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

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Professional career

Reyes was the youngest player in the

2006–07 PBA season The 2006–07 PBA season was the 32nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The season started September 28 in Guam and began its formal opening on October 1 at the Araneta Coliseum, and ended on July 20. The league started the ...

at only 22 years of age. He played 35 games and he averaged 12.51

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, 1.57 blocks per game and 8.89

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. He was one of the rookies who led the PBA in the top ten in the rebound category. On January 20,

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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,

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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. He was traded to Meralco Bolts for

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and also allows the Aces to swap first round draft picks in the 2012 PBA draft . After Meralco's elimination in the Governor's Cup Semifinals series against San Mig Coffee Mixers, he was traded to

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for

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. He was traded to San Miguel Beermen in a three team trade involving

and

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who Barangay Ginebra send big man Jay-R Reyes to the

in exchange for big man

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and Barako's 2015 2nd round pick and then Jay-R Reyes traded by the

in exchange for Justin Chua and SMB's 2017 1st round pick, Later on August 31, 2015. On October 17, 2017, Reyes, along with

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, Ronald Tubid, and a 2019 first round pick, to the

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for the first overall pick of the

2017 PBA draft The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 29, 2017. The league determined the draf ...

. The pick was used by San Miguel to draft Christian Standhardinger. On February 6, 2020, he signed with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters. On May 15, 2021, Reyes retired from professional basketball.

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

, - , align=left , , align=left , 2006–07 Welcoat Dragons season, Welcoat , 35 , , 34.5 , , .405 , , .000 , , .576 , , 8.9 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , 1.6 , , 12.5 , - , align=left , , align=left , Welcoat , 31 , , 30.1 , , .430 , , .182 , , .695 , , 6.5 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 1.0 , , 12.4 , - , align=left , , align=left , Rain or Shine , 44 , , 29.2 , , .450 , , .406 , , .598 , , 8.0 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , .7 , , 12.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Rain or Shine , 50 , , 25.4 , , .359 , , .218 , , .522 , , 6.8 , , .9 , , .4 , , .5 , , 7.7 , - , align=left , , align=left , Rain or Shine , 42 , , 22.6 , , .411 , , .265 , , .555 , , 6.2 , , .9 , , .5 , , .8 , , 7.4 , - , align=left rowspan=3, , align=left , Rain or Shine , rowspan=3, 40 , , rowspan=3, 19.5 , , rowspan=3, .404 , , rowspan=3, .000 , , rowspan=3, .548 , , rowspan=3, 6.1 , , rowspan=3, .6 , , rowspan=3, .3 , , rowspan=3, .5 , , rowspan=3, 5.6 , - , align=left , Air21 , - , align=left ,

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, - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left ,

, rowspan=2, 46 , , rowspan=2, 17.4 , , rowspan=2, .486 , , rowspan=2, .167 , , rowspan=2, .509 , , rowspan=2, 5.3 , , rowspan=2, .4 , , rowspan=2, .2 , , rowspan=2, .3 , , rowspan=2, 4.4 , - , align=left ,

Meralco The Manila Electric Company, also known as Meralco (, , stylized in uppercase), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 3 ...

, - , align=left , , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , 38 , , 14.9 , , .453 , , .333 , , .463 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , .2 , , 4.0 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , rowspan=2, 29 , , rowspan=2, 8.4 , , rowspan=2, .429 , , rowspan=2, .000 , , rowspan=2, .579 , , rowspan=2, 2.5 , , rowspan=2, .1 , , rowspan=2, .1 , , rowspan=2, .3 , , rowspan=2, 2.0 , - , align=left , San Miguel , - , align=left , , align=left , San Miguel , 39 , , 7.5 , , .397 , , .385 , , .533 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , .1 , , .2 , , 2.1 , - , align=left , , align=left , San Miguel , 21 , , 6.7 , , .391 , , .316 , , .563 , , 2.1 , , .1 , , .1 , , .2 , , 2.4 , - , align=left , , align=left , Kia / Columbian , 15 , , 21.2 , , .413 , , .269 , , .680 , , 4.9 , , .7 , , .5 , , .7 , , 6.7 , - , align=left , , align=left , Columbian , 21 , , 13.0 , , .354 , , .295 , , .333 , , 3.0 , , .9 , , .4 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , align=left , , align=left , Phoenix Super LPG , 8 , , 9.1 , , .333 , , .364 , , .000 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , .5 , , .3 , , 1.5 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , 459 , , 19.9 , , .415 , , .279 , , .569 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .4 , , .6 , , 6.6

References

External links

Player ProfilePBA-Online! ProfileGinebra to acquire Dorian Pena, JR Reyes to SMB, Justin Chua to Barako in three-team trade
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