Jansen Rios
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Short description|Filipino basketball player (born 1991)}}
{{Philippine name|Mani|Rios}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jansen Rios
| image = Jansen Rios in August 2024.jpg
| caption = Rios in 2024
| league = PBA
| position = Small forward
| team = Meralco Bolts
| number = 27
| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|28}}
| birth_place = Romblon, Philippines
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 185
| college = Adamson (2010–2014)
| draft_year_pba = 2015
| draft_round_pba = 3
| draft_pick_pba = 25
| draft_team_pba = NLEX Road Warriors
| career_start = 2015
| team1 = NLEX Road Warriors
| years1 = 2015–2019
| team2 = Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters
| years2 = 2020–2022
| team3 = Meralco Bolts
| years3 = 2023–present
| highlights =
}}
Jansen Mani Rios (born October 28, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected 25th overall in the 2015 PBA draft.
Collegiate career
He was recruited by Leo Austria to play basketball for the Adamson Falcons.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||||||
| Season | Team | G | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12
| style="text-align:left;"| {{UAAPteam|Adamson|short}} | 5 | 2.80 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 1.00 | ||
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"| {{UAAPteam|Adamson|short}} | 13 | 12.62 | 0.439 | 0.333 | 0.650 | 2.62 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 5.08 | ||
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"| {{UAAPteam|Adamson|short}} | 13 | 13.08 | 0.500 | 0.286 | 0.812 | 1.62 | 0.92 | 0.54 | 0.15 | 5.15 | ||
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15
| style="text-align:left;"| {{UAAPteam|Adamson|short}} | 14 | 31.43 | 0.333 | 0.246 | 0.631 | 7.86 | 1.86 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 12.07 |
Professional career
Rios was drafted 25th overall by the NLEX Road Warriors in the 2015 PBA draft.
On January 25, 2020, Rios signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters after not being offered a contract by NLEX.{{Cite web|last=Ramos|first=Gerry|title=Brian Heruela, Jansen Rios officially come on board with Phoenix |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/brian-heruela-jansen-rios-sign-contracts-with-phoenix-fuel-masters-a793-20200125 |date=January 25, 2020|access-date=January 19, 2023|website=Spin.ph|language=en}} He signed a two-year extension with Phoenix Super LPG on February 15, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Ramos|first=Gerry|title=Jansen Rios gets advance wedding gift with new Phoenix contract |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/jansen-rios-gets-advanced-wedding-gift-with-new-phoenix-contract-a793-20210215 |date=February 15, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2023|website=Spin.ph|language=en}}
After his contract ended with Fuel Masters, Rios signed a one-year contract with the Meralco Bolts on January 19, 2023.{{Cite web|last=Terrado|first=Reuben|title=Jansen Rios signs with Meralco at the end of Phoenix contract |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/jansen-rios-signs-one-year-deal-with-meralco-a795-20230119 |date=January 19, 2023|access-date=January 19, 2023|website=Spin.ph|language=en}}
PBA career statistics
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
As of the end of 2023–24 season{{Cite web |title=Jansen Rios Player Profile, Meralco Bolts - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jansen-Rios/Summary/105850 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}
=Season-by-season averages=
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2015}}
| align=left | NLEX
| 3 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .750 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.0
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2016}}
| align=left | NLEX
| 29 || 13.5 || .362 || .323 || .654 || 2.6 || 1.1 || .9 || .3 || 4.5
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2017}}
| align=left | NLEX
| 20 || 9.5 || .358 || .269 || .500 || 1.2 || 1.5 || .3 || .4 || 2.9
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2019}}
| align=left | NLEX
| 14 || 11.2 || .526 || .368 || .500 || 1.8 || .9 || .6 || .1 || 3.8
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2020}}
| align=left | Phoenix Super LPG
| 17 || 10.8 || .423 || .263 || .714 || 1.8 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 3.2
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2021}}
| align=left | Phoenix Super LPG
| 23 || 8.8 || .339 || .258 || .250 || 1.0 || .4 || .4 || .1 || 2.2
|-
| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2022}}
| align=left | Phoenix Super LPG
| rowspan=2|27 || rowspan=2|8.9 || rowspan=2|.316 || rowspan=2|.265 || rowspan=2|.143 || rowspan=2|1.1 || rowspan=2|.5 || rowspan=2|.7 || rowspan=2|.3 || rowspan=2|1.7
|-
| align=left | Meralco
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2023}}
| align=left | Meralco
| 28 || 7.2 || .340 || .273 || .800 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.6
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 161 || 9.8 || .370 || .289 || .563 || 1.4 || .7 || .5 || .2 || 2.7
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Personal life
Basketball was not his first sport. Jansen played center forward for his elementary and high school teams. And growing up, he rooted for Liverpool FC where aside from Steven Gerrard, he observed the techniques of former striker, the 6’8” Peter Crouch. Watching Crouch closely, Rios, standing at 6’2” used his height advantage in winning headers and corners to score goals.{{cite web|last=Olivares |first=Rick |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/08/29/1363141/transitions-adamsons-jansen-rios-looks-kenneth-duremdes |title=Transitions: Adamson's Jansen Rios looks up to Kenneth Duremdes | Sports, News, The Philippine Star |website=Philstar.com |date=August 29, 2014 |accessdate=April 18, 2017}}
References
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