Alex Vincent Crisano (born February 26, 1976) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player.

Alex Crisano
Personal information
Born (1976-02-26) February 26, 1976 (age 48)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
CollegeBrooklyn College
PBA draft2000: Direct Hire
Selected by the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Playing career1999–2013
PositionCenter / power forward
Number43, 5
Career history
1999Nueva Ecija Patriots
2000–2001Barangay Ginebra Kings
2002Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2003
2007–2009
Barangay Ginebra Kings
2009Barako Bull Energy Boosters
2010–2011Philippine Patriots
2011–2012Powerade Tigers
2012–2013GlobalPort Batang Pier

First Years

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Crisano was undrafted in 2000 but he was signed and directly hired by the Barangay Ginebra Kings. However, his stay with the Gin Kings was cut at the end of the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference. He also played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters that were known as the Phone Pals.

Return to Barangay Ginebra

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Before the start of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, the management of Ginebra announced that Crisano will return for the team. From there, his game as an energy player and a crowd favorite was seen by the fans. He helped the team beat the Air21 Express in the finals 4–3.

Barako Bull

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After two conferences with Ginebra, he was acquired by the Barako Bull Energy Boosters during the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference where he became the leader of the team. At the 2009–10 Philippine Cup, he had a career season averaging 8.9 points 6.2 rebounds and 32 percent from the 3-point line. However, the team did not make the playoffs finishing at the bottom of the standings with a 3–15 record. Also, due to financial problems of the franchise, he was not able to stay with the team for the following conference.

Philippine Patriots

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He was chosen as one of the players for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League alongside Allan Salangsang and Egay Billones to defend their title. However, they lost to the Chang Thailand Slammers in the finals.

Powerade Tigers

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After his stint with the Patriots, he was acquired by the Powerade Tigers to boost up their frontline.[1]

Globalport Batang Pier

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He was played in 1 Regular Season of Globalport Batang Pier in 2012–2013

PBA career statistics

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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

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Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000 Barangay Ginebra 27 22.5 .494 .125 .800 5.4 .5 .2 .3 4.3
2001 Barangay Ginebra 36 23.4 .533 .111 .571 6.0 .3 .3 .9 5.5
2002 Talk 'N Text 34 9.9 .479 .333 .615 2.7 .2 .3 .4 2.5
2003 Barangay Ginebra 25 14.1 .610 .000 .652 3.8 .2 .0 .5 4.4
2007–08 Barangay Ginebra 25 11.1 .469 .000 .517 3.8 .4 .1 .2 3.0
2008–09 Barangay Ginebra 33 12.5 .417 .217 .582 3.6 .4 .2 .2 4.5
Barako Bull
2009–10 Barako Energy Coffee 17 22.7 .440 .317 .690 6.2 .8 .3 .5 8.9
2011–12 Powerade 30 6.9 .350 .286 1.000 1.8 .3 .1 .2 1.8
2012–13 GlobalPort 5 3.6 .000 .000 .8 .8 .0 .2 .0
Career 232 14.9 .475 .236 .638 4.0 .4 .2 .4 4.0

References

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  1. ^ Perez, Jon (February 3, 2010). "The flip side of Alex Crisano". GMANews.TV. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "Alex Crisano Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.