Pong Escobal

{{short description|Filipino basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | image_size = | name = Pong Escobal | number = | position = | league = | team = | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|07|07}} | birth_place = [[Davao City]], Philippines | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 180 | high_school = Stella Maris Academy of Davao ([[Davao City]]) | college = [[San Beda Red Lions basketball|San Beda]] | draft_year_pba = 2008 | draft_round_pba = 2 | draft_pick_pba = 11 | draft_team_pba = [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2012 | career_position = [[Point guard]] | team1 = [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] | years1 = 2008–2010 | team2 = [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]] | years2 = 2010 | team3 = [[Meralco Bolts]] | years3 = 2010–2011 | team4 = [[B-Meg Llamados]] | years4 = 2011 | team5 = [[Air21 Express (2012–2014)|Shopinas.com Clickers]] | years5 = 2011–2012 | awards = }}

'''John Paul P. Escobal''', also known as '''Pong Escobal''' (born July 7, 1985, in [[Davao City]]) is a Filipino former professional [[basketball]] player who last played for the [[Air21 Express (2012–2014)|Air21 Express]] in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.meralcosports.com/tag/pong-escobal/|title= Meralco gets Juntilla, Isip from Barako|author= |date= December 14, 2010|publisher= Meralco Bolts|accessdate=December 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gmanews.tv/story/208294/pba-commish-salud-approves-marlou-trade-to-barako-sunday-to-smb|title= PBA commish Salud approves Marlou trade to Barako, Sunday to SMB|author= REY JOBLE|date= December 14, 2010|publisher= GMANews.TV|accessdate=December 28, 2010}}</ref> He played in [[San Beda College|San Beda]]'s back-to-back-to-back titles in the [[NCAA Philippines|NCAA]]. He was the 11th draft pick of [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] in the [[2008 PBA Draft]].

==PBA career statistics== {{PBA player statistics legend}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Pong Escobal Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Pong-Escobal/167/ |website=PBA-Online.net|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707225044/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Pong-Escobal/167/ |archive-date=July 7, 2015 }}</ref>

===Season-by-season averages=== {{PBA player statistics start}} |- | align=left| {{pbay|2008}} | align=left| [[2008–09 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season|Talk 'N Text]] | 11 || 3.6 || .400 || .333 || '''1.000''' || .4 || .6 || .0 || .0 || .6 |- | align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2009}} | align=left| [[2009–10 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters season|Talk 'N Text]] | rowspan=2|'''23''' || rowspan=2|'''17.0''' || rowspan=2|'''.425''' || rowspan=2|.397 || rowspan=2|.700 || rowspan=2|1.5 || rowspan=2|'''1.4''' || rowspan=2|'''.2''' || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|'''5.9''' |- | align=left| [[2009–10 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia]] |- | align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2010}} | align=left| [[2010–11 Meralco Bolts season|Meralco]] | rowspan=2|21 || rowspan=2|14.1 || rowspan=2|.385 || rowspan=2|.316 || rowspan=2|'''1.000''' || rowspan=2|'''1.7''' || rowspan=2|1.1 || rowspan=2|.1 || rowspan=2|.0 || rowspan=2|3.2 |- | align=left| [[2010–11 B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados season|B-Meg Derby Ace]] |- | align=left| {{pbay|2011}} | align=left| [[2011–12 Air21 Express season|Shopinas.com / Air21]] | 19 || 12.9 || .359 || '''.417''' || .571 || 1.4 || '''1.4''' || '''.2''' || '''.1''' || 4.2 |- | align=left| {{pbay|2012}} | align=left| [[2012–13 Barako Bull Energy season|Barako Bull]] | 5 || 7.8 || .286 || .167 || .500 || .6 || .6 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |-class=sortbottom | align=center colspan=2 | Career | 79 || 12.8 || .391 || .370 || .677 || 1.3 || 1.1 || .1 || .0 || 3.8 {{end}}

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