Rey Evangelista (born December 28, 1971) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Purefoods franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association during his entire career. He was a one-time Best Player of the Conference awardee in 2002.[1] He was known as a great defensive player and a left-handed shooter. He is now a politician who serving as a city councilor for Ormoc City.
Rey Evangelista | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ormoc City Council from the Lone district | |
| In office June 30, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 28, 1971 Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines |
| Political party | PDP–Laban (2021–present) |
| Basketball career | |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | UST |
| PBA draft | 1994: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars | |
| Playing career | 1994–2008 |
| Position | Small forward |
| Number | 7 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1994–2008 | Purefoods |
| As coach: | |
| 2008–2010 | B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As assistant coach: | |
Player profile
editRey hails from Ormoc, Leyte.[2] He started out as a volleyball player during his high school days at St. Peter's College. He shifted to basketball because people noticed he is a high leaper and is also good at positional plays. Rey completed a course in Agribusiness at the Visayan State College of Agriculture and played for the VSCA team that was crowned champion of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Region 8 meet.
He tried out at University of Santo Tomas and made it to the Glowing Goldies lineup under coach Aric del Rosario. Rey is a masteral student at UST and a cousin of UST's big boy Raymond Fran. He saw action for Nikon Home Appliances in the Philippine Basketball League in 1993 and turn pro in the following year.
Rey was the second overall pick in the 1994 PBA draft, chosen by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. In his first season, Rey was the only rookie included in the Philippine team that went to Hiroshima, Japan for the Asian Games.[3] Most fans and the PBA press corps believes he should be the season's rookie of the year and Rey had a lot of sympathizers when his name was not called during the PBA annual awards night. He spent all of his 14 seasons in the PBA with the Purefoods franchise and retired from active playing in 2008.[4]
PBA career statistics
edit| 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 |
Season-by-season averages
edit| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Coney Island / Purefoods | 58 | 28.8 | .487 | .000 | .747 | 5.5 | 1.5 | .6 | .6 | 9.6 |
| 1995 | Purefoods | 61 | 28.4 | .528 | .000 | .792 | 4.6 | 1.8 | .3 | .5 | 8.0 |
| 1996 | Purefoods | 57 | 26.2 | .519 | .500 | .595 | 5.4 | 1.4 | .7 | .4 | 7.2 |
| 1997 | Purefoods | 63 | 23.4 | .495 | .000 | .650 | 4.5 | .9 | .5 | .3 | 7.2 |
| 1998 | Purefoods | 59 | 25.2 | .552 | .167 | .707 | 4.4 | 1.5 | .6 | .3 | 7.0 |
| 1999 | Purefoods | 41 | 36.2 | .508 | .333 | .644 | 6.9 | 2.0 | .9 | .7 | 9.1 |
| 2000 | Purefoods | 55 | 31.8 | .414 | .250 | .719 | 7.5 | 1.6 | .8 | .5 | 7.0 |
| 2001 | Purefoods | 44 | 35.5 | .503 | .000 | .714 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 10.3 |
| 2002 | Purefoods | 42 | 27.4 | .386 | .341 | .694 | 4.1 | 2.6 | .7 | .2 | 7.3 |
| 2003 | Purefoods | 25 | 27.2 | .279 | .460 | .579 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | .2 | 8.0 |
| 2004–05 | Purefoods | 64 | 24.2 | .433 | .247 | .672 | 5.2 | 1.3 | .7 | .1 | 6.3 |
| 2005–06 | Purefoods | 27 | 16.7 | .386 | .333 | .756 | 3.8 | 1.0 | .6 | .2 | 3.9 |
| 2006–07 | Purefoods | 41 | 19.6 | .454 | .143 | .699 | 4.4 | .8 | .4 | .1 | 5.4 |
| 2007–08 | Purefoods | 28 | 10.5 | .508 | .400 | .545 | 2.6 | .4 | .4 | .0 | 2.9 |
| Career | 665 | 26.4 | .466 | .313 | .693 | 5.2 | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | 7.3 | |
References
edit- ^ "Umaatikabong Game 5 ng Alaska at Purefoods". Philstar.com.
- ^ "Rey Evangelista back where he belongs as he leaves Big City life". Spin.ph.
- ^ "Purefoods trio makes AG five". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Long-time Purefoods forward Evangelista retires". GMA News.
- ^ "Rey Evangelista Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.