List of Philippine Basketball Association imports (P–T)

Main article: List of Philippine Basketball Association imports

This is a list of imports who have played or currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association.

^	Denotes player who won the PBA Best Import Award.
*	Denotes player who has been inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame.
†	Denotes player who has been inducted to the 40 Greatest Players in PBA History

P

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Victor Page	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1998	Georgetown	No information
	Adam Parada	C	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	2012	UC Irvine	[1]
	Bobby Parks	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	No information	1987–89; 1990–93; 1997–99	Memphis	[2]
	Myles Patrick	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	No information	No information	Auburn	No information
	Kenny Payne	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998	Louisville	[3]
	Frederick Pea	G/F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	1995	Tampa South Florida	No information
	Steffphon Pettigrew	F/C	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2015	Western Kentucky	[4]
	Eugene Phelps	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2016–19	The Beach	[5]
	Mike Phelps	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1988–90	Alcorn State	[6]
	Tim Pickett	F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2011	Daytona Indian River State Florida State	[7]
	Kevinn Pinkney	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2016	UN Reno	[8]
	David Pope	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	No information	Norfolk State	[9]
	Chris Porter	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	2005–06; 2011	Chipola Auburn	[10]
	Kevin Porter	G	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1983	St. Francis	[11]
	Josh Powell	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2014	NC State	[12]

Q

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Michael Qualls	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2019	Arkansas	[13]
	Daren Queenan	G/F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	No information	Lehigh	[14]

R

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Ra Gun-ah	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2016–17	CC Florida Missouri	[15]
	Peter John Ramos	C	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)	296 lb (134 kg)	2015	No information	[16]
	Wally Rank	G	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1985	San Jose State	[17]
	Eldridge Recasner	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1992	Washington	[18]
	George Reese	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	2004	Ohio State	[19]
	Arizona Reid	F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2011; 2013–16; 2018	High Point	[20]
	Fred Reynolds	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	No information	UTEP	[9]
	Scottie Reynolds	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	2011	Villanova	[17]
	Reda Rhalimi	C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	No information	2008	No information	[21]
	M. J. Rhett	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2016	Tennessee State Ole Miss	[22]
	Charles Rhodes	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2017; 2019	Mississippi State	[23]
	Rodrick Rhodes	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2002	Kentucky Southern Cal	[24]
	Darius Rice	F	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	2007–08	Miami	[25]
	Glen Rice Jr.	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	2017	Georgia Tech	[26]
	Ron Riley	F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002	Arizona State	[24]
	Anthony Roberts	G/F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	Oral Roberts	No information
	Ronald Roberts	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2015	St. Joseph's	[27]
	Larry Robinson	G/F	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997; 1999	Eastern Oklahoma Centenary	[28]
	Melvin Robinson	C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	No information	2005	St. Louis	[21]
	Leon Rodgers	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	2014	Northern Illinois	[29]
	Robert Rose	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	1990	George Mason	No information
	Richard Ross	F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	2019	Old Dominion	[30]
	Derrick Rowland	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	No information	SUNY Potsdam	No information
	Walker Russell	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1989–90	Oakland CC Houston Western Michigan	[31]

