2004 pba draft pick james yap biography
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7-Time PBA Champion | 2-Time Season MVP | 4-Time Finals MVP
For the 2012-13 season , the Llamados renamed their team as the San Mig Coffee Mixers. The team finished second in the elimination round of the 2012–13 Philippine Cup with a 10-4 win-loss card. The Mixers then faced the Petron Blaze Boosters in the quarterfinals with a twice-to-beat advantage, managing to win 92-87 as the game went into overtime. The victory earned San Mig a place in the semifinals against Rain or Shine. On December 21, Yap led his team to a 106-82 victory in Game 2 over the Elasto Painters as he scored 34 points including 7 triples in 47 minutes of play, to help equalize the series 1-1. [ 49 ][ 50 ] In the following matches, however, Yap struggled with his shooting and failed to bring the Mixers to the finals as San Mig lost the series 2-4. [ 51 ] After starting the 2013 Commissioner's Cup 0–3, the Mixers acquired returning import Denzel Bowles, in a move to improve the team's results. On March 20, Yap scored his 800th career three-pointer in an 82-87 loss against the Air21 Express. With the help of Yap and Bowles' performances, San Mig ended the classification phase with a record of 8-6, fourth overall in the standings, which gave them an outright quarterfinal slot. Th
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James Yap
Filipino basketball player and politician
For the Filipino-Chinese basketball player who represented Republic of China, see James Yap (basketball, born 1933).
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Agravante and the surname or paternal family name is Yap.
The Honorable James Yap | |||
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Yap in 2022 | |||
Incumbent | |||
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |||
| Born | James Carlos Agravante Yap (1982-02-15) February 15, 1982 (age 43) Escalante, Negros Occidental, Philippines | ||
| Political party | |||
| Spouse | Kris Aquino (m. ; ann. ) | ||
| Children | 3 (including Bimby) | ||
| Basketball career | |||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Listed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||
| High school | Bacolod Tay Tung High School Iloilo Central Commercial High School (Iloilo City) | ||
| College | UE | ||
| PBA draft | 2004: 1st round, 2nd overall pick | ||
| Selected by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | |||
| Playing career | 2004–present | ||
| Number | 18, 15 | ||
| 2004–2016 | Star Hotshots | ||
| 2016–2021, 2023–2024 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ||
| 2024 | Blackwater Bossing | ||
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