Chris Ross (basketball)

Chris Ross

Ross in 2023
No. 6–San Miguel Beermen
Position	Point guard / shooting guard / assistant coach
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	(1985-03-09) March 9, 1985 (age 38) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	Filipino / American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	John Jay (San Antonio, Texas)
College	Panola College (2003–2004) McLennan CC (2004–2005) Marshall (2005–2007)
PBA draft	2009: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Burger King Whoppers
Playing career	2009–present
Coaching career	2023–present
Career history
As player:
2009	Coca-Cola Tigers
2009–2010	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2010–2013	Meralco Bolts
2013–present	Petron Blaze Boosters / San Miguel Beermen
As coach:
2023–present	San Miguel Beermen (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 10× PBA champion (2014–15 Philippine, 2015 Governors', 2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Philippine, 2017 Commissioner's, 2017–18 Philippine, 2019 Philippine, 2019 Commissioner's, 2022 Philippine, 2023–24 Commissioner's) 2× PBA Finals MVP (2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Philippine) PBA Best Player of the Conference (2017 Commissioner's) 5× PBA All-Star (2012, 2016–2019) PBA Mythical First Team (2017) 2× PBA Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017) 7× PBA All-Defensive Team (2015–2021) PBA Most Improved Player (2017) PBL Most Valuable Player (2008-09 Season) PBL Best Player of the Conference (2009 PG Flex Unity Cup) PBL Mythical First Team (2008-09 Season) As assistant coach: PBA champion (2023–24 Commissioner's)
Medals Men's basketball Representing   Philippines Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team Southeast Asian Games 2019 Philippines Team 2023 Phnom Penh Team

Christopher Michael Ross (born March 9, 1985) is a Filipino-American ^[1] professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also an assistant coach for the same team.

Ross played high school basketball at John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, where as a junior, he sank a 50-foot half-court buzzer-beater to give Jay the 2002 Class 5A state basketball championship. ^[2] After high school he played college basketball at McLennan Community College and Marshall University.

Ross can play both guard positions and is currently the starting point guard for the Beermen. ^[3] In his tenure with the Beermen, he is known for his defensive skills, thus recognized as one of the best defenders in the league.

Professional career

Ross was drafted by the Air21 Express back in 2009 as the third pick of the first-round.

Meralco Bolts

On June 6, 2012, with the Bolts, Ross recorded 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in an 83–88 loss to B-Meg Llamados. On July 8, 2012, Ross recorded 15 points and 5 assists in 31 minutes of playing time as a reserve in a losing effort to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters. On July 15, 2012, Ross almost recorded a triple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists in a win against his future the San Miguel Beermen.

On November 28, 2012, Ross recorded a double-double of 14 points and 10 assists in 34 minutes of playing time in an 85–88 loss to the Alaska Aces.

On February 16, 2013, against Rain or Shine, Ross almost recorded a triple-double after having racked up 6 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals but in a losing effort. Eight days later, Ross recorded only 2 points but also his career-high in assists with 17 assists in a 90–89 win over the GlobalPort Batang Pier.

On March 15, 2013, with the Bolts, Ross recorded his first career triple-double having the statline of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists but in a losing effort to the San Mig Coffee Mixers, 71–76. ^[4]

San Miguel Beermen

Ross with San Miguel. 2016.

2013–14 Season

On October 30, 2013, Chris Ross was traded to the San Miguel Beermen in exchange for Denok Miranda. ^[5]

On November 20, 2013, Ross debuts for the Beermen. He recorded only 3 points but has 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in a win over the GlobalPort Batang Pier. In his third game with Beermen, Ross recorded 10 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 26 minutes of playing time that resulted in a 90–88 win over the Air21 Express. ^[6] The next game, Ross recorded 8 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals for the Beermen as they won the game, 77–73, against his former team the Meralco Bolts. ^[7] On January 18, 2014, in the last game of the 2013–14 Philippine Cup elimination, Ross contributed a conference-high 18 points to go along with 2 rebounds and a steal in a 96–87 win over the Meralco Bolts. ^[8]

During the 2014 Philippine Cup Playoffs, Ross averaged 9 points, 2.5 rebounds per game, 3.5 assists per game in 17.5 minutes of playing time in a 2-game quarterfinals sweep against the Barako Bull Energy. However, they bowed down to the Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters in five games during the semifinals round. Ross recorded 8 points and 4 assists in their lone win in the series against the Elasto Painters. ^[9]

In the first 3 games of the 2014 Commissioners' Cup, Ross averaged 4.3 points per game, 2.7 rebounds per game, 5.3 assists per game and 2.3 steals per game. ^{[10] [11]} However, the Beermen, in those 3 games has a record of 2–1. Their lone loss in that span came on March 14, 2014, against the TNT Katropa. ^[12] On March 19, in a rematch against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, whom they lost in 5 games during the 2014 Philippine Cup playoffs, Ross recorded a season-high 22 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals in 112–107 win for the Beermen. ^[13] On May 25, Ross recorded a double-double of 12 points and 11 assists in a 109–92 win over the Northport Batang Pier. ^[14]