S

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	J. R. Sakuragi	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	2000	UCLA	[32]
	Omar Samhan	C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	2012	St. Mary's Cal	[33]
	Kenny Sanders	F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	No information	1991	George Mason	No information
	Mark Sanford	G/F	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2004	Washington	[34]
	Corey Santee	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2008	Texas Christian	[35]
	Jason Sasser	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2001	Texas Tech	[36]
	DeWayne Scales	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	No information	Louisiana State	[37]
	Carey Scurry	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	No information	Oklahoma A&M LIU Brooklyn	No information
	Shea Seals	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	No information	Tulsa	[38]
	Ansu Sesay	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2000	Mississippi	[39]
	Walter Sharpe	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2013	Mississippi State UA Birmingham	[40]
	Dexter Shouse	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986–87; 1989	Panola South Alabama	[41]
	Marcus Simmons	G	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2016	Southern Cal	[42]
	David Simon	C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	2016	PU Fort Wayne	[43]
	Melvin Simon	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	No information	New Orleans	No information
	Dickey Simpkins	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	2005	Providence	[44]
	Diamon Simpson	F/C	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2010; 2018–19	St. Mary's	[45]
	Trevis Simpson	G/F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2017	UNC Greensboro	[46]
	Henry Sims	F/C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	2013	Georgetown	[47]
	Mike Singletary	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	2013; 2016	Texas Tech	[48]
	McKinley Singleton	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	No information	Shelby State UA Birmingham	[9]
	Jose Slaughter	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1987; 1990	Portland	No information
	Donald Sloan	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2011	Texas A&M	[49]
	Keith Smart	G	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989	Garden City CC IU Bloomington	[32]
	Clinton Smith	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	No information	Ohio State Central Arizona Cleveland State	No information
	Greg Smith	F/C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	2017	Fresno State	[50]
	JaJuan Smith	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2011	Tennessee	[51]
	Joshua Smith	C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	2017–18	UCLA Georgetown	[52]
	Stevin Smith	G	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1995	Arizona State	[17]
	Tommy Smith	F	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2005	Arizona State	No information
	Omar Sneed	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	2012	San Jacinto Memphis	[53]
	Everette Stephens	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	No information	Purdue	No information
	Alex Stepheson	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	249 lb (113 kg)	2017; 2019	UNC Chapel Hill Southern Cal	[54]
	Curtis Stinson	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2011	Iowa State	[55]
	Awvee Storey	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2010	UI Urbana–Champaign Arizona State	[56]
	John Strickland	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	No information	No information	Hawaii Pacific	[57]
	Lamont Strothers	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1997–02	CNU	[58]
	Dominique Sutton	F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2016	Kansas State NC Central	[59]
	Bruno Šundov	C	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	2013	No information	[21]

T

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	John Taft	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	No information	1991	Marshall	No information
	Shawn Taggart	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	2016–16	Iowa State Memphis	[32]
	Archie Talley	F	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	No information	Salem	No information
	Earl Tatum	G/F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	Marquette	[28]
	Jay Taylor	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	No information	Eastern Illinois	[60]
	Jeff Taylor	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	No information	Texas Tech	No information
	Jimmie Taylor	C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	2019	Alabama	[61]
	Johnny Taylor	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2002	Knoxville Indian Hills CC UT Chattanooga	[24]
	Ira Terrell	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	No information	Southern Methodist	No information
	Carlos Terry	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1978	Salem State	[62]
	David Thirdkill	G/F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1986–88	Southern Idaho Bradley	[12]
	Billy Thomas	G	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	No information	Kansas	[63]
	Carl Thomas	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	No information	Eastern Michigan	[64]
	Omar Thomas	G/F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	2005–06	Panola UTEP	[65]
	Steven Thomas	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2008; 2014	Georgia MT State	[66]
	Bernard Thompson	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1994	Fresno State	[9]
	Billy Thompson	G/F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1994	Louisville	[32]
	Calvin Thompson	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1987	Kansas	No information
	Al Thornton	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2015–16	Florida State	[67]
	Marcus Timmons	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	No information	SIU Carbondale	[68]
	Dean Tolson	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1979; 1981	Arkansas	[69]
	Kenny Travis	G/F	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	No information	1988; 1992–95	Fresno City NM State	[58]
	Romeo Travis	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2018–19	Akron	[20]
	Jabril Trawick	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2017	Georgetown	[70]
	Ansley Truitt	C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1978	UC Berkeley	[71]
	Tungalagiin Sanchir	G/F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2015	No information	[72]
	Eric Turner	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1986	Michigan	[9]
	Rahshon Turner	F/C	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2008	Fairleigh	[39]
	Jeremy Tyler	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	2018	No information	[73]

