Yousif Aljamalis a Filipinoprofessionalbasketballplayer in the Philippine Basketball Association. He currently plays for the Meralco Bolts. He is also a former NCAAMost Valuable Player for its 82nd season with the San Beda Red Lions.

Season: 2010-2011 (Philippines)

SUMMARY
TEAM G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AS PF BS ST TO
Meralco Bolts 8 243 69 28-70 0-3 13-25 11 25 36 38 21 3 15 24
AVERAGE
Meralco Bolts 8 30.4 8.6 40.0% 0.0% 52.0% 1.4 3.1 4.5 4.8 2.6 0.4 1.9 3.0

UAAP Rookie of the Year (2001)
UAAP All Rookie Team (2001)
UAAP Mythical Team (2004)
UAAP Finals Most Valuable Player (2004)
PBL Rookie of the Year (2002)
PBL Mythical Team
(2002, 2004, 2005)
PBL Scoring Sensation (2005)
PBL Unity Cup Most Valuable Player (2005)
2006-2007 PBA Mythical Second Team
2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Best Player of the Conference
2008-2009 PBA Philippine Cup Finals Most Valuable Player
2008-2009 PBA Mythical First Team
2009-2010 PBA Mythical Second Team
4-Time PBA All-Star
Mark "Macmac" Cardonais a Filipinoprofessional basketball player currently playing for the Meralco Boltsin the Philippine Basketball Association.[1]Nicknamed "Captain Hook" because of his patented teardrop shots, otherwise known as the running hook, Cardona owes his moniker to former UAAP commentator Jude Turcuato. Playing as a shooting guard or the No.2 spot, Cardona is one of a few players who can create, execute and complete a play with very little assistance from his teammates. With a decent shot from the outside, the ability to dish out assists, and a steady dribbling skill, he is considered a triple-threat on the hardcourt. He is considered by some as the most prolific scorer in the PBA today due to his scoring abilities and his consistency.

Professional career

On August 2005, Cardona was picked fifth overall by the Air21 Express during the annual 2005 PBA Draft of Asia's first ever pay-for-play league, the Philippine Basketball Association. Before the season started, he was eventually traded to the Talk 'N Text franchise.
Despite a slow start in his rookie season, Cardona played significant minutes under Derrick Pumaren who replaced Joel Banal as the team's Head Coach.
Only in his sophomore year in the league, and with a career-high of 38 points, resetting his previous 30+ career outputs three times within two weeks, Cardona proved to be every bit the explosive player that he is. To date, he is the only player to be named PBA Press Corps' Player of the Week seven times within one conference (2007 Fiesta Conference). As a confirmation of his explosiveness and a testament to his overall tenacity as a player, Cardona received the PBA Conference Best Player award for the 2007 Fiesta Conference. He was also an official nominee for the coveted Most Valuable Player award of the 2006-2007 season.
On November 2008, Cardona once again reset his career statistics by tallying 42 points together with 6 rebounds to propel Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters over the Red Bull Barako. Cardona claimed that the feat sent a clear message that he deserved to be part of the Philippine National Team.[3][4] Although he wasn't chosen to be part of the line-up, National Team coach Yeng Guiao was quick to point out that Cardona was considered “even if he did not score 42 points as he did against our team (Red Bull)."[5] On August 20, 2010, Cardona was then traded to Meralco in exhange of a first-round pick.[1]

NCAA 2004 Most Valuable Player
NCAA 2004 Rookie of the Year

Gabriel (Gabby) Espinas(born January 3, 1982 in Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines) is a Filipinoprofessionalbasketballplayer currently playing for the Meralco Boltsin the Philippine Basketball Association. He was born of an African-Americanfather, who was once stationed in Subicbut died when Gabby was only five years old, and a Filipina mother.[1]A 6'4" forward, he was drafted fifth overall by the Beermen in the 2006 PBA Draft. He made a name in the amateur ranks as the first-ever Rookie of the Year-Most Valuable Playerof the National Collegiate Athletic Associationwhile playing for the Philippine Christian UniversityDolphins.