2014–15 Season

Ross recorded his first double-digit scoring output of the season after scoring 12 points to go along with 3 steals in a 79–76 win over the NLEX Road Warriors back on November 8, 2014. ^[15] In Game 2 of the 2015 Philippine Cup Finals, Ross recorded his first double-digit scoring output in the finals after scoring 12 points and dished out 5 assists in a 100–86 win over the Alaska Aces. ^[16]

PBA career statistics

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

As of the end of 2022–23 season ^{[17] [18]}

Season-by-season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009–10	Coca-Cola	37	16.9	.381	.095	.467	2.4	2.6	1.0	.2	4.5
	Sta. Lucia
2010–11	Meralco	25	32.5	.376	.000	.526	5.4	6.2	2.0	.3	8.0
2011–12	Meralco	29	29.3	.333	.180	.600	4.1	6.1	1.6	.3	6.5
2012–13	Meralco	42	28.6	.312	.145	.610	4.2	6.6	1.7	.2	5.2
2013–14	Petron / San Miguel	35	24.1	.381	.182	.714	3.4	5.1	1.9	-	7.8
2014–15	San Miguel	54	20.1	.435	.245	.679	2.9	2.7	1.4	.2	5.4
2015–16	San Miguel	57	26.1	.381	.206	.728	3.6	4.8	2.0	.3	6.5
2016–17	San Miguel	58	35.7	.421	.318	.696	5.0	7.2	2.8	.4	11.2
2017–18	San Miguel	57	31.6	.375	.306	.754	4.6	5.4	1.8	.1	8.3
2019	San Miguel	60	35.5	.392	.359	.707	5.0	5.4	2.2	.4	8.8
2020	San Miguel	13	30.5	.286	.256	.726	5.4	4.2	2.2	.3	7.4
2021	San Miguel	27	32.5	.355	.208	.744	4.6	5.1	2.0	.3	5.8
2022–23	San Miguel	48	20.8	.291	.214	.781	2.7	3.7	1.3	.1	3.2
Career		542	28.0	.374	.268	.673	4.0	5.0	1.8	.2	6.9

Awards and milestones

• January 21, 2015: Ross won his first PBA Championship after the San Miguel Beermen defeated the Alaska Aces in 7 games in the Philippine Cup Finals.
• February 3, 2016 — Ross was named Finals MVP after scoring a career high of 21 points with five rebounds, five assists, and shooting 4 for 6 from the 3-point line in game 7 of the 2016 Philippine Cup Finals. ^[19]
• October 14, 2016 — Ross was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night and named to the PBA All-Defensive Team. ^[20]
• February 10, 2017: Chris Ross became the 27th player in PBA history to reach 500 career steals.
• March 5, 2017: Chris Ross led the San Miguel Beermen towards a championship against their arch-rivals, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. They defeated them in five games. With the effort he does, Ross became the 2017 Philippine Cup PBA Finals MVP.

References

1. Payo, Jasmine (June 27, 2010). "Three more Fil-Ams sign up for PBA draft". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
2. Chan, Lorne (March 4, 2010). "Jay star Ross still living the dream". MySA.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
3. Joble, Rey (August 17, 2010). "Meralco's PBA team wants franchise player". GMANews.TV. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
4. "Purefoods Star Hotshots 76 at Meralco Bolts 71". March 15, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
5. Badua, Snow (October 30, 2013). "Petron finally pulls trigger on Denok Mirands deal for GlobalPort's Chris Ross". spin.ph. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
6. "Air21 Express 88 at San Miguel Beermen 90". December 11, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
7. "San Miguel Beermen 77 at Meralco Bolts 73". December 14, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
8. "San Miguel Beermen 96 at Meralco Bolts 87". January 18, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
9. "San Miguel Beermen 106 at Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 73". February 1, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
10. "Meralco Bolts 76 at San Miguel Beermen 94". March 7, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
11. "San Miguel Beermen 112 at Barangay Ginebra Kings 96". March 8, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
12. "Talk N Text Tropang Texters 107 at San Miguel Beermen 99". March 14, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
13. "Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 107 at San Miguel Beermen 112". March 19, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
14. "Northport Batang Pier 92 at San Miguel Beermen 109" . Retrieved August 17, 2019.
15. "San Miguel Beermen 79 at NLEX Road Warriors 76". Basketball.RealGM. November 8, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
16. "San Miguel Beermen 100 Alaska Aces 86". Basketball RealGM. January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
17. "Chris Ross Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on December 10, 2016.
18. "Chris Ross Player Profile, San Miguel Beermen - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
19. "SMB guard Chris Ross named Finals MVP". INQUIRER.net. The Inquirer Company. February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
20. "PBA Leo Awards 2016 Winners & Nominees (Complete List)". PinoyBoxBreak. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

External links

• Player Profile at PBA-Online!
• Marshall University Profile
• Ross still living the dream