Anthony Jay Washington (born November 10, 1981) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for Yokohama Excellence of the Japanese B.League.[1]

Jay Washington
Washington with the GlobalPort Batang Pier in 2015
Free agent
PositionPower forward
Personal information
Born (1981-11-10) November 10, 1981 (age 43)
San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines
NationalityFilipino / American
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolOsbourn (Manassas, Virginia)
Masters School (Dobbs Ferry, New York)
CollegeEckerd (2001–2004)
PBA draft2005: 1st round, 1st overall
Selected by the Air21 Express
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2008Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2008–2013San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters
2013–2014GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014–2015Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2015–2016GlobalPort Batang Pier
2016–2018Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
2019–2021TNT KaTropa / TNT Tropang Giga
2021–2022Blackwater Bossing
2022Ryukyu Golden Kings
2022–2023Yokohama Excellence
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Philippines
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Wuhan Team

College career

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Born in Zambales, Philippines, Washington played for the Eckerd College Tritons during his college career.[2] In 2002, he had per-game averages of 20.5 pts (on 36% 3PT shooting) and 3.9 rebs in 32 games. He then raised his averages to 21.7 pts and 5.5 rebs in 32 games the next season.[3] For his senior season, Washington was named to the Sunshine State Conference All Tournament Team.[3] Washington also suited up for the Gwinnett Grizzlies at the 2004 LA Summer Pro League.[3]

Professional career

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Washington was selected 1st overall draft pick in 2005 PBA draft by the FedEx Express and was traded to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals during draft day. Despite putting good numbers, high expectations and the deep rotation of Talk 'N Text led him to being traded to the San Miguel Beermen in 2008 in exchange for the draft rights of 2008 3rd overall pick Jayson Castro. During the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference, he was awarded the Best Player of the Conference. He is a three-time Mythical First Team Awardee in the PBA. He was then awarded another Best Player of the Conference award during game 4 of the 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup finals.

On June 11, 2013, he was sent to the GlobalPort Batang Pier after a trade that also sent Japeth Aguilar to Barangay Ginebra.[4]

On September 22, 2014, he was traded to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters for Nonoy Baclao, rookie Harold Arboleda and the rights for Talk 'N Text's 2nd round pick in the 2018 draft. This trade is a part of a series of trades between Talk 'N Text, GlobalPort, and NLEX Road Warriors. He returned to Talk 'N Text after six years of playing with San Miguel/Petron and GlobalPort.

On October 13, 2016, he was traded to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in exchange for JR Quiñahan.

On February 21, 2019, after being released by Rain or Shine, he signed with TNT KaTropa for his third stint with the franchise.[5]

On December 3, 2021, Washington, along with two future second-round picks, was traded to the Blackwater Bossing for Carl Bryan Cruz.[6]

In June 2022 while he was still a free agent, Washington played 3x3 for Pretty Huge in a regional tournament in Thailand.[7]

On September 8, 2022, Washington signed with Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Japanese B.League.[8][9] He parted ways with the team on December 7, 2022.[10]

On December 15, 2022, Washington signed with Yokohama Excellence of the Japanese B.League.[11]

PBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

As of the end of 2021 season[12][13]

Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005–06 Talk 'N Text 18 15.1 .336 .152 .619 3.7 .9 .3 .4 5.3
2006–07 Talk 'N Text 61 29.0 .475 .241 .653 7.1 1.7 .6 .6 13.5
2007–08 Talk 'N Text 37 27.2 .458 .305 .692 7.4 1.8 .6 .8 12.6
2008–09 San Miguel 52 29.8 .473 .352 .647 7.5 2.1 .6 .6 12.8
2009–10 San Miguel 41 32.3 .435 .275 .820 7.1 1.9 .7 .5 14.6
2010–11 San Miguel / Petron 35 35.0 .410 .283 .662 9.5 2.3 .5 1.1 15.9
2011–12 Petron 14 27.3 .439 .351 .818 6.3 2.2 .8 .7 14.4
2012–13 Petron 41 26.5 .370 .273 .716 6.6 1.3 .4 .9 9.6
GlobalPort
2013–14 GlobalPort 28 33.3 .435 .325 .795 7.5 1.9 1.1 .5 15.6
2014–15 Talk 'N Text 47 19.6 .347 .276 .822 3.9 .9 .4 .4 7.0
2015–16 GlobalPort 36 25.5 .405 .280 .641 5.8 1.4 .8 .7 8.6
2016–17 Rain or Shine 27 20.1 .363 .244 .625 5.6 1.3 .6 .6 7.3
2017–18 Rain or Shine 24 12.2 .344 .200 .529 2.7 .9 .6 .0 3.5
2019 TNT 25 7.1 .298 .207 .615 1.8 .2 .3 .1 1.7
2020 TNT 20 14.3 .421 .268 .846 3.1 .7 .6 .7 4.3
2021 TNT 10 11.8 .238 .133 1.000 1.6 .8 .4 .5 1.4
Blackwater
Career 516 24.8 .421 .281 .704 6.0 1.5 .6 .6 10.3

References

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  1. ^ "TEXTERS BAG J-WASH, GANUELAS". Inquirer.net. September 22, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jay Washington". RealGM. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Eckerd College News & Events
  4. ^ Carlo Pamintuan (June 11, 2013). "PBA: GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron". GMA News. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "J-Wash finds a taker in TnT after being released by Rain or Shine". Spin.ph.
  6. ^ "TNT acquires CBC from Blackwater in exchange for Jay Washington, 2 future picks". PBA.ph. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Washington, Verano, Jackson compose crack Pretty Huge in Thai 3×3 as Discovery Perlas make return". Tiebreaker Times. May 31, 2022. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "#42ジェイ・ワシントン選手 契約(新規)のご報告".
  9. ^ "Jay Washington moves to Japan to play for Ryukyu Golden Kings". Spin.ph. September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Ryukyu parts ways with Jay Washington". Spin.ph. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  11. ^ "ジェイ・ワシントン選手、2022-23シーズン契約合意のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Yokohama Excellence. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  12. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161110221430/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Jay-Washington/53/ PBA-Online.net
  13. ^ https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jay-Washington/Summary/40319#International Real GM