Jean Marc Pingris Players Info

Marc Pingris was born on October 16, 1981 to Jean Marc Pingris, Sr., and Erlinda Prado. During his collegiate years, he would go to play for the varsity basketball team of the Philippine School of Business Administration. However, he started his career at the Far Eastern University, Manila where he was discovered.

He also played for the Cebu Gems in Metropolitan Basketball Association.

In 2007, Pingris married actress Danica Sotto, daughter of famous actors Vic Sotto and Dina Bonnevie.

Pingris was selected by the Air21 Express with the 3rd overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft. The draft also featured two of his future teammates, James Yap and Paul Artadi from UE.

Pingris played a few games with Air21 prior to the trade that sent him to the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs.

He was traded to Purefoods after having played a few games with the Express. He was traded along with Egay Billones. In the 2005-06 PBA season, he was awarded with the Finals MVP in the 2006 PBA Philippine Cup as Purefoods defeated Red Bull, 4-2. In Game 2 of the Finals of the 2006 season, he scored 21 points to lead Purefoods to a 93-82 win. In the 2007-08 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, he grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, leading to his new nickname, The Rebounding Demon.

When Purefoods center Rommel Adducul was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer, Pingris was shipped to the Magnolia Beverage Masters for centerEnrico Villanueva at the start of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference.

Pingris played his first game for Magnolia as a starter, going up against his former team, Purefoods.

Before the 2009-2010 PBA season began, Pingris and Magnolia teammate Ken Bono were traded to the Burger King Whoppers for superstar Arwind Santos and San Miguel's (formerly Magnolia) 2010 first round pick.

In a Manila Bulletin interview, Burger King team owner Lito Alvarez further explained the trade: “The reason lang natagalan itong negotiation is we want a draft pick, not a player sa package because we already have 17 players including the three picks we’ll have in this Sunday’s Draft.”

Barely 24 hours after being shipped to Burger King, Pingris was released to the Purefoods TJ Giants after Purefoods agreed to surrender its first and second round picks in 2010 to Burger King.

Pingris' return to Purefoods was confirmed by board governor Rene Pardo in an interview with GMANews.TV: "We have agreed to trade our first and second round picks next year to Burger King for Pingris."

Burger King Whoppers' board representative and then-incoming PBA chairman Lito Alvarez said that he felt that the trade was good for both teams, as Purefoods needed Pingris more, while the Whoppers planned to rebuild with their future draftees.

In the Llamados' second game during the 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Pingris grabbed five rebounds, making him the 42nd member of the league's 1,000 Offensive Rebound Club.

For all his hardwork and contributions in B-Meg's 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup championship run, Pingris was aptly nicknamed "Pinoy Sakuragi".

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	FedEx	55	13.6	.569	.000	.548	3.1	0.42	0.4	0.3	4.6
2005-06	Purefoods	57	27.8	.515	.000	.606	8.5	0.8	0.4	1.6	8.8
2006-07	Purefoods	24	27.8	.588	.000	.509	9.2	1.0	0.4	1.3	8.0
2007-08	Purefoods/Magnolia	60	28.9	.538	.000	.603	8.1	1.1	0.3	1.0	8.3
2008-09	San Miguel	40	22.3	.571	.000	.621	5.8	1.4	0.2	0.7	6.8
2009-10	Purefoods/B-Meg Derby Ace	61	31.9	.519	.000	.545	8.0	1.4	0.6	0.6	7.2
2010-11	Derby Ace	34	32.3	.564	.000	.694	9.4	1.4	0.7	0.9	9.8
2011-12	B-Meg	14	25.2	.500	.000	.636	8.1	1.5	0.4	0.7	6.8
Career		345	26.2	.541	.000	.590	7.3	1.1	0.4	0.9	7.54