Lester Andrew F. Alvarez (born September 18, 1988) is a Filipino basketball player who last played for the Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), where he also served as head coach. Alvarez played college basketball for the Adamson University Soaring Falcons.
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 18, 1988 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Letran (Manila) |
| College | Adamson |
| PBA draft | 2012: 2nd round, 15th overall pick |
| Selected by the Barako Bull Energy Cola | |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2012–2013 | Barako Bull Energy Cola |
| 2013–2015 | Star Hotshots |
| 2015–2016 | Euro Med Laboratories |
| 2016–2017 | Thai General Equipment |
| 2017 | Kabayan Pilipinas |
| 2018–2019 | Batangas City Athletics |
| 2019–2020 | Bulacan Kuyas |
| 2021 | MJAS Zenith–Talisay Aquastars |
| 2021–2022 | Valenzuela MJAS Zenith / XUR Homes Realty Inc. |
| As coach: | |
| 2022 | Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
College career
editIn UAAP Season 73 to 74, Alvarez is one of the key pieces to the Falcons squad alongside Alex Nuyles, as they led the Falcons back to relevance in the UAAP. In his final season, Alvarez led the Falcons to snap a 13-year losing streak against the Ateneo Blue Eagles to deny them of a step-ladder Final Four.
Professional career
editAlvarez was eligible to join the 2012 PBA draft, and he applied for the said draft. There, he was picked 15th overall in the second round by the Barako Bull Energy Cola.
Alvarez is mainly a benchman, in January 2013, Alvarez was traded from Barako Bull to San Mig Super Coffee Mixers. The trade was a part of a 5-team, 10-player trade that also involved Barako Bull, San Mig Coffee, Petron Blaze, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, and Alaska.[1][2] Unfortunately, Alvarez was put to the reserve list for the 2013–14 season.[3] Alvarez was again inserted on the active roster after an injury sustained by Ian Sangalang, but he has still to play a minute on the 2014–15 PBA season. Alvarez only played 3 minutes in two seasons with the Star Hotshots.
In 2015, Alvarez was released by the Hotshots, but was signed by Euro Med Laboratories of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.
In June 2016, Alvarez was signed by Thai General Equipment of the Thailand Basketball League.
Career statistics
editPBA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Barako Bull | 19 | 7.0 | .324 | .375 | .500 | .8 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 1.8 |
| San Mig Coffee | |||||||||||
| 2013–14 | San Mig Super Coffee | 1 | 3.0 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| 2014–15 | Purefoods / Star | 7 | 3.9 | .250 | .333 | — | .4 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .9 |
| 2015–16 | Star | 1 | 1.0 | — | — | — | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| Career | 28 | 5.8 | .310 | .367 | .500 | .7 | .3 | .2 | .0 | 1.5 | |
MPBL
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 | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Batangas City | 17 | 17 | 21.9 | .366 | .258 | .741 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.1 | .1 | 9.2 |
| 2018–19 | Batangas City | 33 | 23 | 21.6 | .309 | .316 | .761 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .0 | 7.7 |
| 2019–20 | Batangas City | 10 | 9 | 24.1 | .359 | .396 | .794 | 3.6 | 4.6 | .5 | .2 | 10.2 |
| Bulacan | 17 | 15 | 22.1 | .324 | .310 | .840 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.1 | .0 | 8.2 | |
| 2022 | Valenzuela | 12 | 4 | 14.7 | .172 | .157 | .867 | 1.8 | 1.9 | .8 | .0 | 3.6 |
References
edit- ^ "PBA landscape shaken up as five teams trade ten players". Chris Lagunzad, Yahoo! PH Sports. January 22, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "Mallari, Maliksi, Ramos, Tubid set for move in five-team, 10-player trade". Snow Badua, Spin.ph. January 22, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ Lester Alvarez and Allein Maliksi (out with ACL injury) have already been placed to the reserved list
- ^ "Lester Alvarez Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.