Josh Urbiztondo

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Josh Urbiztondo
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Urbiztondo with Barako Bull in 2015
Personal information
Born (1983-02-27) February 27, 1983 (age 41)
San Francisco, California
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Hillsdale (San Mateo, California)
College Foothill College (2002–2004)
Fresno Pacific (2004–2006)
PBA draft 2009: Undrafted
Playing career2009–2019
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
2009–2010 Sta. Lucia Realtors
2010–2011 Air21 Express
2011–2012 B-Meg Llamados
2012–2013Barako Bull Energy Cola
2013–2015 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2015–2016Barako Bull Energy
2016 Phoenix Fuel Masters
2016–2017 GlobalPort Batang Pier
2017 Singapore Slingers
2017GlobalPort Batang Pier
2017–2019 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
Career highlights and awards

Joshua Emile Doherty Urbiztondo (born February 27, 1983) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He last played for the San Miguel Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). [1]

Contents

Amateur career

Urbiztondo played for Fresno-Pacific University in his final years of college. [2] It was there where he gained a reputation as a scorer. [2]

In the summer of 2008, Urbiztondo left the States to play in the PBA D-League. [2] There, he led his team to a championship victory, got named to the "Top Five Mythical Team", was named Top Defensive Player, was the consensus number one performer, and was poised to be a high pick in the upcoming PBA Draft.

PBA career

Sta. Lucia Realtors

In 2009, Urbiztondo entered the draft for the PBA, but was not selected. [3] He was later signed by the Sta. Lucia Realtors. In 2010, the Realtors were replaced by the Meralco Bolts. In August 2010, the newly founded team gave away Urbiztondo and its number 3 pick in the 2010 PBA draft to the Air21 Express, in a three-way deal that brought Mark Cardona to the Bolts. [4]

Air 21 Express

In 2011, he earned the nickname "Fireball" after going for 31 points in a game while playing for Air21. [5]

B-Meg Llamados

In 2011 Urbiztondo was signed by the B-Meg Llamados. He competed in the three-point shootout during the 2012 All-Star Weekend (losing to Mark Macapagal) and was named an All-Star that year. [6] [7] During the 2012 Commissioner's Cup finals, he was fined 2,400 pesos for exchanging elbows with Pamboy Raymundo. The Llamados eventually won the series, giving him his only PBA title. [8] Later that year, that team was renamed as the San Mig Coffee Mixers, who then sent him to the Barako Bull Energy Cola in exchange for a first round pick in the next year. [9]

Barako Bull Energy Cola

He suffered a hamstring injury in his time there. [10] He won a Player of the Week award before he was traded to Ginebra. [5]

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

In 2013, prior to the Commissioner's Cup playoffs, Urbiztondo was dealt to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel. [11]

In 2014, he missed some games due to a back spasm. [12]

On August 25, 2015, he along with Jens Knuttel was traded to the Barako Bull Energy for Nico Salva and a future first round pick. [13]

Return to Barako Bull franchise

In a game against the Bolts during the 2015–16 Philippine Cup, Urbiztondo scored 13 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to give Barako Bull the win. [14] He also had 3 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 assists in that game. [15] Before the start of the 2016–17 season, he, along with young point guard Mark Cruz, were released from the team. [16]

Globalport Batang Pier

Urbiztondo was then signed by the Globalport Batang Pier, who had to relegate Karl Dehesa to the reserve list to make room for him. [17] He played in only eight games for them in the Philippine Cup before being released. [18]

After the ABL season, Urbiztondo was signed once again by Globalport, who needed his services after loaning Terrence Romeo to the national team. [18] This would be his last time playing for a PBA team.

ABL career

Singapore Slingers

After his first stint with Globalport, Urbiztondo became the Heritage Import of the Singapore Slingers. [19] The Slingers made it to the 2017 finals. [20] In game 1, he hit a finals-record seven three-pointers, breaking the previous record of five. [21] He had 23 points in that game, and the Slingers won that game. [21] But then they lost the next three games, and the Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions won the championship. [22]

Alab Pilipinas

Urbiztondo returned to the ABL to play for Alab Pilipinas, which he had defeated in the semis the previous year. [23] His team won the 2017–18 title over the Mono Vampire. [24] The team failed to defend the title the following season, losing to the Hong Kong Eastern Basketball in the quarterfinals. [25] At the end of that season, Urbiztondo announced his retirement from basketball. [26]

Personal life

His father is Filipino and his mother is American. [3] He is currently an assistant coach for the high school basketball team of San Joaquin Memorial. [27]

PBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GSGames 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

[28] [29]

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009–10 Sta. Lucia 3721.8.368.308.8092.82.61.1.07.8
2010–11 Air21 4317.6.387.362.8382.63.1.5.16.1
2011–12 B-Meg 6225.8.397.321.6533.32.9.9.06.9
2012–13 Barako Bull 4425.2.342.323.6742.83.71.1.08.3
Barangay Ginebra
2013–14 Barangay Ginebra 2910.6.337.292.3331.4.7.5.02.9
2014–15 Barangay Ginebra 2313.0.330.298.9232.01.41.1.04.0
2015–16 Barako Bull 3219.5.367.370.6512.02.1.8.19.4
Phoenix
2016–17 GlobalPort 97.8.150.214—.91.0.4.01.0
Career27920.0.365.328.7152.52.5.9.06.6

ABL career statistics

Season-by-season averages

YearTeamGPMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2016–17 Singapore Slingers 1028.2.36.35.854.52.6.7.011.3
2017–18 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 2622.8.41.41.883.42.8.9.08.2
2018–19 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas 2816.3.37.35.803.02.4.7.05.4

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