Arwind Santos
Power forward / small forward | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Angeles City, Philippines | June 10, 1981
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Lubao Institute |
College | Far Eastern University |
PBA draft | 2006: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
Selected by the Air21 Express | |
Playing career | 2006–present |
Coaching career | 2017–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2006–2009 | Air21 Express / Burger King Titans/Whoopers |
2009–2021 | Petron Blaze Boosters / San Miguel Beermen |
2021–2023 | NorthPort Batang Pier |
2023 | Pampanga Giant Lanterns |
As coach: | |
2017 | Far Eastern University (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Arwind Anaya Santos (Tagalog: [ˈsantos]; born June 10, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Pampanga Giant Lanterns of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
Amateur career
High school career
Born in
College career
Santos arrived at the UAAP scene in 2002 with the FEU Tamaraws where he won Rookie of the Year honors. With the Tamaraws struggling to enter the Final Four, he was still able to put up a decent performance. One of the highlights of his freshman year was a game-tying three against the eventual champion Ateneo Blue Eagles.
In 2003, he led the Tamaraws to the UAAP title for the first time in six seasons, sweeping the Blue Eagles in the process. He was a candidate to win the Most Valuable Player Award, but was beaten by University of the East star James Yap. However, by leading the Tamaraws to the title, he was named Finals MVP. He was also named Defensive Player of the Year and was part of the Mythical Five together with season MVP Yap, Rich Alvarez, Paul Artadi, and Reynaldo Mendoza.
He would win the Most Valuable Player award the next season (2004) but the Tamaraws lost to the
In his last year (2005) in the UAAP, he again led the team to the title by sweeping the Green Archers in an anticipated championship rematch against La Salle, thereby giving the Tamaraws a three-peat from 2003 to 2005. He was awarded Season MVP and Finals MVP for that season, and was also named to the Mythical Five with Mark Isip, Tenorio, Edwin Asoro and Joseph Yeo.
He is one of the only two players in the FEU Tamaraws that had his jersey (#19) retired. The other one was Johnny Abarrientos.
Philippine Basketball League
In 2003, Santos made his PBL debut for Viva Mineral Water, a team composed of fellow FEU teammates. After a slow start, he led the Water Force all the way to the PBL Unity Cup Finals, where they lost in five games to Hapee Toothpaste.
In 2004, he led Viva to its first PBL crown defeating Welcoat Paints in the 2004 Unity Cup. He was adjudged PBL MVP of the tournament and was part of the 2004 Mythical Five alongside former PBA players Jojo Tangkay and Chester Tolomia and teammates Miranda and Isip. In 2006, he led Magnolia Ice Cream to the PBL Heroes Cup title, coming back from 0–2 deficit to defeat Welcoat Paints. In the PBL Unity Cup, Magnolia made an early exit. However, he still made the Mythical Second Team in his final PBL conference.[1]
Professional career
Air21 Express / Burger King Titans/Whoopers (2006–2009)
In the
He ranked first among rookies in scoring during the Philippine Cup and almost led the Express to a quarterfinals appearance only to lose against the Sta. Lucia Realtors in a knockout match.
Santos was one of the leading contenders for the Rookie of the Year honors at the season's end with the likes of Sta. Lucia's Kelly Williams and Welcoat's Jay-R Reyes as among the possible winners. Williams eventually won the ROY award. But Santos was part of the All-Rookie Team together with Williams, Jay-R Reyes, Jireh Ibañes and LA Tenorio.[2]
Petron Blaze Boosters / San Miguel Beermen (2009–2021)
During the off season Arwind Santos finally got his wish to play for the San Miguel Beermen, the winningest team in the history of the Philippine Basketball Association. None among the officials confirmed the trade although a highly placed source revealed that Santos was shipped to the Beermen in exchange for 6'5" power forward Marc Pingris, 6'6" sophomore center Ken Bono and San Miguel's 2010 first round pick.[3][4]
In the first round of the
In the
In the
In the
On October 14, 2016, Santos was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night as he was named to the PBA Mythcial First Team.[11]
NorthPort Batang Pier (2021–2023)
On November 8, 2021, after 12 years with the Beermen, Santos was traded to NorthPort Batang Pier for Vic Manuel.[12] On May 19, 2022, Santos signed a one-year extension with the team.[13]
Santos also became the oldest to win
Pampanga Giant Lanterns (2023)
Santos was among the players listed as part of the Pampanga Giant Lanterns' roster ahead of the 2023 MPBL season.[16] However, he would continue to be with NorthPort for the PBA on Tour.
