![]() Eriobu in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
No. 23–Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | PBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | British Hong Kong | February 12, 1992||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
College | Mapúa | ||||||||||||||
PBA draft | 2016: 2nd round, 4th overall | ||||||||||||||
Drafted by | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Blackwater Elite | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Winling | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Hong Kong Eastern | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | ||||||||||||||
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Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. (born February 12, 1992) is a Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). [1] [2]
Eriobu was a long-time player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 4th overall by the Mahindra Floodbuster in the 2016 PBA draft. [3] [4] He would later play for the Phoenix Fuel Masters and Blackwater Elite before being left unsigned to any PBA team in 2019. [5]
He would play for Hong Kong Eastern in the ASEAN Basketball League. [5] [6]
Eriobu would shift to 3x3, joining the Purefoods TJ Titans of the PBA 3x3 with the aim of eventually returning to the main 5x5 PBA league. [7]
Following his good performance with the Magnolia Hotshots during the PBA on Tour pre-season games, he officially signed a one-year deal with the team on August 22, 2023. [8] In August 2024, he was given a one-year contract extension by the team. [9]
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
3FG% | 3-point field-goal percentage | 4P% | 4-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 2024–25 season [10]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | 4P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | Mahindra | 28 | 14.2 | .467 | .050 | — | .674 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 |
Phoenix | ||||||||||||
2017–18 | Phoenix | 19 | 8.8 | .463 | .111 | — | .667 | 1.5 | .3 | .4 | .1 | 3.7 |
2019 | Blackwater | 7 | 9.9 | .406 | .143 | — | .700 | 3.0 | .6 | .6 | — | 4.9 |
2023–24 | Magnolia | 26 | 7.8 | .444 | .286 | — | .600 | .8 | .3 | .3 | — | 3.2 |
2024–25 | Magnolia | 23 | 6.0 | .453 | .304 | .273 | .733 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | — | 4.0 |
Career | 103 | 9.5 | .455 | .213 | .273 | .674 | 2.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 4.5 |