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Dennis Espino

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Dennis Espino
Personal information
Born (1973-12-20) December 20, 1973 (age 50)
Angeles City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
CollegeUST
PBA draft1995: 1st round, 1st overall
Selected by the Sta. Lucia Realtors
Playing career1995–2011
PositionPower forward / center
Career history
1995–2009Sta. Lucia Realtors
2009–2011Powerade Tigers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team competition

Dennis Espino (born December 20, 1973) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted first overall by Sta. Lucia in 1995 PBA draft.

Player Profile

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Espino is known for his physical inside play and is considered is a cornerstone of the Sta. Lucia franchise. Being a Realtor since his rookie year, he has helped the team win two PBA championships. After playing under the shadows of Jun Limpot for seven years, Dennis Espino became the heart-and-soul of Sta. Lucia when his celebrated teammate was sent to Ginebra via a trade with Marlou Aquino in 2000. The former UAAP MVP showed signs that he is capable of the responsibility after braving the role as the team's go-to-guy. In 2009, after playing 14 years with the team, Sta. Lucia traded him to the Coca-Cola Tigers. In 2011, Powerade Tigers traded him to Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.

He also played for the Philippine Centennial Team in 1998.

Arrest

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In 2012, Espino was arrested by the police in Arayat, Pampanga and accused of serious illegal detention and possession of firearms. The charges arrest stemmed from a complaint by his former secretary, Mildred Eiman, who accused the player of locking her up for over a month for her failure to pay a debt amounting to P5,000.[1] He eluded arrest for more than eight months, which according to the police was due to his political connections in Pampanga.

Coaching career

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After a long and controversial absence, Espino said he is happy to be back in the game of basketball.

He showed up at PBA D-League games as one of the assistant coaches of expansion team Derulo Accelero, three years since playing his last game in the pro league where he was among its biggest stars for close to two decades.

During that absence, Espino also became a fugitive of the law and also spent time in jail for a serious illegal detention case filed by a former secretary in a piggery he put up in Mexico, Pampanga. He declined to talk about the case that led to his disappearance from the cage scene, but said he was happy to be once again involved in a sport where he first made a name as the star of the multi-titled University of Santo Tomas teams in the 90's.[2]

PBA career statistics

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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

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Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995 Sta. Lucia 44 35.1 .462 .333 .710 6.3 1.2 .4 .8 14.7
1996 Sta. Lucia 44 31.7 .463 1.000 .656 6.7 1.5 .5 .9 12.4
1997 Sta. Lucia 61 31.6 .506 .000 .708 5.8 1.1 .3 1.1 12.7
1998 Sta. Lucia 33 40.2 .477 .000 .640 8.6 2.4 .7 .7 17.4
1999 Sta. Lucia 40 39.2 .432 .286 .731 8.0 1.6 .6 1.0 13.5
2000 Sta. Lucia 43 37.1 .411 .176 .751 7.4 1.9 .5 .3 14.7
2001 Sta. Lucia 49 40.9 .439 .265 .727 7.8 2.1 .4 .5 15.8
2002 Sta. Lucia 10 31.5 .438 .250 .708 6.6 2.1 .2 .4 13.5
2003 Sta. Lucia 49 38.5 .453 .250 .791 8.1 3.2 .4 .7 18.3
2004–05 Sta. Lucia 58 35.2 .426 .286 .764 8.6 2.7 .4 .7 15.6
2005–06 Sta. Lucia 34 28.9 .401 .083 .753 7.0 2.5 .4 .5 13.7
2006–07 Sta. Lucia 40 25.2 .461 .333 .762 5.1 2.1 .4 .7 11.5
2007–08 Sta. Lucia 52 24.2 .432 .366 .710 4.6 1.5 .2 .4 10.6
2008–09 Sta. Lucia 43 27.3 .374 .292 .707 5.3 2.3 .4 .5 9.7
2009–10 Coca-Cola 40 22.8 .421 .400 .756 5.3 1.4 .3 .3 9.1
2010–11 Powerade 29 19.9 .389 .250 .611 4.0 1.2 .1 .5 6.0
Career 669 32.2 .441 .276 .727 6.6 1.9 .4 .6 13.2

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-PBA Star Dennis Espino arraigned for serious illegal detention and possession of firearms". Remate.ph. Remate.ph. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Mei-Lin Lozada (October 27, 2013). "After jail time, former PBA star Espino happy to be back in sport closest to his heart". Spin.ph. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dennis Espino Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on November 3, 2015.
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