![]() Eriobu in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
No. 23 – Magnolia Hotshots | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
League | PBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | British Hong Kong | February 12, 1992||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
College | Mapúa Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||
PBA draft | 2016: 2nd round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Mahindra Floodbuster | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Blackwater Elite | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Winling | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Hong Kong Eastern | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | Magnolia Hotshots | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. (born February 12, 1992) is a Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). [1] [2]
Eriobu was a long-time player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 4th overall by the Mahindra Floodbuster in the 2016 PBA draft. [3] [4] He would later play for the Phoenix Fuel Masters and Blackwater Elite before being left unsigned to any PBA team in 2019. [5]
He would play for Hong Kong Eastern in the ASEAN Basketball League. [5] [6]
Eriobu would shift to 3x3, joining the Purefoods TJ Titans of the PBA 3x3 with the aim of eventually returning to the main 5x5 PBA league. [7]
Following his good performance with the Magnolia Hotshots during the PBA on Tour pre-season games, he officially signed a one-year deal with the team on August 22, 2023. [8]
Legend | |||||
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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 |
As of the end of 2023–24 season [9]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | Mahindra | 28 | 14.2 | .467 | .050 | .674 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 |
Phoenix | |||||||||||
2017–18 | Phoenix | 19 | 8.8 | .463 | .111 | .667 | 1.5 | .3 | .4 | .1 | 3.7 |
2019 | Blackwater | 7 | 9.9 | .406 | .143 | .700 | 3.0 | .6 | .6 | — | 4.9 |
2023–24 | Magnolia | 26 | 7.8 | .444 | .286 | .600 | .8 | .3 | .3 | — | 3.2 |
Career | 80 | 11.8 | .456 | .183 | .663 | 2.1 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 4.7 |
![]() Eriobu in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
No. 23 – Magnolia Hotshots | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
League | PBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | British Hong Kong | February 12, 1992||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
College | Mapúa Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||
PBA draft | 2016: 2nd round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Mahindra Floodbuster | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Blackwater Elite | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Winling | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Hong Kong Eastern | ||||||||||||||
2023–present | Magnolia Hotshots | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. (born February 12, 1992) is a Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). [1] [2]
Eriobu was a long-time player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 4th overall by the Mahindra Floodbuster in the 2016 PBA draft. [3] [4] He would later play for the Phoenix Fuel Masters and Blackwater Elite before being left unsigned to any PBA team in 2019. [5]
He would play for Hong Kong Eastern in the ASEAN Basketball League. [5] [6]
Eriobu would shift to 3x3, joining the Purefoods TJ Titans of the PBA 3x3 with the aim of eventually returning to the main 5x5 PBA league. [7]
Following his good performance with the Magnolia Hotshots during the PBA on Tour pre-season games, he officially signed a one-year deal with the team on August 22, 2023. [8]
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 |
As of the end of 2023–24 season [9]
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016–17 | Mahindra | 28 | 14.2 | .467 | .050 | .674 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 |
Phoenix | |||||||||||
2017–18 | Phoenix | 19 | 8.8 | .463 | .111 | .667 | 1.5 | .3 | .4 | .1 | 3.7 |
2019 | Blackwater | 7 | 9.9 | .406 | .143 | .700 | 3.0 | .6 | .6 | — | 4.9 |
2023–24 | Magnolia | 26 | 7.8 | .444 | .286 | .600 | .8 | .3 | .3 | — | 3.2 |
Career | 80 | 11.8 | .456 | .183 | .663 | 2.1 | .4 | .4 | .1 | 4.7 |