On October 5, 2023, it was announced that Santos would make his debut in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League with the team for the first game of their 2023 playoffs campaign.[17]
PBA career 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 |
As of the end of 2022–23 season[18][19]
Season-by-season averages
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006–07 | Air21 | 44 | 29.0 | .424 | .274 | .752 | 8.3 | .9 | .8 | 1.2 | 14.2 |
2007–08 | Air21 | 51 | 34.3 | .430 | .250 | .704 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 16.3 |
2008–09 | Air21 / Burger King | 44 | 31.7 | .406 | .274 | .708 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 16.7 |
2009–10 | San Miguel | 55 | 31.4 | .480 | .226 | .675 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 14.6 |
2010–11 | San Miguel / Petron | 56 | 36.3 | .429 | .266 | .702 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 15.3 |
2011–12 | Petron | 46 | 33.5 | .455 | .267 | .690 | 10.7 | 1.3 | .9 | 1.4 | 15.0 |
2012–13 | Petron | 52 | 31.0 | .430 | .197 | .636 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.5 |
2013–14 | Petron / San Miguel | 42 | 36.0 | .436 | .274 | .683 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 15.1 |
2014–15 | San Miguel | 54 | 31.9 | .406 | .306 | .680 | 7.1 | 1.4 | .8 | 1.2 | 12.5 |
2015–16 | San Miguel | 52 | 32.3 | .376 | .287 | .804 | 7.4 | 1.8 | .7 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
2016–17 | San Miguel | 58 | 31.0 | .436 | .327 | .728 | 7.1 | 1.5 | .7 | 1.2 | 14.1 |
2017–18 | San Miguel | 57 | 31.8 | .417 | .316 | .699 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 13.6 |
2019 | San Miguel | 57 | 28.1 | .347 | .287 | .700 | 6.0 | 1.6 | .6 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
2020 | San Miguel | 13 | 35.7 | .415 | .368 | .611 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 12.4 |
2021 | San Miguel | 32 | 36.2 | .424 | .317 | .706 | 8.8 | 1.7 | .8 | 1.5 | 14.2 |
NorthPort | |||||||||||
2022–23 | NorthPort | 21 | 28.5 | .345 | .207 | .727 | 6.7 | 1.3 | .8 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
Career | 734 | 32.3 | .420 | .282 | .703 | 8.2 | 1.5 | .9 | 1.3 | 13.8 |
Controversy
During the second quarter of game five of the
National team career
He also suited up for the Philippine National Team a couple of times under coach Chot Reyes in 2006 with the likes of LA Tenorio and Joseph Yeo and competed in the 28th Jones Cup but didn't make it to the final line up in 2007. In 2009, he was included to the Powerade Team Pilipinas under Coach Yeng Guiao wherein the team landed 8th overall in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.
In August 2010, Santos, along with other PBA players, was considered as a possible reinforcement for
In 2012, Santos was listed to the 16-man pool requested by Chot Reyes to be included in the Smart Gilas Pilipinas 2.0. He was unable to sign the commitment letter due to the Petron management's disapproval.
