Jojo Lastimosa

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Jojo Lastimosa
TNT Tropang Giga
PositionTeam manager
League PBA
Personal information
Born (1964-03-10) March 10, 1964 (age 60)
Cagayan de Oro
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College Ateneo
USJ-R
Playing career1988–2002
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
1988–1990 Purefoods Hotdogs
1991–1999 Alaska Milkmen
2000–2001 Pop Cola Panthers
2002 Alaska Aces
As coach:
2003–2013 Alaska Aces (assistant)
2014–2022 NLEX Road Warriors (assistant)
2017 Far Eastern University (assistant)
2018–2019 Bataan Defenders/Risers
2023–2024 TNT Tropang Giga
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

As executive:

As assistant coach:

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Seoul Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Team competition
William Jones Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Taipei Team

Isabelo "Jojo" Lastimosa Jr. (born March 10, 1964) is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He is the team manager for the TNT Tropang Giga of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played in the PBA for the Purefoods Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988 to 2002. He was also a former member of the Philippines' national basketball team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also played for the University of San Jose–Recoletos in Cebu City. He had also a stint with the Ateneo de Manila. He is known by the nicknames "Jolas", "Mr. Clutch", "The 4th Quarter Man", and "PBA Jordan" for his deadly perimeter shooting.

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College and amateur career

Lastimosa was one of the eight rookies of the Blue Eagles basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University in the UAAP 1981-82 season, After a two-stint with Ateneo, Lastimosa transferred to the University of San Jose–Recoletos in Cebu City. In June 1983, he joined elder brother Danny in the power-laden Mama's Love basketball club team. It was there where he got his biggest break and exposure, his reentry in the Manila basketball scene via the premier amateur league (PABL). In this league, he was able to showcase his skills in basketball.

In a short span of time, Lastimosa won MVP honors while playing for Mama's Love in the first conference of the 1985 PABL season. [1] The following year, he became teammates with Samboy Lim and they led the Lhuillier Jewelers to the championship of the PABL's first conference. He spent his last two years in the amateur league with the Jewelers of coach Yayoy Alcoseba although he was a borrowed player when RFM-Swifts won their first PABL title in the 1987 International Invitational Cup and was voted Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, besting former national teammate Alvin Patrimonio.

Professional career

Purefoods

Lastimosa, along with Jerry Codiñera, were the two early entries to the pro league signed by newcomer Purefoods Hotdogs. [2] He was already groomed to be a future superstar in the PBA. Jolas made such impact in his first season and was voted Rookie of the year. He won his first PBA title with the Hotdogs in the 1990 Third Conference. He was in trade with Boy Cabahug to Alaska beginning the 1991 season. [3]

Alaska

Even he was a rising star at Purefoods, he has his best years were with the Alaska Milkmen. 9 of his 10 championships was won with Alaska, including a grand slam in 1996. One of his notable clutch shots was in Game 5 in the 1996 All-Filipino Cup finals.

Lastimosa as player of Alaska Jojo-lastimosa-alaska-milk-6.png
Lastimosa as player of Alaska

Pop Cola

Lastimosa at Pop Cola in 2000 Jojo lastimosa pop cola.png
Lastimosa at Pop Cola in 2000

In the twilight of his career, Jolas moved to Pop Cola in the 2000 to 2001 season. [4] [5]

Return to Alaska

He returned to his old club Alaska Aces in his final year in 2002. [6]

Coaching career

Alaska

Lastimosa served as an assistant coach of the Aces under Tim Cone, [7] Joel Banal and Luigi Trillo. [8] [9]

NLEX

After leaving Alaska, he served as an assistant coach for NLEX Road Warriors. [10]

FEU Tamaraws

Lastimosa was reunited with his former Alaska teammate Johnny Abarrientos, when Lastimosa became an assistant coach for FEU Tamaraws. [11]

TNT

While he was the manager of TNT, he was assigned as team's head coach and Slavoljub Gorunovic as active consultant, after Chot Reyes decided to focus on his commitment on the Philippine National Team. He was the second Tropang Giga head coach to have an active consultant after Bong Ravena. Lastimosa guided the team to win the 2023 Governors' Cup, their first ever Governors' Cup title since the founding of the franchise. [12] Lastimosa also the first coach with active consultant to win a championship, and first to win a title on his first conference of coaching since former Joel Banal two decades ago, a former TNT coach that time. [12] Reyes assumed the head coaching position in 2024, and Lastimosa focused as manager. [13]

Managerial career

Lastimosa was appointed as manager of TNT Tropang Giga in 2022. [14]

National team career

Lastimosa played for the Philippine national basketball team for two occasions of Asian Games, first in 1986 as an amateur player, and in 1998 as a professional. Both occasions won bronze medal.

In 1998 with the Philippine Centennial Team, he was notable for being benched in the majority of games, and got mad at Tim Cone, the coach of the team, and when Lastimosa inserted vs. Kazakhstan (second meeting against the team and the bronze medal game, he performed well that made the Philippines won bronze medal. The game was known as the "anger game". After that game, Lastimosa did not spoke to Cone after months. [15]

Coaching record

PBA

TeamSeasonConferenceGPWLPCTFinishPGWLPCTResults
TNT 2022–23 Governors' Cup 11101.9091st1183.727Won PBA Championship
TNT 2023–24 Commissioner's Cup 1156.4558th101.000Lost in the Quarterfinals
Career Total22157.681Playoff Total1284.6671 championship

Career highlights

PBA highlights

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