Wesley Gonzales Explained

Wesley Gonzales
Number:2, 5, 15, 23, 34
Career Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Nationality:Filipino
Birth Date:27 July 1980
Birth Place:Manila, Philippines
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:180
High School:Ateneo (Quezon City)
College:Ateneo
Draft Year Pba:2004
Draft Round Pba:1
Draft Pick Pba:9
Draft Team Pba:FedEx Express
Career Start:2004
Career End:2013
Years1:2004–2006
Team1:FedEx Express
Years2:2006–2009
Team2:San Miguel Beermen/Magnolia Beverage Masters
Years3:2009–2010
Team3:Coca-Cola Tigers
Years4:2010–2011
Team4:Burger King Whoppers / Air21 Express
Years5:2011–2012
Team5:Alaska Aces
Years6:2012–2013
Team6:San Mig Coffee Mixers
Years7:2013
Team7:Barako Bull Energy Cola
Highlights:

Wesley Olan Gonzales (born July 27, 1980 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Gonzales last played for the Barako Bull Energy Cola before retiring after a stellar college career and a 10-year stint in the PBA.

Player Profile

At 6-foot-5, Gonzales played for the 2002 UAAP championship squad of the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles, and was named co-Finals MVP, along with teammate Larry Fonacier. He was drafted 9th overall in the 2004 PBA draft by the FedEx Express. In 2006, he was traded to the San Miguel Beermen and in late 2009 he became a player of the Coca-Cola Tigers before eventually going back to Air21. On May 16, 2011, the Alaska Aces moved to shore up a critical weakness and strengthened their guard corps by acquiring Wesley in exchange for their 2010 PBA draft 4th pick overall, Elmer Espiritu.[1] After his stint with Barako Bull in 2014, he decided to call it quits and is now working at HSBC.[2]

PBA career statistics

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Season-by-season averages

|-| align=left| | align=left| FedEx| 58 || 16.6 || .384 || .310 || .610 || 2.4 || 1.2 || .2 || .2 || 6.6|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| Air21| 27 || 9.7 || .264 || .239 || .500 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 2.7|-| align=left| San Miguel| 15 || 10.1 || .367 || .344 || .571 || 2.2 || .7 || .1 || .1 || 3.7|-| align=left| | align=left| San Miguel| 60 || 16.2 || .356 || .308 || .598 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .1 || 5.4|-| align=left| | align=left| Magnolia| 30 || 14.4 || .427 || .419 || .433 || 2.7 || .9 || .3 || .2 || 4.0|-| align=left| | align=left| San Miguel| 48 || 14.3 || .443 || .340 || .542 || 2.6 || .9 || .0 || .2 || 4.9|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| Coca-Cola| rowspan=2|35 || rowspan=2|17.5 || rowspan=2|.353 || rowspan=2|.337 || rowspan=2|.448 || rowspan=2|2.6 || rowspan=2|.6 || rowspan=2|.4 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|5.6|-| align=left| Burger King / Air21|-| align=left| | align=left| Air21| 32 || 20.7 || .371 || .373 || .604 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .3 || .1 || 6.8|-| align=left| | align=left| Alaska| 11 || 12.1 || .243 || .125 || .500 || 1.2 || .8 || .1 || .1 || 1.9|-| align=left rowspan=2| | align=left| San Mig Coffee| rowspan=2|30 || rowspan=2|12.5 || rowspan=2|.313 || rowspan=2|.304 || rowspan=2|.444 || rowspan=2|1.5 || rowspan=2|.7 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|2.1|-| align=left| Barako Bull|-class=sortbottom| align=center colspan=2 | Career| 346 || 15.2 || .368 || .321 || .557 || 2.3 || .9 || .2 || .1 || 4.9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WESLEY GONZALES JOINS ALASKA . . AlaskaAces.com.ph . July 27, 2015 .
  2. Web site: Olivares . Rick . A generation of Ateneo swingmen: Wesley Gonzales & Von Pessumal . . August 1, 2014 . July 10, 2015 .
  3. Web site: Wesley Gonzales Player Profile - PBA-Online.net . PBA-Online.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20151009111247/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Wesley-Gonzales/129/ . October 9, 2015 .