Alex Cabagnot

"Cabagnot" redirects here. For the Filipina politician, see Phoebe Cabagnot.

Alex Cabagnot

No. 5 – San Miguel Beermen
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	(1982-12-08) December 8, 1982 Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, California)
College	Los Angeles Valley College (2001–2003) Hawaii-Hilo (2003–2005)
PBA draft	2005: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Playing career	2005–present
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As player:
2005–2007	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2007–2009	Coca-Cola Tigers
2009–2010	Burger King Whoppers
2010–2014	San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters
2014	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014–present	San Miguel Beermen
As coach:
2016–present	UP Fighting Maroons (Skills coach)
Career highlights and awards
7× PBA champion (2011 Governors', 2014–15 Philippine, 2015 Governors', 2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Philippine, 2017 Commissioner's, 2017–18 Philippine) PBA Finals MVP (2017 Commissioner's) 6x PBA All-Star PBA All-Star Game MVP (2016) PBA Mythical First Team (2017) 2× PBA Mythical Second Team (2013, 2016) Bogs Adornado PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2015) PBA Obstacle Challenge Co-Champion (2007)

Alexander Cabagnot Jr. (born December 8, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the San Miguel Beermen. He plays the point guard position. Alex once had a rivalry with Mark Caguioa for the Eagle Rock High School scoring record. He is also part of the coaching staff of the UP Fighting Maroons men's basketball team in the UAAP.

Professional career

He was drafted by the Sta. Lucia Realtors, but after playing 2 seasons he was dealt to the Coca-Cola Tigers along with the aging Kenneth Duremdes and Ricky Calimag in exchange for Denok Miranda, Manny Ramos and Coca Cola's 2007 second round draft pick.

Cabagnot led all rookies during his rookie year in scoring (10.3 points per game), assists (4.7), steals (1.1) and minutes played (28.1). He was third in the league in the assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5) behind Jimmy Alapag and Johnny Abarrientos. The 6-0 southpaw is one of the prolific guards in his generation.

On January 5, 2010, he was traded to the Burger King Whoppers along with Wesley Gonzales, for Gary David and Chico Lanete. He played for several games with Burger King, finishing at the 8th spot of the 2009-10 PBA Philippine Cup. During the off-season of the 2009-2010 Fiesta Conference, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen, for Mike Cortez.

As a Beermen, Cabagnot quickly emerged as the starting quarterback for the team. Cabagnot dropped game winning shots during eliminations earning his nickname "Crunch Time Cabagnot". He did it on Alaska Aces, B-Meg Derby Ace Llmados scoring a basket on crucial possession. During Game 1 of the 2010 - 2011 PBA Philippine Cup semifinals series against the crowd favorite Ginebra Gin Kings, Alex made a clutch basket leaving the Gin Kings with only over a second. This nailed the series to a 1 - 0 lead in favor of the Beermen. SMB eventually won the duel in six games 4 - 2. In 2011, Cabagnot together with Arwind Santos and Danny Ildefonso lead Petron Blaze Boosters to a Governor's Cup title by hacking out a 4-3 decider in 7 games, thus foiling the Grand Slam bid of Talk N Text & captured his first PBA crown as a player.

On February 18, 2014, he was part of a complex four-team, seven player trade which sent him to GlobalPort. With his new team, he reunites with old teammate Jay Washington and provided veteran leadership.

He said, "(The trade) came a little bit as an ‘I-didn’t-see-it-coming,' but when it did sink in, I just have to be a pro, go to the next team and try to do what I did with Petron and my other teams before".

During the playoffs of the 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup, Alex Cabagnot was traded back to San Miguel for Sol Mercado.

On October 14, 2016 Cabagnot was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night as he was named to the PBA Mythcial Second Team.

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

Correct as of September 1, 2016

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005–06	Sta. Lucia	35	28.1	.349	.226	.681	3.3	4.7	1.1	.3	10.3
2006–07	Sta. Lucia / Coca-Cola	45	33.3	.424	.322	.703	3.5	6.4	1.3	.2	10.9
2007–08	Coca-Cola	37	33.8	.343	.360	.667	3.0	4.6	1.1	.2	11.0
2008–09	Coca-Cola	32	37.0	.356	.240	.667	3.6	5.3	1.4	.4	10.8
2009–10	Coca-Cola / Burger King / San Miguel	50	23.0	.376	.250	.693	3.6	5.5	1.0	.3	10.2
2010–11	San Miguel / Petron	54	30.2	.395	.321	.728	4.2	5.8	1.0	.4	9.7
2011–12	Petron	46	35.5	.390	.384	.745	3.6	6.2	1.1	.3	13.4
2012–13	Petron	47	32.2	.407	.321	.747	3.7	5.1	1.2	.2	11.9
2013–14	Petron / San Miguel / GlobalPort	34	35.6	.378	.311	.696	4.4	6.2	1.3	.2	13.1
2014–15	GlobalPort / San Miguel	52	29.5	.366	.350	.705	4.5	4.7	.8	.1	11.1
2015–16	San Miguel	56	32.5	.404	.342	.745	3.6	4.0	1.0	.1	14.3
Career		488	31.6	.383	.324	.712	3.7	5.3	1.1	.2	11.5

External links

• PBA Official Website