Charles Keith Reyes Jensen (born January 7, 1988) is a Filipino-American former

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player who last played for the CLS Knights Indonesia of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

Professional career

PBA

Jensen was selected 8th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by

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. In his Ginebra debut, he contributed 13 points on 5-of-7 from the field shooting. As losses started to pile up for Ginebra, he soon found himself losing minutes in the rotation to Rico Maierhofer,

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, and

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. Jensen would later be traded in the season from Ginebra to Barako Bull for Josh Urbiztondo. On June 20, 2014 Keith Jensen was traded to

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in exchange for

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. He scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting in 28 minutes in a win over the

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. On May 11, 2016, Jensen was traded to the

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along with

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for center

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and for Sophomore Ronald Pascual. 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

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, where Jensen explains that he will address some personal matters.

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. He debuted with 18 points in 25 minutes off the bench in a win over Westsports Malaysia Dragons.

Career statistics

PBA season-by-season averages

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ABL

Personal life

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

References

External links

NYU profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Keith 1988 births Living people American men's basketball players ASEAN Basketball League players Barako Bull Energy players Barangay Ginebra San Miguel draft picks Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Basketball players from San Francisco Filipino expatriate basketball people in Indonesia Filipino men's basketball players NorthPort Batang Pier players NYU Violets men's basketball players Small forwards American sportspeople of Filipino descent CLS Knights Indonesia players 21st-century Filipino sportsmen