Jun Limpot

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| name = Jun Limpot

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| career_position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

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| career_number = 72, 9

| nationality = Filipino

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|14}}

| birth_place = Surigao del Sur, Philippines

| college = De La Salle

| draft_round_pba = 1

| draft_pick_pba = 1st overall

| draft_year_pba = 1993

| draft_team_pba = Sta. Lucia Realtors

| career_start = 1993

| career_end = 2007

| coach_start = 2016

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| team1 = Sta. Lucia Realtors | years1 = 1993–1999

| team2 = Barangay Ginebra Kings | years2 = 2000–2003

| team3 = Purefoods Chunkee/TJ Giants | years3 = 2004–2007

| cyears1 = 2013–2022

| cteam1 = De La Salle (assistant)

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As player:

PBA champion (2006 Philippine)
2x PBA Mythical Second Team (1993, 1997)
PBA All-Defensive Team (1993)
5x PBA All-Star (1993–1995, 1999, 2004)
PBA Rookie of the Year (1993)
PBA Scoring Champion ({{pbay|1994}})
2x UAAP Champion (1989, 1990)
3x UAAP Most Valuable Player (1989, 1990, 1992)

As coach:

UAAP champions (2013, 2016)

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Zandro P. Limpot Jr. (born December 14, 1971), also known as Jun Limpot, is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/sp/sp002808.htm|title=PBA Reinstatements: Long Wait for Limpot, Bernardo|last=Beltran|first=Nelson|date=September 5, 2003|publisher=Philippine Headline News Online (source: Star)|access-date=31 December 2010}}

Playing career

As a De La Salle Green Archer, Limpot led his team to two UAAP basketball titles (1989 and 1990). He shares the record of being a 3-time UAAP Most Valuable Player.

He then played for Magnolia Ice Cream in the PBL for four years from 1989 to 1993. He led the team to four conference championships and he won a PBL Most Valuable Player Award in the process.

Aside from that, he also was part of the national basketball team of the Philippines that won the Gold Medal at the 1991 Manila SEA Games. This then led Limpot to be the PBA's most sought-after amateur in the 1993 PBA Draft.

He was drafted 1st overall by the Sta. Lucia Realtors, where he averaged 20.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 blocks in 39.8 minutes per game as a rookie. Limpot was the Rookie of the Year{{cite web |url=http://www.sydrified.org/2011/10/20-best-rookie-seasons-in-pba-played-in.html |title=Sydrified.Org: 20 Best Rookie Seasons in the PBA (Played in 2003 - present) |access-date=2012-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911221449/http://www.sydrified.org/2011/10/20-best-rookie-seasons-in-pba-played-in.html |archive-date=2012-09-11 }} and spent 7 years with the Sta. Lucia franchise before being traded to the Barangay Ginebra Kings in 2000 for Marlou Aquino.

He was also a member of the national basketball team of the Philippines that participated at the 1998 Asian Games.

In 2004, he was traded to the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/25260 |title=Purefoods dangles P12 million on Yap |last=Galvez |first=Waylon |date=July 29, 2007 |work=Manila Bulletin |access-date=31 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616150720/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/25260 |archive-date=16 June 2012 }} where he won his only PBA championship in 2006. He then retired at the end of the 2006-07 season.

PBA career statistics

{{Cite web |title=Zandro Limpot Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Zandro-Limpot/344/ |website=PBA-Online.net |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=2016-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317080324/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Zandro-Limpot/344/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}