Jay-R Reyes

Jay-R C. Reyes (born July 16, 1984) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Jay-R Reyes
Reyes in 2015
Personal information
Born (1984-07-16) July 16, 1984
Tiwi, Albay, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolColegio de San Juan de Letran
CollegeUniversity of the Philippines
PBA draft2006: Elevated
Selected by the Welcoat Dragons
Playing career2006–2020
PositionPower forward / center
Career history
2006–2011Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2011Air21 Express
2011–2012Alaska Aces
2012–2013Meralco Bolts
2013–2015Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2015–2017San Miguel Beermen
2017–2019Kia Picanto / Columbian Dyip
2020Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Reyes was the youngest player in the 2006–07 PBA season at only 22 years of age. He played 35 games and he averaged 12.51 points per game, 1.57 blocks per game and 8.89 rebounds per game. He was one of the rookies who led the PBA in the top ten in the rebound category.[1]

On January 20, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, Meralco Bolts and Air21 Express were involved in a tree way trade. Rain or Shine was able to get Ronjay Buenafe, Ronnie Matias, the 2011 and 2013 1st round picks from Air21 and Beau Belga from Meralco. Meralco will now have Solomon Mercado and Paolo Bugia from Rain or Shine and Erick Rodriguez of Air21. Air21 will now have Jay-R Reyes from Rain or Shine, Reed Juntilla from Meralco and the 2011 and 2013 second round pics from Meralco.

After playing one conference with the Air21 Express, Jay-R Reyes has been traded for Alaska Aces' top scorer Joe Devance. It was reported that Joe Devance wanted out of Alaska, hoping to get better compensation somewhere else. The Alaska manager already offer JDV a 350,000 php a month.[2]

He was traded to Meralco Bolts for Gabby Espinas and also allows the Aces to swap first round draft picks in the 2012 PBA draft .[3]

After Meralco's elimination in the Governor's Cup Semifinals series against San Mig Coffee Mixers, he was traded to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for Kerby Raymundo .[4]

He was traded to San Miguel Beermen in a three team trade involving Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Barako Bull Energy who Barangay Ginebra send big man Jay-R Reyes to the Barako Bull Energy in exchange for big man Dorian Peña and Barako's 2015 2nd round pick and then Jay-R Reyes traded by the Barako Bull Energy in exchange for Justin Chua and SMB's 2017 1st round pick, Later on August 31, 2015.[5]

On October 17, 2017, Reyes, along with Rashawn McCarthy, Ronald Tubid, and a 2019 first round pick, to the Kia Picanto for the first overall pick of the 2017 PBA draft.[6] The pick was used by San Miguel to draft Christian Standhardinger.

On February 6, 2020, he signed with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters.[7]

On May 15, 2021, Reyes retired from professional basketball.[8]

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

[9][10]

Season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Welcoat 3534.5.405.000.5768.91.1.51.612.5
2007–08 Welcoat 3130.1.430.182.6956.51.6.41.012.4
2008–09 Rain or Shine 4429.2.450.406.5988.01.0.5.712.2
2009–10 Rain or Shine 5025.4.359.218.5226.8.9.4.57.7
2010–11 Rain or Shine 4222.6.411.265.5556.2.9.5.87.4
2011–12 Rain or Shine 4019.5.404.000.5486.1.6.3.55.6
Air21
Alaska
2012–13 Alaska 4617.4.486.167.5095.3.4.2.34.4
Meralco
2013–14 Barangay Ginebra 3814.9.453.333.4635.4.7.5.24.0
2014–15 Barangay Ginebra 298.4.429.000.5792.5.1.1.32.0
San Miguel
2015–16 San Miguel 397.5.397.385.5332.0.2.1.22.1
2016–17 San Miguel 216.7.391.316.5632.1.1.1.22.4
2017–18 Kia / Columbian 1521.2.413.269.6804.9.7.5.76.7
2019 Columbian 2113.0.354.295.3333.0.9.4.33.6
2020 Phoenix 89.1.333.364.0001.3.6.5.31.5
Career 45919.9.415.279.5695.4.7.4.66.6

References
  1. "Reyes' Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. Baquisal, Yuli (2011-05-29). "Adam Levine: Manila is a very musical place | Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star". philstar.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  3. "PBA: Meralco sends Gabby Espinas to Alaska for Jay-R Reyes | Sports | GMA News Online". Gmanetwork.com. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  4. "Ginebra sends Kerby Raymundo to Meralco for JR Reyes in one-on-one trade | PBA". Spin.Ph. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  5. "Ginebra to acquire Dorian Pena, JR Reyes to SMB, Justin Chua to Barako in three-team trade". Spin.ph.
  6. "PBA approves Kia-San Miguel trade". sports.inquirer.net. October 27, 2017.
  7. "Jay-R Reyes pro career gets new lease on life after signing with Phoenix". Spin.ph.
  8. "Veteran center Jay-R Reyes announces retirement". ESPN.com. May 15, 2021.
  9. PBA-Online.net
  10. Real GM
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