Alex Crisano

Alex Vincent Crisano (born February 26, 1976) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player.

Alex Crisano

Personal information
Born	(1976-02-26) February 26, 1976 (age 48) Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	Filipino / American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College	Brooklyn College
PBA draft	2000: Direct Hire
Selected by the Barangay Ginebra Kings
Playing career	1999–2013
Position	Center / power forward
Number	43, 5
Career history
1999	Nueva Ecija Patriots
2000–2001	Barangay Ginebra Kings
2002	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2003 2007–2009	Barangay Ginebra Kings
2009	Barako Bull Energy Boosters
2010–2011	Philippine Patriots
2011–2012	Powerade Tigers
2012–2013	GlobalPort Batang Pier

First Years

Crisano was undrafted in 2000 but he was signed and directly hired by the Barangay Ginebra Kings. However, his stay with the Gin Kings was cut at the end of the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference. He also played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters that were known as the Phone Pals.

Return to Barangay Ginebra

Before the start of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, the management of Ginebra announced that Crisano will return for the team. From there, his game as an energy player and a crowd favorite was seen by the fans. He helped the team beat the Air21 Express in the finals 4–3.

Barako Bull

After two conferences with Ginebra, he was acquired by the Barako Bull Energy Boosters during the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference where he became the leader of the team. At the 2009–10 Philippine Cup, he had a career season averaging 8.9 points 6.2 rebounds and 32 percent from the 3-point line. However, the team did not make the playoffs finishing at the bottom of the standings with a 3–15 record. Also, due to financial problems of the franchise, he was not able to stay with the team for the following conference.

Philippine Patriots

He was chosen as one of the players for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League alongside Allan Salangsang and Egay Billones to defend their title. However, they lost to the Chang Thailand Slammers in the finals.

Powerade Tigers

After his stint with the Patriots, he was acquired by the Powerade Tigers to boost up their frontline.^[1]

Globalport Batang Pier

He was played in 1 Regular Season of Globalport Batang Pier in 2012–2013

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

^[2]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2000	Barangay Ginebra	27	22.5	.494	.125	.800	5.4	.5	.2	.3	4.3
2001	Barangay Ginebra	36	23.4	.533	.111	.571	6.0	.3	.3	.9	5.5
2002	Talk 'N Text	34	9.9	.479	.333	.615	2.7	.2	.3	.4	2.5
2003	Barangay Ginebra	25	14.1	.610	.000	.652	3.8	.2	.0	.5	4.4
2007–08	Barangay Ginebra	25	11.1	.469	.000	.517	3.8	.4	.1	.2	3.0
2008–09	Barangay Ginebra	33	12.5	.417	.217	.582	3.6	.4	.2	.2	4.5
	Barako Bull
2009–10	Barako Energy Coffee	17	22.7	.440	.317	.690	6.2	.8	.3	.5	8.9
2011–12	Powerade	30	6.9	.350	.286	1.000	1.8	.3	.1	.2	1.8
2012–13	GlobalPort	5	3.6	.000	.000	—	.8	.8	.0	.2	.0
Career		232	14.9	.475	.236	.638	4.0	.4	.2	.4	4.0

References

1. Perez, Jon (February 3, 2010). "The flip side of Alex Crisano". GMANews.TV. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
2. "Alex Crisano Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017.