Rob Labagala

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Rob Labagala
Personal information
Born (1984-07-05) July 5, 1984 (age 39)
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Career highlights and awards

Roberts Raymond T. Labagala (born July 5, 1984) is a Filipino former professional

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(PBA). Standing at 5 feet 7 inches, Labagala plays at the point guard position.

He played collegiate basketball at the

Barangay Ginebra Kings. He played short minutes on his rookie season due to the Kings' tight guard rotation. After his rookie season, he end up included in the All-Rookie team and being the Rookie Blitz Game
Most Valuable Player.

After three seasons with the Kings that was renamed to San Miguel on the last season of his tenure with the team, he was traded to the

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where he won his first PBA championship.

Personal life and amateur career

Labagala was born on 5 July 1984 on Talisay, Cebu where he was also raised.[1] He studied and played high school basketball at the Cebu Institute of Technology – University[1] Labagala currently resides at Navotas,[2] his wife's hometown where he currently owns a pastry bakeshop named after him, Little Rob's Cake Haus. Labagala is involved in training the youth of Navotas for improvement, he launched his own basketball camp on 2013.[2] Labagala is a Christian.[2] Labagala played collegiate basketball for the University of the East's Red Warriors. Because Labagala spent little time on the court, his chances of being scouted by PBA teams that could bring him to the country's premier league was much smaller.[2] Labagala played the fewest minutes among the Red Warriors but was able to help the team's offensive capabilities through his passing ability and speed.

Professional career

Barangay Ginebra Kings/San Miguel (2010-2014)

Nobody thought that Labagala would set foot on a PBA court. His low playing time during his college years meant he was underrated. Labagala was among the oldest rookies in his class and the least-popular. Fortunately, he was picked with the twelfth overall pick of the

finals one-time on his third season where they got swept in a best-of-five series.[1]

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

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Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Barangay Ginebra 19 14.1 .493 .481 .533 .8 1.0 .6 .1 4.7
2011–12 Barangay Ginebra 30 14.2 .429 .281 .850 1.2 1.5 .2 .0 3.9
2012–13 Barangay Ginebra 29 8.5 .384 .188 .500 .3 .6 .2 .0 2.6
2013–14 Barako Bull 9 11.3 .419 .000 .250 1.1 1.1 .6 .0 3.0
2014–15
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8 3.6 .250 .000 .500 .1 .3 .0 .0 .9
Career 95 11.3 .422 .305 .627 .8 1.0 .3 .0 3.3

References

  1. ^ a b c d Halili, Mico (30 April 2011). "The Final Score: What is Ginebra's Little Robbie Labagala doing in the PBA Finals?". GMA News. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rob Labagala's "Give Back" Basketball Camp". www.richarddy.com.
  3. ^ Player Profile at PBA-Online!
  4. ^ "Robert Labagala Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.