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 |
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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.
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]
|-| 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