Joseph Eriobu | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 198 |
League: | PBA |
Team: | Magnolia Hotshots |
Number: | 23 |
Position: | Forward |
Nationality: | Filipino / Nigerian |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1992 |
Birth Place: | British Hong Kong |
Draft Pick Pba: | 4 |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Year Pba: | 2016 |
Draft Team Pba: | Mahindra Floodbuster |
College: | Mapúa Institute of Technology |
Career Start: | 2016 |
Team1: | Mahindra Floodbuster |
Years1: | 2016–2017 |
Team2: | Phoenix Fuel Masters |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Team3: | Blackwater Elite |
Years3: | 2019 |
Team4: | Winling |
Years4: | 2019 |
Team5: | Hong Kong Eastern |
Years5: | 2019–2020 |
Team6: | Magnolia Hotshots |
Years6: | 2023–present |
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] In August 2024, he was given a one-year contract extension by the team.[9]
As of the end of 2023–24 season[10]
|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left | Mahindra| rowspan=2|28 || rowspan=2|14.2 || rowspan=2|.467 || rowspan=2|.050 || rowspan=2|.674 || rowspan=2|3.7 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|6.9|-| align=left | Phoenix|-| align=left | | align=left | Phoenix| 19 || 8.8 || .463 || .111 || .667 || 1.5 || .3 || .4 || .1 || 3.7|-| align=left | | align=left | Blackwater| 7 || 9.9 || .406 || .143 || .700 || 3.0 || .6 || .6 || || 4.9|-| align=left | | align=left | Magnolia| 26 || 7.8 || .444 || .286 || .600 || .8 || .3 || .3 || || 3.2|-class=sortbottom| align="center" colspan=2 | Career| 80 || 11.8 || .456 || .183 || .663 || 2.1 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 4.7