Carl Bryan Cruz

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Carl Bryan Cruz

| image =

| caption =

| position = Power forward

| team = Parañaque Patriots

| league = MPBL

| number =

| nationality = Filipino

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|08|21}}

| birth_place = Manila, Philippines

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 200

| high_school = Faith Christian Academy (Quezon City)

| college = FEU

| draft_year_pba = 2016

| draft_pba = Special draft

| draft_team_pba = Alaska Aces

| career_start = 2016

| years1 = 2016–2019

| team1 = Alaska Aces

| years2 = 2019–2021

| team2 = Blackwater Elite / Blackwater Bossing

| years3 = 2021–2024

| team3 = TNT Tropang Giga

| years4 = 2024

| team4 = Manila SV Batang Sampaloc

| years5 = 2025–present

| team5 = Parañaque Patriots

| highlights =

PBA champion (2023 Governors')
2× PBA All-Star (2017, 2018)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{PHL}} }}

}}

Carl Bryan Villegas Cruz (born August 21, 1991), also known by his initials CBC,{{cite web |last1=Leongson |first1=Randolph |title=Size does matter as Chot explains Amer, CBC callup |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/size-does-matter-as-chot-explains-amer-cbc-callup-a2437-20180701?ref=article_reco_slide |website=spin.ph |accessdate=7 July 2018}} is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Parañaque Patriots of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).{{cite web | url=http://www.pba-online.net/basketball/uaap/profile/Carl-Bryan-Cruz/51/ | title=Player Profile at PBA-Online! | publisher=pba-online.net | accessdate=December 15, 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/alaska-opts-for-young-big-man-carl-bryan-cruz-to-reinforce-ageing-frontcourt- | title=Alaska picking Carl Bryan Cruz from Gilas special draft to bolster shallow frontcourt | publisher=spin.ph | work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines | date=October 29, 2016 | accessdate=December 15, 2016 | author=Ramos, Gerry }}

Professional career

Cruz was selected in the special draft of the 2016 PBA draft by the Alaska Aces.

On September 6, 2019, he was traded to the Blackwater Elite for Abu Tratter.{{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 December 3, 2021, he was traded to the TNT Tropang Giga for Jay Washington and two future second-round picks.{{cite news |title=TNT acquires CBC from Blackwater in exchange for Jay Washington, 2 future picks |url=https://www.pba.ph/news/tnt-acquires-cbc-from-blackwater-in-exchange-for-jay-washington-2-future-picks |work=PBA.ph |date=December 3, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2021}} He signed a one-year extension with the team on January 26, 2022.{{cite news |first1=Gerry |last1=Ramos |date=January 25, 2022 |title=CBC given contract extension even before playing first TNT game |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/carl-bryan-cruz-gets-one-year-contract-extension-from-tnt-a793-20220125 |work=Spin.ph |accessdate=January 25, 2022}} He signed another one-year contract extension with the team on May 16, 2023.{{cite news |first=Gerry |last=Ramos |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Dave Marcelo, Carl Bryan Cruz sign fresh contracts with TNT |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/dave-marcelo-carl-bryan-cruz-sign-new-contracts-with-tnt-a793-20230516 |work=Spin.ph |accessdate=May 17, 2023}}

PBA career statistics

As of the end of 2023–24 season{{Cite web |title=Carl Bryan Cruz Player Profile - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Carl-Bryan-Cruz/Summary/114738 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}

=Season-by-season averages=

| align=left | {{pbay|2016}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 23 || 12.7 || .350 || .286 || .655 || 3.4 || .4 || .4 || {{sort|-|—}} || 4.5

| align=left | {{pbay|2017}}

| align=left | Alaska

| 27 || 12.4 || .385 || .316 || .714 || 2.8 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 4.1

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

| align=left | Alaska

| rowspan=2|37 || rowspan=2|20.6 || rowspan=2|.354 || rowspan=2|.333 || rowspan=2|.804 || rowspan=2|3.6 || rowspan=2|.8 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|8.1

| Blackwater

| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2021}}

| align=left | Blackwater

| rowspan=2|10 || rowspan=2|19.5 || rowspan=2|.365 || rowspan=2|.349 || rowspan=2|.700 || rowspan=2|2.0 || rowspan=2|.6 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|.2 || rowspan=2|6.0

| align=left | TNT

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

| align=left | TNT

| 24 || 5.6 || .314 || .229 || .800 || .7 || .3 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.8

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

| align=left | TNT

| 6 || 5.2 || .600 || .571 || .500 || 1.8 || .2 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 2.8

|-class=sortbottom

| align="center" colspan=2 | Career

| 127 || 13.9 || .360 || .321 || .741 || 2.6 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 5.0