More PBA imports lists

A–E | F–J | K–O | P–T | U–Z

References

• Hardcourt: The Official Philippine Basketball Association Annual

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12. "NBA champions who played in the PBA as imports". 28 July 2020.
13. "Michael Qualls admits letting NorthPort down in Game Two loss".
14. "Distrito's iconic shot, Purefoods' first title make list of memorable PBA finals in 1990s". 3 April 2020.
15. Sacamos, Karlo (March 5, 2016). "Star Hotshots to field new import Ricardo Ratliffe in place of Denzel Bowles in game against TNT Texters". Spin.ph. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
16. Ganglani, Naveen (23 December 2014). "7-foot-3 PJ Ramos excited to play for KIA". Rappler.
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19. "Reese takes over from Ellis at Ginebra". The Philippine Star. March 5, 2004.
20. "45 memorable PBA imports - Brownlee, Blakely, Durham stood out in 2010s". 27 March 2020.
21. "TALL ORDER: Painters' 7-3 Sundov will be hard to top on PBA list of giant imports".
22. "'All-around guy' MJ Rhett eager to prove he's Mr. Right for Blackwater".
23. "Greene hits back at Rhodes: 'He plays for San Miguel ... he has refs in his back pocket'".
24. "Imports back with a bang". The Philippine STAR . 10 February 2002.
25. "Rice Dazzles On Debut With Purefoods". 3 April 2008.
26. "PBA: Craig out, Rice in as TNT's import". news.abs-cbn.com. August 15, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
27. "Ronald Roberts signs with San Miguel Beerman". Sportando.com. January 27, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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30. Terrado, Reuben (October 30, 2019). "Get to know new Rain or Shine import Richard Ross". SPIN.ph. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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35. "Compton plays as Welcoat import". The Philippine STAR . 17 June 2008.
36. "7 ex-imports survive NBA cut". The Philippine STAR . November 2002.
37. "Cristobal on Crispa's 1983 Grand Slam season: 'We were not intimidated at all'". 16 April 2020.
38. "2003 Reinforced Conference: With a touch of NBA greatness".
39. "Lang, Freeman, Honeycutt notable PBA imports in 2000s". 26 March 2020.
40. "Walter Sharpe moves to Global Port". Court Side Basketball News. 9 March 2013.
41. "Andy's PBA memories". The Philippine STAR . 10 October 2013.
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43. Sacamos, Karlo (February 19, 2016). "Tropang TNT finds new import in 33-year-old journeyman David Simon". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
44. "Running with the Bulls, flying with His Airness". 13 May 2020.
45. Palero, Miko (July 5, 2018). "PBA Champ Diamon Simpson back for Alaska". Fastbreak.com.ph. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
46. "Hurting Trevis Simpson ready for any eventuality as fate of Blackwater import hangs in the balance".
47. "Henry Sims signs with Petron Blaze in the Philippines". Sportando.com. April 2, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
48. "Michael Singletary not about to get himself affected with current status as SMB import".
49. "The New Import of Ginebra Gin Kings is Donald Sloan He will Replace Curtis Stinson for the Rest of the Governors' Cup 2011".
50. "Does having an NBA-caliber import guarantee a PBA title? Let's see".
51. "Express to parade Smith as Commissioner's Cup import". February 2011.
52. Beltran, Nelson (May 17, 2017). "TnT Texters sign up 300-lb 6-foot-9 Smith". The Philippine Star . Retrieved July 7, 2018.
53. "Powerade subdues Talk 'N Text; Sneed finally explodes with 32 points".
54. Sacamos, Karlo (February 23, 2017). "Meralco bringing in former NBA player Alex Stepheson as Onuaku unavailable". spin.ph . Retrieved February 23, 2017.
55. "Ginebra regroups with Stinson". The Philippine STAR .
56. "Storey with happy ending?". The Philippine STAR . 22 March 2010.
57. "Taulava playing with ABA in US". The Philippine STAR . 11 February 2001.
58. "Bobby Parks, Tony Harris, Sean Chambers among memorable 1990s PBA imports". 25 March 2020.
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60. "IMPORTS KICKED OUT".
61. "Meralco set to field new import Jimmie Taylor in place of Gani Lawal". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
62. "Ex-PBA import dies penniless". The Philippine STAR . 11 November 2010.
63. "Shameful Pinoys in Singapore". The Philippine STAR . 31 October 2008.
64. "Hale to the Chief". The Philippine STAR . 6 March 2002.
65. "O.T. to make Tigers growl?". The Philippine STAR . 26 October 2005.
66. "GlobalPort sends O'Bryant home, signs Steve Thomas as stand-in import while waiting for Famous".
67. "Notable NBA players who played in the PBA". 30 July 2020.
68. "Ex-PBA imports in Tigers cast". The Philippine STAR . 29 August 2002.
69. "Former PBA commissioner Salud remembered". 7 March 2011.
70. "Jabril Trawick's first game also his last as GlobalPort set to field replacement import".
71. "Forty-five interesting trivia about the PBA". 8 April 2022.
72. "Mongolian basketball player T. Sanchir signs contract with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, PBA". InfoMongolia.com. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
73. Ramos, Gerry (23 March 2018). "TNT banking on former prep-to-pro cager Jeremy Tyler as Commissioner's Cup import".

External links

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