PBA Commissioner's Cup 2012 Imports Profile

* Chris Alexander/Barangay Ginebra Kings: Listed at 7-foot-1, Alexander, 31, gave Ginebra its last championship during the 2007-08 season, averaging 20 points, 20 rebounds per game.

* Adam Parada/Alaska Aces: Born in Alta Toma, California, Parada is a Mexican professional basketball player who suited up in 2008 with Red Bull in the PBA. Listed at 7-feet and weighing 265-lbs.,he played four years at the University of California, Irvine but was undrafted in the NBA in 2004.

* DerMarr Johnson/Barako Bull Energy: Born in Washington, District of Columbia. Listed at 6-foot-9 and weighing 201 lbs. Took up college at University of Cincinatti and was a first round pick (6th overall) of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2000 NBA draft.

* Denzel Bowles/B-Meg Llamados: From Virginia Beach, VA. Listed at 6-foot-10 and weighing 260 lbs., Bowles, 23, averaged 17.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists at James Madison University in 2010-11.

* Duke Crews/Rain or Shine Elasto Painters: Listed at 6-foot-8, 235 pounds, Crews, 24, played for Tennessee and Bowie State in the NCAA where he averaged 5.4 ppg and 4.0 rpg.

* Jelani McCoy/Meralco Bolts: A 6-foot-10 power forward who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, and Denver Nuggets from 1998 to 2007. or The 6-foot-11 Jarrid Famous, who averaged 13.9 points and 9.8 rebounds per game for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants this season. Meralco coach Ryan Gregorio decided to tap the 23-year-old after seeing him play last month in the D-League Showcase in Reno, Nevada.

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* Nicholas Ryan Fazekas/Petron Blaze Boosters: Listed at 6-foot-11 and 235 lbs. Named a consensus Second Team All-American, finished collegiate career as the all-time leading scorer in Nevada history, one of only six players in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds, shoot 50 percent and 80 percent from the line, joining Rick Barry, Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Christian Laettner and Keith Van Horn. Played for the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers.

* Omar Hassan Samhan/Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters: Listed at 6-foot-11 and 265 lbs. He played for St. Mary’s College in California. Named to First Team All-WCC as a senior and junior, WCC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, and one of only two players in school history with 1,000 rebounds. Ranks second in school history with 1,846 career points.

* Marcus Douthit/Air21 Express: A naturalized Filipino citizen who played for the Smart Gilas national team. Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA draft and an alumnus of Providence College.

 

* Dwayne Clinton Jones/Powerade Tigers: 6-foot-11 and 250 lbs. from Morgantown, West Virginia. Took up college at St. Joseph University and had stints with the Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Bobcats and the Phoenix Suns from 2005 to 2010.