John Rodney Santos (born May 30, 1973) is a Filipino coach and retired professional basketball player. He is also known as The Slasher for his slashing ability going to the basket.
| UST Growling Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | UAAP |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 30, 1973 Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | San Sebastian College - Recoletos |
| College | San Sebastian College - Recoletos |
| PBA draft | 1996: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | |
| Playing career | 1996–2009 |
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Coaching career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1996 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
| 1997–2002 | Alaska Milkmen |
| 2003 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
| 2004–2008 | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| 2008–2009 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2014 | San Sebastian Stags (Assistant coach) |
| 2015 | ATC Livermarin |
| 2015 | San Sebastian Stags |
| 2016–2022 | UP Fighting Maroons (Assistant coach) |
| 2022–present | UST Growling Tigers (Assistant coach) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Collegiate career edit
Santos played for the San Sebastian high school and college teams from 1991 to 1995, winning the Most Valuable Player award in 1994.[1]
Professional career edit
After a storied college career at San Sebastian, Santos was drafted second overall by Purefoods in the 1996 draft. Then he was traded to Alaska for Cris Bolado and Bryant Punzalan in 1997 and became one of Tim Cone's reliable contributors off the bench. He was re-acquired by Purefoods in 2003 as a free agent. After his stint with the TJ Hotdogs, he was then traded to Ginebra,[2] and was a vital cog in coach Siot Tanquincen's rotation. His last stop was with the Coca-Cola Tigers before nagging injuries forced him into retirement.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Purefoods | 49 | 15.8 | .439 | .158 | .720 | 1.2 | 1.2 | .8 | .2 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | Alaska | 34 | 10.4 | .452 | .000 | .625 | 1.0 | .7 | .2 | .2 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | Alaska | 65 | 22.7 | .464 | .000 | .765 | 2.4 | 1.5 | .7 | .3 | 7.2 |
| 1999 | Alaska | 56 | 22.0 | .527 | .000 | .663 | 2.1 | 1.7 | .8 | .3 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | Alaska | 49 | 25.5 | .507 | .250 | .670 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | .2 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | Alaska | 45 | 28.8 | .429 | .250 | .782 | 2.6 | 2.1 | .9 | .2 | 8.5 |
| 2002 | Alaska | 59 | 19.4 | .408 | .356 | .723 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .7 | .1 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | Purefoods | 36 | 22.0 | .374 | .293 | .690 | 2.1 | 1.6 | .9 | .2 | 7.6 |
| 2004–05 | Barangay Ginebra | 78 | 31.0 | .397 | .279 | .776 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.1 | .3 | 9.9 |
| 2005–06 | Barangay Ginebra | 32 | 25.2 | .349 | .282 | .699 | 2.3 | 1.8 | .9 | .1 | 7.8 |
| 2006–07 | Barangay Ginebra | 19 | 13.1 | .383 | .353 | .667 | .9 | .7 | .5 | .0 | 4.4 |
| 2007–08 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | 7.5 | .429 | .500 | — | 1.0 | .5 | .0 | .0 | 3.5 |
| 2008–09 | Coca-Cola | 12 | 7.8 | .303 | .167 | 1.000 | .8 | .4 | .0 | .0 | 2.4 |
| Career | 536 | 22.2 | .434 | .283 | .721 | 2.1 | 1.7 | .8 | .2 | 7.6 | |
Coaching career edit
Santos served as part of San Sebastian's coaching staff.[4] He entered the Stags coaching staff after coach Topex Robinson returned to the team for a second spell as coach in 2013. In 2015, he was officially named head coach of the Stags, replacing Robinson. He also coached the PBA D-League team, ATC Livermarin.[5]
References edit
- ^ Terrado, Reuben. "Caretaker Rodney Santos expects to be officially named San Sebastian coach soon". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Rodney Santos Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben. "Stags great Santos now part of Robinson's staff". www.spin.ph. SPIN.ph. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Falcon, Angelo. "Now a coach, Rodney Santos wants players to 'take it hard to the basket'". www.rivals.ph. RIVALS.ph. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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