Jay-R C. Reyes (born July 16, 1984) is a Filipino former professional basketball player who last played for the

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of the

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Professional career

Reyes was the youngest player in the

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at only 22 years of age. He played 35 games and he averaged 12.51 points per game, 1.57 blocks per game and 8.89 rebounds per game. He was one of the rookies who led the PBA in the top ten in the rebound category. On January 20, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, Meralco Bolts and

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were involved in a tree way trade. Rain or Shine was able to get

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, the 2011 and 2013 1st round picks from Air21 and Beau Belga from Meralco. Meralco will now have Solomon Mercado and

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from Rain or Shine and Erick Rodriguez of Air21. Air21 will now have Jay-R Reyes from Rain or Shine,

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from Meralco and the 2011 and 2013 second round pics from Meralco. After playing one conference with the Air21 Express, Jay-R Reyes has been traded for Alaska Aces' top scorer

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. It was reported that Joe Devance wanted out of Alaska, hoping to get better compensation somewhere else. The Alaska manager already offer JDV a 350,000 php a month. He was traded to Meralco Bolts for

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and also allows the Aces to swap first round draft picks in the

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. After Meralco's elimination in the Governor's Cup Semifinals series against

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, he was traded to

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for

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. He was traded to San Miguel Beermen in a three team trade involving

and

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who Barangay Ginebra send big man Jay-R Reyes to the

in exchange for big man Dorian Peña and Barako's 2015 2nd round pick and then Jay-R Reyes traded by the

in exchange for

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and SMB's 2017 1st round pick, Later on August 31, 2015. On October 17, 2017, Reyes, along with

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, and a 2019 first round pick, to the

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for the first overall pick of the

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. The pick was used by San Miguel to draft Christian Standhardinger. On February 6, 2020, he signed with the

. On May 15, 2021, Reyes retired from professional basketball.

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

, - , align="left" , , align="left" , Welcoat Dragons, Welcoat , 35 , , 34.5 , , .405 , , .000 , , .576 , , 8.9 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , 1.6 , , 12.5 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Welcoat , 31 , , 30.1 , , .430 , , .182 , , .695 , , 6.5 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , 1.0 , , 12.4 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Rain or Shine , 44 , , 29.2 , , .450 , , .406 , , .598 , , 8.0 , , 1.0 , , .5 , , .7 , , 12.2 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Rain or Shine , 50 , , 25.4 , , .359 , , .218 , , .522 , , 6.8 , , .9 , , .4 , , .5 , , 7.7 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Rain or Shine , 42 , , 22.6 , , .411 , , .265 , , .555 , , 6.2 , , .9 , , .5 , , .8 , , 7.4 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Rain or Shine /

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, 40 , , 19.5 , , .404 , , .000 , , .548 , , 6.1 , , .6 , , .3 , , .5 , , 5.6 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Alaska /

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, 46 , , 17.4 , , .486 , , .167 , , .509 , , 5.3 , , .4 , , .2 , , .3 , , 4.4 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Barangay Ginebra , 38 , , 14.9 , , .453 , , .333 , , .463 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .5 , , .2 , , 4.0 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Barangay Ginebra / San Miguel , 29 , , 8.4 , , .429 , , .000 , , .579 , , 2.5 , , .1 , , .1 , , .3 , , 2.0 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , San Miguel , 39 , , 7.5 , , .397 , , .385 , , .533 , , 2.0 , , .2 , , .1 , , .2 , , 2.1 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , San Miguel , 21 , , 6.7 , , .391 , , .316 , , .563 , , 2.1 , , .1 , , .1 , , .2 , , 2.4 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Kia / Columbian , 15 , , 21.2 , , .413 , , .269 , , .680 , , 4.9 , , .7 , , .5 , , .7 , , 6.7 , - , align="left" , , align="left" , Columbian , 21 , , 13.0 , , .354 , , .295 , , .333 , , 3.0 , , .9 , , .4 , , .3 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , , align="left" ,

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, 8 , , 9.1 , , .333 , , .364 , , .000 , , 1.3 , , .6 , , .5 , , .3 , , 1.5 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , 459 , , 19.9 , , .415 , , .279 , , .569 , , 5.4 , , .7 , , .4 , , .6 , , 6.6

References

External links

Player ProfilePBA-Online! ProfileGinebra to acquire Dorian Pena, JR Reyes to SMB, Justin Chua to Barako in three-team trade
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reyes, Jay-R 1985 births Living people Alaska Aces (PBA) players Barako Bull Energy players Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Basketball players from Albay Centers (basketball) Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni Filipino men's basketball players Meralco Bolts players Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters players Power forwards (basketball) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players San Miguel Beermen players Terrafirma Dyip players UP Fighting Maroons basketball players