Keith Jensen

Charles Keith Reyes Jensen (born January 7, 1988) is a Filipino-American former basketball player who last played for the CLS Knights Indonesia of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Reyes and the surname or paternal family name is Jensen.
Keith Jensen
Personal information
Born (1988-01-07) January 7, 1988
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolRancho Bernardo
(San Diego, California)
CollegeNYU (2006–2010)
PBA draft2012: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Playing career2012–2018
PositionSmall forward
Career history
2012–2013Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2013–2014Barako Bull Energy Cola
2014–2016GlobalPort Batang Pier
2018CLS Knights Indonesia

Professional career

PBA

Jensen was selected 8th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.[1] In his Ginebra debut, he contributed 13 points on 5-of-7 from the field shooting.[2] As losses started to pile up for Ginebra, he soon found himself losing minutes in the rotation to Rico Maierhofer, Willy Wilson, and Rudy Hatfield.[3]

Jensen would later be traded in the season from Ginebra to Barako Bull for Josh Urbiztondo.[4]

On June 20, 2014 Keith Jensen was traded to GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange for RR Garcia.[5] He scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting in 28 minutes in a win over the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.[6][7]

On May 11, 2016, Jensen was traded to the Star Hotshots along with Jonathan Uyloan for center Yousef Taha and for Sophomore Ronald Pascual.[8] However, Jensen did not play a single game for the Hotshots, and on July 30, 2016, he announced that he will be leaving the team to go home to San Diego, where Jensen explains that he will address some personal matters.[9][10]

ABL

On February 1, 2018, Jensen was signed by ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) club CLS Knights Indonesia, replacing Rudy Lingganay as the team's ASEAN Heritage Import.[11][12] He debuted with 18 points in 25 minutes off the bench in a win over Westsports Malaysia Dragons.[13]

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

[7]

PBA season-by-season averages
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Barangay Ginebra / Barako Bull 3112.6.364.242.5622.1.5.1.13.1
2013–14 Barako Bull 3216.3.478.383.6841.91.0.2.16.0
2014–15 GlobalPort 3420.9.410.284.5003.5.9.4.26.0
2015–16 GlobalPort 2825.0.353.270.7053.41.31.0.66.9
Career 12518.6.402.299.6422.7.9.4.25.5

ABL
Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 CLS 8 29.9 .430 .333 .400 3.8 1.3 1.0 .8 10.2
Career 8 29.9 .430 .333 .400 3.8 1.3 1.0 .8 10.2

Personal life

Jensen was born to an American father and a Filipino mother from Guadalupe Nuevo.[14] After retiring, he became a mental skills trainer, and set up The Mental Skills Dojo, which teaches business professionals, and athletes at every level.[15] He is also Mental Skills Director for a basketball academy called Team Esface.

References
  1. Miaco, Nimrod (August 19, 2012). "Fajardo, Abueva top 2012 PBA draft". RAPPLER. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  2. Henson, Joaquin (October 2, 2012). "One ticket for triplebill". www.philstar.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. "Tanquingcen preaches patience as new boys still learning the ropes". Spin.ph. October 22, 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  4. Ginebra set to acquire Josh Urbiztondo from ousted Barako for Keith Jensen, draft pick Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine InterAKTV
  5. "GlobalPort set to send RR Garcia to Barako Bull for Keith Jensen in PBA trade".
  6. Sacamos, Karlo (November 13, 2015). "Yeng Guiao admits Globalport tough to defend after getting extra help outside of Romeo-Pringle duo". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  7. "Keith Jensen Player Profile :: PBA-Online!". Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  8. "Star acquires RR Garcia, Brondial, Jensen in flurry of trades with GlobalPort, Phoenix". Spin.ph. May 11, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  9. "Jensen explains why he will miss rest of PBA season". ABS-CBN News. August 1, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  10. "Keith Jensen on Instagram: "In case you were wondering, here's why I haven't been playing #starhotshots #pba"".
  11. Prasakita, Yoga. "Knights Add Filipino-American Keith Jensen". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  12. Pramana, Agustinus Edy (January 30, 2018). "Keith Jensen, Pengganti Lingganay di CLS Knights Indonesia" [Keith Jensen Replaces Lingganay In CLS Knights Indonesia]. Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  13. "Former PBA player Keith Jensen resurfaces in ABL, leads Indonesia to win over Malaysia". Spin.ph. February 4, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  14. Rocha, Miguel. "Keith Jensen: "To Basketball with Love" - SLAMonline Philippines". Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  15. Dojo, Mental Skills. "Mental Skills Dojo". Mental Skills Dojo. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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