previously played for Hapee Complete Protectors in the Philippine Basketball League.

Jason “Unstoppable” Dixon

Jaxon Dixon is the do-it-all basketball work horse in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots. He also played played in the CBA with the guangdong southern tigers alongside new jersey nets forward yi jianlian. And also in the PBA with the coca-cola tigers.

Elmer Espiritu

Elmer T. Espiritu (born November 23, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League^[1]. Able to play both forward positions and center, he played four seasons for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2006 to 2009. He captained the Warriors team that finished runner-up to the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the 2009 season, where he averaged 13.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game in almost 32 minutes.

Gabe Freeman

Gabriel Freeman (born November 5, 1985) is an American professional basketball player. He previously played professional basketball for the Albany Patroons in the Continental Basketball Association and the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association where he won the PBA Best Import Award during the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference. He currently plays as a non-ASEAN import of the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League.

Jerwin Gaco

Jerwin Gaco (born January 17, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots.

He is an undrafted player in the Philippine Basketball Association in 2005, and as such he never saw action in the league. After playing collegiately for Polytechnic University of the Philippines (undergraduate) and the De La Salle Green Archers (as a graduate student, for the 2003 and 2004 seasons), he played for the Harbour Centre franchise in the Philippine Basketball League, where he honed his skills as an enforcer.

Gaco also saw action for the Laguna Stallions in the Liga Pilipinas regional league.

Khasim Mirza

Khasim Mirza (born September 14, 1986) is a professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots.

He is playing straight out of the University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where he played for three seasons (2007 to 2009).

Neil Rañeses

Neil Rañeses (born March 1, 1981 in Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Asean Basketball League who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots.

He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association with the Coca-Cola Tigers, the same team that deafted him 11th overall in the 2005 PBA Draft. He also had stints in the amateur Philippine Basketball League, the most recent being with the Magnolia Purewater Wizards.

Rob Wainwright

Robert Wainwright (born December 27, 1983 in Vallejo, California, United States) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League. He was drafted by Shell in 2000.

After Shell disbanded, Wainwright played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters from 2006 to 2009 and averaged 18.8 ppg. He was recently instrumental in transforming the team from PBA’s perennial doormats to semifinal contenders. He is also one of the stars in the now defunct MBA league with the Cebu Gems.

Warren Ybañez

Warren Ybañez (born September 14, 1979 in Cebu City, Cebu) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League. He was drafted 27th overall by Coca-Cola in 2004.

He had stints in the Philippine Basketball Association, where he played for the Tigers and most recently for the Barako Bull Energy Boosters.