1996 PBA Rookie of the Year
1996 PBA All-Defensive Team
1996 PBA Defensive Player of the Year
1996 PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference
1996 PBA Mythical First Team
1997 PBA All-Defensive Team
1997 PBA Mythical First Team
2000 PBA Mythical Second Team
2001 PBA All-Defensive Team
2003 PBA All-Defensive Team
2003 PBA Mythical Second Team

Marlou B. Aquino(born on October 7, 1972 in Santa Barbara, Pangasinan, Philippines) is a Filipinoprofessionalbasketballplayer in the Philippine Basketball Associationfor the Meralco Bolts. Known by his moniker The Skyscraper, he is also known, along with Dennis Espino, as one-half of the so-called Twin Towersof the disbanded Sta. Lucia Realtorsduring his prime

PBA career

In 1996, the 6-9 center quickly made an impact in the Philippine basketball scene. He was soon drafted by the Ginebra San Miguel as the first overall pick. Expectations then were so high for Aquino that he was immediately a starting player in his rookie year in a team headed by Sonny Jaworski.
After showing a strong performance and leading the Kings to the All-Filipino finals, he became more popular earning him the moniker, "The Skyscaper." The Cradel Snatcher". At the end of the season, Marlou Aquino became the first Ginebra player since Dondon Ampalayo in 1986 to win the Rookie of the Year award. He finished the season averaging 18 points per game and 9.3 rebounds per contest.
In his second season, he continued his role as one of the dominant centers in the league when he took the Gordon's Gin Boars to a championship, winning the 1997 PBA Commissioner's Cup. Aquino finished the season averaging 17.9 points, 9 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks in 64 Games. After two solid seasons with the La Tondeña franchise, he was traded to the Sta. Lucia Realtors for Jun Limpot and Banjo Calpito before the 2000 season.
Aquino gained his second championship ring when the Realtors captured their first-ever PBA title in 2001 after beating the San Miguel Beermen in the Governor’s Cup.
In the 2007-2008 season, he claimed his third championship during the Philippine Cup when Sta. Lucia defeated the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in seven games.

Claiford Araoalso known as "Ford Arao" is a Filipinoprofessional basketballplayer for the Meralco Boltsin the Philippine Basketball Association.[1]He was the fourteenth overall draft pick by Meralco in 2010. He played for the Ateneo Blue Eaglesduring his collegiate career.

Paul Ryan Gregorio (born April 7, 1972) is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association. He began his PBA head coaching job with the Purefoods TJ Giants in 2002 on an acting capacity. He is also a former player and coach for the UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP, before coaching in the pro league. He is a three-time PBA Champion Coach and a three-time PBA Coach of the Year awardee. He and Chot Reyes are the distinguished PBA coaches who won at least 3 COY accolades. He is also the first and only coach in the league history to win a championship as an interim coach in 2002.
Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Re-Building the Giants
3 The Championship Run
4 2007-08 All-Filipino Finals Appearance
5 2008-09 Skid
6 2009-10 Farewell Season with Purefoods Franchise
7 Meralco Bolts Head Coach and Sports Development Executive
8 2-Time All-Star Coach
9 3-Time PBA Coach of the Year
10 Adidas Believer
11 External links
[edit]Career

Prior to his coaching chores with Purefoods, Gregorio was a former player and coach of the UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP and was an assistant coach of Eric Altamirano with Purefoods.
However, in 2002, Altamirano was hired as an assistant coach for the Philippine national basketball team, and Gregorio was named as the interim coach of the TJ Hotdogs. Under Gregorio's hands, Purefoods won the 2002 Governor's Cup with a 4-3 series victory over the Alaska Aces. The team was led by imports Derrick Brown, Kelvin Price and Best Player of the Conference winner Rey Evangelista. Gregorio coached the team to a dismal performance in the Commissioner's Cup before Altamirano regained coaching duties in the All-Filipino Cup. Despite this, Gregorio was rewarded, along with then-Coca-Cola Tigers mentor Chot Reyes as co-winner of the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year Award.
In 2003, Gregorio became the full-time head coach of Purefoods, after Altamirano was tasked to head the San Miguel All-Stars team. In his first season as full-time coach, the TJ Hotdogs won only nine games that year, the worst performance of any team during the season.
[edit]Re-Building the Giants

