Summary
Ramon Paolo Vlajar Bugia (born January 19, 1981) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and executive who currently serves as the team manager for the Phoenix Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted seventeenth overall by the Red Bull Barako in the 2005 PBA draft.
 Bugia in 2007 | |
| Phoenix Fuel Masters | |
|---|---|
| Position | Team manager |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 19, 1981 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Ateneo de Manila University |
| College | Ateneo de Manila University |
| PBA draft | 2005: 2nd round, 17th overall pick |
| Selected by the Red Bull Barako | |
| Playing career | 2005–2015 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 21 |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2008 | Red Bull Barako |
| 2008–2009 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants |
| 2011–2015 | Alaska Aces |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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In February 2016, Bugia was appointed as the team manager for the newly formed PBA team Phoenix Fuel Masters.
College career edit
Bugia played for the Ateneo de Manila University, where he was a member of the college basketball team, the Blue Eagles. While at Ateneo, he became teammates with former UAAP MVP and future PBA teammate Rich Alvarez. He finished with a master's degree at business administration
In his final year in 2004 (Season 67), he was named part of the UAAP Men's Basketball Mythical 5 team. [1][circular reference]
Professional career edit
Bugia was drafted seventh overall by Red Bull in the 2005 PBA draft.
Bugia was waived by Red Bull, but was picked up and signed by Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
On August 2009, Bugia was traded by Purefoods to Barangay Ginebra Kings.[2] Barangay Ginebra traded Paul Artadi, Rafi Reavis, and the rights to 2009 8th pick overall Chris Timberlake for Enrico Villanueva, Rich Alvarez, Celino Cruz, and Paolo Bugia of Purefoods. Burger King acted as the conduit team, trading Pocholo Villanueva to Ginebra and acquiring the rights to 2009 Rookie draft eighteenth pick Orlando Daroya and future picks. However, he did not play a single game with them.
He was signed by the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters during the off-season after being released by Ginebra. He played one conference with the Elasto Painters.
On January 20, he along with Sol Mercado were traded by Rain or Shine to the Meralco Bolts in exchange for Beau Belga as part of a three team deal that involved Meralco, Rain or Shine and Air21. However, he along with Hans Thiele were traded to the Alaska Aces for Reynel Hugnatan.
Career statistics edit
| 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 |
Season-by-season averages edit
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Red Bull | 61 | 12.6 | .426 | — | .482 | 2.6 | .7 | .1 | .3 | 4.1 |
| 2006–07 | Red Bull | 47 | 11.2 | .315 | — | .625 | 2.0 | .3 | .1 | .3 | 3.0 |
| 2007–08 | Red Bull | 33 | 15.8 | .393 | .286 | .408 | 2.9 | .6 | .2 | .2 | 4.2 |
| 2008–09 | Purefoods | 12 | 8.5 | .441 | .250 | .571 | 1.8 | — | .1 | .2 | 2.9 |
| 2010–11 | Alaska | 15 | 5.6 | .371 | — | .500 | 1.1 | .3 | — | .5 | 2.0 |
| 2011–12 | Alaska | 13 | 6.9 | .452 | — | .571 | 1.2 | .2 | — | — | 2.5 |
| 2012–13 | Alaska | 4 | 3.8 | .500 | — | .500 | .8 | .3 | — | — | 1.3 |
| 2013–14 | Alaska | 2 | 5.0 | .286 | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | 2.0 |
| 2014–15 | Alaska | 6 | 7.5 | .357 | — | .750 | 2.0 | .2 | — | — | 2.2 |
| Career | 193 | 11.2 | .388 | .273 | .509 | 2.2 | .4 | .1 | .2 | 3.3 |
Post-playing career edit
In 2016, Bugia was appointed as the team manager for the new PBA team Phoenix Fuel Masters.[4]
References edit
- ^ UAAP Season 67 men's basketball tournament
- ^ Trade Grades: Enrico Villanueva to Ginebra Deal Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
- ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 13, 2016). "PBA veteran Paolo Bugia comes in fully prepared for new job as Phoenix team manager". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
