Alex Crisano
{{Short description|Filipino-American basketball player (born 1976)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image =
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| name = Alex Crisano
| number = 43, 5
| position = Center / power forward
| league =
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| nationality = Filipino / American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|26}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7
| weight_lbs = 240
| high school =
| college = Brooklyn College
| draft_year_pba = 2000
| draft_pba = Direct Hire
| draft_team_pba = Barangay Ginebra Kings
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2013
| team1 = Nueva Ecija Patriots
| years1 = 1999
| years2 = 2000–2001
| team2 = Barangay Ginebra Kings
| years3 = 2002
| team3 = Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
| years4 = 2003
2007–2009
| team4 = Barangay Ginebra Kings
| years5 = 2009
| team5 = Barako Bull Energy Boosters
| years6 = 2010–2011
| team6 = Philippine Patriots
| years7 = 2011–2012
| team7 = Powerade Tigers
| years8 = 2012–2013
| team8 = GlobalPort Batang Pier
| highlights =
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Alex Vincent Crisano (born February 26, 1976) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player.
First Years
Crisano was undrafted in 2000 but he was signed and directly hired by the Barangay Ginebra Kings. However, his stay with the Gin Kings was cut at the end of the 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference. He also played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters that were known as the Phone Pals.
Return to Barangay Ginebra
Before the start of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference, the management of Ginebra announced that Crisano will return for the team. From there, his game as an energy player and a crowd favorite was seen by the fans. He helped the team beat the Air21 Express in the finals 4–3.
Barako Bull
After two conferences with Ginebra, he was acquired by the Barako Bull Energy Boosters during the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference where he became the leader of the team. At the 2009–10 Philippine Cup, he had a career season averaging 8.9 points 6.2 rebounds and 32 percent from the 3-point line. However, the team did not make the playoffs finishing at the bottom of the standings with a 3–15 record. Also, due to financial problems of the franchise, he was not able to stay with the team for the following conference.
Philippine Patriots
He was chosen as one of the players for the Philippine Patriots in the Asean Basketball League alongside Allan Salangsang and Egay Billones to defend their title. However, they lost to the Chang Thailand Slammers in the finals.
Powerade Tigers
After his stint with the Patriots, he was acquired by the Powerade Tigers to boost up their frontline.{{cite web |last =Perez |first =Jon |title =The flip side of Alex Crisano |publisher =GMANews.TV |date =February 3, 2010 |url =http://www.gmanews.tv/story/183107/the-flip-side-of-alex-crisano |accessdate =September 17, 2010}}
Globalport Batang Pier
He was played in 1 Regular Season of Globalport Batang Pier in 2012–2013
PBA career statistics
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
=Season-by-season averages=
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2000}}
| align=left| Barangay Ginebra
| 27 || 22.5 || .494 || .125 || .800 || 5.4 || .5 || .2 || .3 || 4.3
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2001}}
| align=left| Barangay Ginebra
| 36 || 23.4 || .533 || .111 || .571 || 6.0 || .3 || .3 || .9 || 5.5
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2002}}
| align=left| Talk 'N Text
| 34 || 9.9 || .479 || .333 || .615 || 2.7 || .2 || .3 || .4 || 2.5
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2003}}
| align=left| Barangay Ginebra
| 25 || 14.1 || .610 || .000 || .652 || 3.8 || .2 || .0 || .5 || 4.4
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2007}}
| align=left| Barangay Ginebra
| 25 || 11.1 || .469 || .000 || .517 || 3.8 || .4 || .1 || .2 || 3.0
|-
| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2008}}
| align=left| Barangay Ginebra
| rowspan=2|33 || rowspan=2|12.5 || rowspan=2|.417 || rowspan=2|.217 || rowspan=2|.582 || rowspan=2|3.6 || rowspan=2|.4 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|4.5
|-
| align=left| Barako Bull
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2009}}
| align=left| Barako Energy Coffee
| 17 || 22.7 || .440 || .317 || .690 || 6.2 || .8 || .3 || .5 || 8.9
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2011}}
| align=left| Powerade
| 30 || 6.9 || .350 || .286 || 1.000 || 1.8 || .3 || .1 || .2 || 1.8
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2012}}
| align=left| GlobalPort
| 5 || 3.6 || .000 || .000 || — || .8 || .8 || .0 || .2 || .0
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 232 || 14.9 || .475 || .236 || .638 || 4.0 || .4 || .2 || .4 || 4.0
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References
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{{Barangay Ginebra Kings 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference Champions}}
{{Barangay Ginebra Kings 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Champions}}
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Category:Barako Bull Energy Boosters players
Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
Category:Brooklyn Bulldogs men's basketball players
Category:Filipino men's basketball players
Category:NorthPort Batang Pier players
Category:Powerade Tigers players
Category:TNT Tropang 5G players
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Brooklyn College alumni