John Paul "Poy" I. Erram (born July 7, 1989) is a Filipino professional
basketball
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player for the
TNT Tropang Giga
The TNT (cellular service), TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Associat ...
of the
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...
(PBA). He was drafted 15th overall in
2013
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by the
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
The TNT (cellular service), TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Associat ...
.
He started his career in
Ateneo de Manila University
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, type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution
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(ADMU) where he played for the university's basketball team, the
Ateneo Blue Eagles
The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the Ateneo de Manila University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The collegiate women's v ...
.
Professional career
On January 19, 2018 against the
GlobalPort Batang Pier
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, Erram recorded a career-high 7 blocks in a 101–76 losing effort. Eight days later, Erram scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds in a 84–88 loss to the
Alaska Aces.
On January 21, 2019, Erram was named by the PBA Press Corps as the
Defensive Player of the Year for the 2018 season after averaging a league-leading 1.9 blocks.
During the 2020 season, he signed with the
TNT Tropang Giga
The TNT (cellular service), TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the PLDT, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Associat ...
. He made three straight Philippine Cup Finals appearances, including a championship in the
2021 Philippine Cup. In Game 7 of the
2022 Philippine Cup Finals, he was ejected from the game with less than a minute remaining in the 2nd quarter after hitting
Mo Tautuaa's head during a foul.
PBA career statistics
''As of the end of 2021 season''
Real GM
Season-by-season averages
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, align="left" , 2014–15 Blackwater Elite season, Blackwater
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, 27 , , 25.5 , , .539 , , .000 , , .745 , , 6.8 , , 1.0 , , .7 , , 1.9 , , 10.2
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, align="left" , Blackwater
, 14 , , 26.7 , , .539 , , .250 , , .680 , , 8.1 , , .5 , , .9 , , 2.0 , , 10.3
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, align=left ,
, align="left" , Blackwater
, 30 , , 31.2 , , .464 , , .152 , , .586 , , 10.9 , , 1.7 , , .8 , , 2.0 , , 12.4
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, align="left" , NLEX
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects M ...
, 33 , , 25.8 , , .474 , , .302 , , .623 , , 8.2 , , 1.8 , , .5 , , 2.1 , , 11.7
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, align=left , TNT
Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...
, 22 , , 27.7 , , .513 , , .239 , , .610 , , 9.7 , , 1.6 , , .8 , , 1.1 , , 11.8
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, align=left , TNT
Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...
, 36 , , 20.1 , , .470 , , .286 , , .708 , , 6.4 , , .9 , , .3 , , 1.2 , , 8.4
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, 194 , , 23.8 , , .495 , , .260 , , .642 , , 7.5 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , 1.5 , , 9.7
References
1989 births
Living people
Blackwater Bossing players
Centers (basketball)
Filipino men's basketball players
Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars
Basketball players from Quezon City
Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball players
Philippines men's national basketball team players
Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games
NLEX Road Warriors players
Asian Games competitors for the Philippines
TNT Tropang Giga players
TNT Tropang Giga draft picks
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