Abu Tratter

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Abu Tratter

| image = PBA 2025May23 GINvBLA BLA AbuTratter.jpg

| caption = Tratter in 2025

| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 231

| league = PBA

| team = Blackwater Bossing

| number = 1

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|9}}

| birth_place = Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines

| nationality = Filipino / American

| high_school = St. Francis High School (Mountain View, California)

| college = DeAnza College (2013)
De La Salle (2014–2017)

| draft_year_pba = 2018

| draft_round_pba = 1

| draft_pick_pba = 7

| draft_team_pba = NLEX Road Warriors

| career_start = 2019

| years1 = 2019

| team1 = Blackwater Elite

| years2 = 2019–2022

| team2 = Alaska Aces

| years3 = 2022–2023

| team3 = Converge FiberXers

| years4 = 2023–2024

| team4 = Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots

| years5 = 2024–2025

| team5 = NorthPort Batang Pier

| years6 = 2025–present

| team6 = Blackwater Bossing

| highlights =

PBA All-Rookie Team ({{pbay|2019}})
UAAP champion (2016)
2× Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup champion (2014, 2016)
Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup Mythical 5 (2016)

}}

Abu Jahal Tratter (born January 9, 1993) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Blackwater Bossing of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/17/19/pba-after-solid-debut-blackwaters-abu-tratter-looks-forward-to-tougher-tests|title=PBA: After solid debut, Blackwater's Abu Tratter looks forward to tougher tests|first=Camille|last=Naredo|website=ABS-CBN News}} He played college basketball for the De La Salle University.{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com//sports/university/uaap/dlsu/147217-ayo-confidence-erases-doubt-tratter|title=Aldin Ayo's confidence erases the doubt for Abu Tratter|first=Naveen|last=Ganglani|website=Rappler|date=24 September 2016 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2018/12/18/1877875/sound-bites-draftees|title=Sound bites from draftees|work=The Philippine Star|author=Joaquin M. Henson|date=18 December 2018|accessdate=25 February 2020}}

Professional career

Tratter was selected seventh overall during the 2018 PBA draft by the NLEX Road Warriors.

On September 6, 2019, he was traded to the Alaska Aces for Carl Bryan Cruz.{{cite web | url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/09/06/1949575/alaska-ships-cruz-blackwater-tratter | title=Alaska ships Cruz to Blackwater for Tratter | website=The Philippine STAR }}

On June 15, 2022, he signed a contract with the Converge FiberXers, the new team that took over the defunct Alaska Aces franchise.{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Li |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Converge finally locks up Abu Tratter |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/converge-finally-locks-up-abu-tratter/242714 |work=Tiebreaker Times |accessdate=June 15, 2022}}

On April 14, 2023, Tratter, along with David Murrell, was traded to the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots for Adrian Wong and a 2022 first-round pick.{{Cite news |first=Gerry |last=Ramos |title=Tratter, Murrell traded to Magnolia as Converge gets Wong, 1st-round pick |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/abu-tratter-trade-magnolia-converge-adrian-wong-david-murrell-a793-20230414|date=April 14, 2023|accessdate=April 14, 2023|work=Spin.ph}}

On April 23, 2025, NorthPort traded Tratter to the Blackwater Bossing in exchange for James Kwekuteye, reuniting with the team he first played for.{{Cite web |last=Terrado |first=Reuben |date=2025-04-23 |title=NorthPort acquires Kwekuteye from Blackwater in trade for Tratter |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/northport-gets-kwekuteye-from-blackwater-trade-for-tratter-a795-20250423?ref=home_feed_1 |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

PBA career statistics

Image:Abu_Tratter34.jpg

As of the end of 2023–24 season{{Cite web |title=Abu Jahal Tratter Player Profile, Magnolia Hotshots - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Abu-Jahal-Tratter/Summary/131638 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}

=Season-by-season averages=

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2019}}

| align=left | Blackwater

| rowspan=2|32 || rowspan=2|21.1 || rowspan=2|.476 || rowspan=2|.000 || rowspan=2|.535 || rowspan=2|5.2 || rowspan=2|.6 || rowspan=2|.8 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|8.7

| align=left | Alaska

| align=left | {{pbay|2020}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 12 || 27.5 || .544 || {{sort|-|—}} || .630 || 6.5 || .4 || .7 || .2 || 10.6

| align=left | {{pbay|2021}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 24 || 29.0 || .431 || .000 || .685 || 6.7 || 1.4 || .5 || .4 || 10.9

| align=left | {{pbay|2022}}

| align=left | Converge

| 33 || 21.7 || .440 || .281 || .678 || 5.0 || .7 || .6 || .4 || 7.6

| align=left | {{pbay|2023}}

| align=left | Magnolia