Personal life
Santos married Karyn Maye Umayam and started living together in Sampaloc, Manila. On December 9, 2005, Umayam gave birth to their first child but barely a month after, Santos left his wife and child. When Umayan found out that Santos was living with Ivette Iza Gavieres, daughter of his former FEU coach Danny Gavieres, who was pregnant, she decided to go back to her parents' house in Batangas City.[27]
Arwind Santos is known as the first player in the Bawal Judgmental! segment of variety show Eat Bulaga! to perfect the game and win a total of at least ₱50,000.[28][29]
Honors and achievements
UAAP
- Rookie of the Year
- 2-Time UAAP Most Valuable Player
- 2-Time UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player
- 3-Time Mythical First Five Member
PBL
- 1-Time PBL Most Valuable Player
- 2004 PBL Unity Cup
- 1-Time PBL Mythical First Team Member
- 2004 PBL Unity Cup
- 1-Time PBL Mythical Second Team Member
- 2006 PBL Unity Cup
PBA
- 1-Time PBA Most Valuable Player
- 2012–2013 PBA Season
- 10-Time PBA Mythical First Team Member
- 2007–2008 PBA Season
- 2008–2009 PBA Season
- 2009–2010 PBA Season
- 2010–2011 PBA Season
- 2011–2012 PBA Season
- 2012–2013 PBA Season
- 2014–2015 PBA Season
- 2015–2016 PBA Season
- 2016–2017 PBA Season
- 2017–2018 PBA Season
- 7-Time PBA All Defensive Team Member
- 2006–2007 PBA Season
- 2007–2008 PBA Season
- 2008–2009 PBA Season
- 2009–2010 PBA Season
- 2010–2011 PBA Season
- 2011–2012 PBA Season
- 2012–2013 PBA Season
- 11-Time PBA All-Star
- 2007–2008 PBA Season
- 2008–2009 PBA Season
- 2009–2010 PBA Season
- 2010–2011 PBA Season
- 2011–2012 PBA Season
- 2012–2013 PBA Season
- 2013–2014 PBA Season
- 2014–2015 PBA Season
- 2016–2017 PBA Season
- 2017–2018 PBA Season
- 2018–2019 PBA Season
- 2-Time PBA Defensive Player of the Year
- 2007–2008 PBA Season
- 2010–2011 PBA Season[30]
- 3-Time PBA Mythical Second Team Member
- 2006–2007 PBA Season
- 2017–2018 PBA Season
- 2018–2019 PBA Season
- PBA All Rookie Team Member
- 2006–2007 PBA Season
- 2-Time Best Player Of The Conference
- 2010–2011 Governor's Cup
- 2012–2013 Governor's Cup
- 2-Time PBA Finals MVP
- 2011 Governor's Cup
- 2014–2015 Philippine Cup
- 1-Time PBA Blitz Game MVP
- 2007 PBA Rookie-Sophomore Blitz Game
- 2-Time PBA All Star Game MVP
- 2013 PBA All Star Game
- 2019 PBA All Star Game
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- ^ "June Mar Fajardo, Arwind Santos shine as San Miguel wins Game Seven, claims Philippine Cup crown | InterAksyon.com | Sports5". Archived from the original on January 22, 2015.
- ^ Villar, Joey; Beltran, Nelson (January 21, 2015). "Santos tows Beermen to first Philippine Cup title in 14 years". PhilStar.com. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
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- ^ "Vic Manuel, Arwind Santos trade places". PBA.ph. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ Li, Matthew (May 19, 2022). "Arwind Santos signs one-year extension with Northport". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ "PBAPC Awards: Arwind Santos oldest player to win Defensive Player of the Year trophy". www.pba.ph. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ Times, Tiebreaker (July 2, 2022). "Arwind Santos breaches 10K mark in points during NP-SMB clash". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
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- ^ Li, Matthew (October 5, 2023). "Arwind Santos to play for Pampanga in MPBL playoffs". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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- ^ Galvez, Waylon (August 17, 2010). "Smart-Gilas now wants Yap, Santos". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
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- ^ "Arwind Santos first judge to ace Eat Bulaga's 'Bawal Judgemental' with perfect answers". Spin.ph. July 4, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "Arwind Santos naka-perfect score sa Bawal Judgmental". PhilStar.com. July 6, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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