JD Cagulangan
{{Short description|Filipino basketball player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| number = 24
| team = Suwon KT Sonicboom
| league = KBL
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|1|24}}
| birth_place = Butuan, Philippines
| nationality = Filipino
| high school = La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong)
| college = De La Salle (2019)
UP (2021–2024)
| career_start = 2024
| years1 = 2024–present
| team1 = Suwon KT Sonicboom
| highlights = * KBL Rookie of the Year Award (2025)
- 2× UAAP men's champion (2021, 2024)
- UAAP men's Finals MVP (2024)
- UAAP men's Mythical Team (2024)
- NCAA juniors' champion (2017)
- NCAA juniors' Finals MVP (2017)
}}
Joel Diomar "JD" Cagulangan (born January 24, 2000) is a Filipino basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL).
Early life and education
Cagulangan first played for Northern Mindanao in the 2013 Palarong Pambansa during elementary days before being recruited by La Salle Green Hills (LSGH).{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com.au/basketball/colleges/story/_/id/33913291/for-second-jd-cagulangan-gives-school-historic-championship|title=For the second time, JD Cagulangan gives his school a historic championship|first=Normie|last=Riego|website=ESPN|date=May 14, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/nmraa-elementary-cagers-win-first-gold|first=Wenilyn|last=Sabalo|title=NMRAA elementary cagers win first gold|date=April 28, 2013|accessdate=September 13, 2024|website=Sunstar}} In NCAA Season 93 (2017) finals, Cagulangan converted both of his free throws to put LSGH up for good to defeat the Malayan Red Robins and help the Greenies capture their first NCAA title, and the first NCAA championship for a Lasallian school since 1954. Cagulangan was named Finals MVP for his heroics. {{cite news|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/ncaa-juniors/cagulangan-comes-up-clutch-as-lsgh-greenies-rally-to-dethrone-mapua-and-bag-first-ncaa-title|title=Joel Cagulangan comes up clutch as LSGH Greenies dethrone Mapua for first NCAA title|date=November 24, 2017|accessdate=November 26, 2024|first=Reuben|last=Terrado|website=Spin.ph}}
College career
Cagulangan debuted for the De La Salle Green Archers in UAAP Season 82 (2019), but left after the season due to limited playing time and transferred to the University of the Philippines (UP).{{cite news|url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/joel-cagulangan-set-transfer/175728|title=Joel Cagulangan to leave La Salle, set to transfer to UP|date=January 13, 2020|accessdate=September 13, 2024|first=Matthew|last=Li}} Prior to completing his move to UP, he enrolled at Saint Clare College of Caloocan during the pandemic, which allowed him to play 4 years for UP without doing residency for a year.{{cite news|url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/why-jd-cagulangan-still-has-one-year-of-eligibility-left/290803|title=Why JD Cagulangan still has one year of eligibility left|date=December 7, 2023|accessdate=October 5, 2024|first=Lorenzo|last=del Carmen}}{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/09/08/2383641/questions-uaap-rule|title=Questions on UAAP rule|date=September 8, 2023|accessdate=October 5, 2024|first=Joaquin M.|last=Henson}}
He helped the UP Fighting Maroons claim the UAAP Season 84 (2022) men's basketball championship, their first UAAP title since 1986, with a game-winning three-pointer in Game 3 of their best-of-three championship series against the Ateneo Blue Eagles, breaking the 69-all deadlock with .5 seconds left in overtime.{{cite news|url= https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/finals-game-results-up-fighting-maroons-ateneo-blue-eagles-may-13-2022/|title=UP topples Ateneo dynasty, ends three-decade title odyssey|first=JR|last=Isaga|website=Rappler|date=May 13, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/05/13/2180936/cagulangans-game-winning-triple-leads-first-uaap-title-36-years|title=Cagulangan's game-winning triple leads UP to first UAAP title in 36 years|first=John Bryan|last=Ulanday|newspaper=Philippine Star|date=May 13, 2022|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}
Cagulangan was named Season 87 (2024) Finals MVP when the Fighting Maroons won the title over his former team, De La Salle Green Archers, on December 15, 2024, at Smart Araneta Coliseum.{{cite news|url=https://sports.inquirer.net/599235/jd-cagulangan-ends-up-stint-with-uaap-finals-mvp-award|first=Lance|last=Agcaoili|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=December 15, 2024|accessdate=December 15, 2024|title=JD Cagulangan ends UP stint with UAAP Finals MVP award}}
Professional career
On December 17, 2024, Cagulangan signed with the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League (KBL).{{cite web |title='새 亞쿼터 온다' KT, 필리핀 대학리그 MVP 출신 카굴랑안 영입···"최대한 빨리 합류하도록" |url=https://sports.news.nate.com/view/20241218n01899 |website=네이트 스포츠 |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=December 18, 2024}}{{cite web |title=JD Cagulangan signs with Suwon KT |url=https://www.easl.basketball/news/jd-cagulangan-signs-with-suwon-kt |website=EASL |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=December 18, 2024}}
References
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{{UP Fighting Maroons 2021–22 UAAP Men's Senior Basketball Champions}}
{{UP Fighting Maroons 2024–25 UAAP Men's Basketball Champions}}
{{UAAP Men's Basketball Finals MVP Award}}
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Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen
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Category:Filipino expatriate basketball people in South Korea