In the 2004-05 season, Gregorio coached the Purefoods team, retooled with amateur stars James Yap, Paul Artadi, Peter June Simon and the vastly improved Kerby Raymundo. Despite Purefoods' sorry stint in the 2004 Fiesta Conference, the team went on to finish two quarterfinals' stints in the Philippine Cup and the 2005 Fiesta Conference.
[edit]The Championship Run

The 2005-06 PBA season would be Gregorio's finest season yet, he would lead the Purefoods Chunkee Giants to two finals appearances, a runner-up finish in the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference, and a championship against Red Bull in the Philippine Cup Finals, winning in 6 games, 4-2. He once again coached his team to its second championship in the last four years. The 2006 success earned him his second Coach of the Year Award.
[edit]2007-08 All-Filipino Finals Appearance

Gregorio started the 2007-2008 season with a bang. He led his team to a 5-game sweep of the pre-tournament games and would eventually bag the Pre-Tournament Championship. He would continue his mastery of the All-Filipino Conference as he led his team to a 7-0 start and finished with 12 wins and 6 losses, enough to push the team to the Semi-Finals. He would lead his team to another trip to the Finals, his third. However, his team would eventually lose to Sta. Lucia in 7 games via a controversial series.
[edit]2008-09 Skid

The 2008-09 PBA season became one of Gregorio's worst season. Starting center Rommel Adducul was diagnosed with throat cancer and forced Purefoods TJ Giants to trade key player Marc Pingris to San Miguel Beermen for big man Enrico Villanueva. This signaled a major revamp with Gregorio's team lineup and a losing season finishing with only 15 wins in 32 elimination round games. He only managed to stir his team through the wildcard in both conferences. His team would end both tournaments in controversies, a bottle-throwing incident between his player James Yap against assistant coach Koy Banal and the benching of reinforcement Marquin Chandler on separate do-or-die games the TJ Giants consequently lost.
[edit]2009-10 Farewell Season with Purefoods Franchise

Gregorio guided his team in the 2009-10 PBA season to a record 41 wins. With the return of old reliables Marc Pingris, Paul Artadi together with veteran center Rafi Reavis, and rookie standout Rico Maierhofer, his team would finish as champions in the 2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup Finals defeating the Alaska Aces 4 - 0.
This however marked the end of Gregorio's era as Llamados coach with his transfer to Meralco Bolts. He would eventually become the franchise's winningest and longest-tenured head coach with 3 championships spanning almost a decade. But he also dubiously never got the franchise beyond the quarterfinals in 13 out of the 19 PBA conferences he was at the helm. 9 out of 13 times, the Giants ended up either being eliminated or never gone pass the wildcard phase.
Throughout his term as head coach, he was subjectively criticized by Llamados supporters with his inability to develop systematic plays which they've deemed to have lead the Giants to predominantly disastrous finishes. Oftentimes its players resorted to one-on-one plays contrary to Gregorio's pronouncement of team play. This is also aside from the reported claims of the fans of his questionable game time decisions.
Gregorio was succeeded by his assistant and multi-titled Philippine Basketball League coach Jorge Gallent
[edit]Meralco Bolts Head Coach and Sports Development Executive

In August 2010, Gregorio left B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados and signed a 5-year guaranteed coaching deal with the Philippine Basketball Association returnee Manila Electric Company (Meralco Bolts). He is now concurrently part of Meralco’s corporate staff as assistant vice president for sports and head of basketball operations.
[edit]2-Time All-Star Coach

In the 2005 Annual All-Star Game held in Laoag City, Gregorio would lead the North All-Stars to a victory over the South All-Stars. He would again coach the 2008 North All-Stars in Bacolod City, but this time he would lose against the South All-Stars in overtime.
[edit]3-Time PBA Coach of the Year

2002 - Co-Winner (PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year) with Chot Reyes
2006 - Winner (PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year)
2010 - Winner (PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year)
[edit]Adidas Believer

Gregorio is a firm believer of the "Impossible is Nothing" slogan of Adidas (Sports Brand). Aside from coaching and doing sports broadcasts, Gregorio enjoys spending quality time with his family. A son of UP System Vice President for Administration Martin Gregorio, he is married to Jin Gregorio and has 2 children, Ysabelle Marie and Ramon Jose.