Wynne Arboleda

Wynne Arboleda (born November 26, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He is known by his moniker "The Snatcher" in reference to his steals during games.

Wynne Arboleda

Arboleda in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1976-11-26) November 26, 1976 (age 47) Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	Panay Technological College MLQU
PBA draft	2000: Undrafted
Playing career	1998–2015
Position	Point guard
Career history
1998–1999	Laguna Lakers
2000	Pop Cola Panthers
2001	Tanduay Rhum Masters
2002–2012	FedEx/Air21 Express/Barako Bull Energy
2012–2014	Air21 Express
2014–2015	NLEX Road Warriors
Career highlights and awards
PBA Mythical Second Team (2007) 2× PBA Defensive Player of the Year (2007, 2009) 4× PBA All-Defensive Team (2006–2009)

Career

Arboleda first played for the Laguna Lakers in the MBA and later entered the PBA in 2000. He had short stints with the Pop Cola Panthers and the Tanduay Rhum Masters before joining the FedEx Express.

Fan incident

On October 16, 2009, during his team's game against Smart Gilas at the Araneta Coliseum, specifically halfway in the second quarter, Arboleda was involved in an incident where he assaulted a paying spectator, Alain Katigbak, after the latter shouted profane words directed at him following his second flagrant foul against Gilas' Marnel "Mac" Baracael. As a result of the second flagrant foul, he was ejected from the court soon after.^[1]

Three days later, PBA Commissioner Sonny Barrios suspended him for the rest of the 2009–2010 season plus one game without pay, effective immediately, on top of any possible court case Katigbak would file against him as a result of the assault. The suspension is said to be the league's heaviest sanction to date. In addition, he was fined PhP20,000 for the two flagrant 1 fouls he committed, and was blacklisted from attending PBA games during the period of his suspension.^[2]

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

^[3]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000	Pop Cola	33	17.1	.443	.273	.571	1.7	1.6	.6	.1	3.2
2001	Tanduay	14	9.2	.132	.083	.700	1.4	.8	.1	.0	1.6
2002	FedEx	32	16.5	.416	.349	.806	2.2	2.1	1.3	.0	5.4
2003	FedEx	42	23.4	.416	.316	.750	3.5	2.6	1.9	.2	6.8
2004–05	FedEx	59	28.3	.363	.313	.717	4.4	5.0	1.6	.1	7.7
2005–06	Air21	51	34.4	.399	.343	.696	4.5	5.4	2.1	.1	10.4
2006–07	Air21	44	33.7	.355	.298	.681	5.0	5.8	1.8	.0	10.6
2007–08	Air21	49	32.3	.335	.283	.736	4.1	4.8	1.7	.1	10.0
2008–09	Air21 / Burger King	45	25.0	.385	.347	.712	3.5	3.9	1.4	.1	9.1
2009–10	Burger King / Air21	10	23.1	.366	.333	.929	2.8	2.7	1.1	.2	8.4
2010–11	Air21	38	21.2	.335	.306	.759	3.2	2.5	1.2	.1	6.1
2011–12	Barako Bull	40	22.2	.361	.341	.750	2.9	2.3	1.3	.1	5.5
2012–13	Air21	36	22.6	.372	.350	.667	3.2	2.4	.8	.1	5.3
2013–14	Air21	13	16.9	.205	.185	.714	1.7	1.0	.7	.0	2.0
2014–15	NLEX	20	7.5	.346	.368	.500	.6	.5	.1	.0	1.4
Career		526	24.6	.367	.316	.721	3.4	3.4	1.4	.1	7.1

See also

• List of violent spectator incidents in sports

References

1. Whoppers prove life goes on sans Japeth
2. PBA suspends Arboleda for rest of the season
3. "Wynne Arboleda Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017.