Jayson Castro William was born on June 30,1986 and is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association.
28 Facts About Jayson Castro
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Jayson Castro played for the Philippine Christian University Dolphins in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Philippine Basketball League teams Hapee-PCU Teeth Protectors and Harbour Centre Batang Pier.
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Originally from neighboring Betis, Guagua, Castro was a part of the high school basketball team of Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor.
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Jayson Castro was the only player from his batch to play college basketball, with Philippine Christian University in Manila.
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Jayson Castro played second fiddle to both Espinas who won the League MVP award and Sanz, who won the Finals MVP award.
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In 2006 season, Jayson Castro gave out an all-NCAA team performance as he was named as one of the Mythical 5 members; he and Espinas led PCU to a third consecutive Finals appearance this time against San Beda College.
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Jayson Castro's teammates stepped up on Game 2 to force a deciding game.
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The Fil-Am Jayson Castro William was headed to the AMP Mobile Phone team, which he was a backup to LA Tenorio.
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Jayson Castro was with Mac Cardona and his former PCU teammates Gabby Espinas, Rob Sanz, Beau Belga, and Joel Solis.
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Jayson Castro was slowly becoming a premiere amateur point guard during this time.
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Jayson Castro remained with the team for a season with Gabby Espinas, Rob Sanz, Joel Solis, Mark Moreno and others.
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Jayson Castro was with Gabe Norwood, Beau Belga, Chad Alonzo, Eugene Tan, Patrick Cabahug, and Jeff Chan.
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When PCU was suspended, Jayson Castro transferred to Harbour Centre and won 2 championships with them.
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Jayson Castro signed with the Singapore Slingers during a televised ceremony in May 2008, and was supposed to be the first Filipino player in the National Basketball League, Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.
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Jayson Castro was selected as the third overall pick of the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters courtesy of a trade that sent superstar Jay Washington to the San Miguel Beermen in exchange for the third pick that turned out to be Jayson Castro.
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Jayson Castro was awarded by the PBA to be the Mr Quality Minutes Player of the year beating Joseph Yeo.
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Jayson Castro was named the Finals MVP and co-siding again with Jimmy Alapag for two consecutive conferences.
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In 2015, Jayson Castro captured his sixth title with the Talk 'N Text franchise and PBA career after winning the 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup title against Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
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On October 14,2016 Jayson Castro was recognized during the PBA Leo Awards Night as he was named to the PBA Mythcial First Team.
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Jayson Castro was in the roster of the Philippine basketball youth team in 2004.
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Jayson Castro was a part of the Philippine national team in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games basketball tournament.
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Jayson Castro was part of the Philippine team who won the silver medal in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.
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Jayson Castro was part of the FIBA Asia Mythical Team.
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Jayson Castro averaged better than 11 points in nine games for Gilas Pilipinas.
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Jayson Castro was brilliant in the last two games, scoring 17 points in the semifinal victory over South Korea and 18 in the gold medal game against Iran.
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Jayson Castro proved to be the Asia's best point guard after he was named to the Mythical Five for the second straight FIBA Asia Championship.
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Jayson Castro has been the Gilas Pilipinas main gunner in the tournament, with his partnership with naturalized player Andray Blatche proving to be a formidable duo on the offensive end.
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Jayson Castro was among the players who made it into the Final 12 roster of Gilas Pilipinas for the Men's Olympic Basketball Qualifying Tournament held in Manila.