Carlo Lastimosa

Carlo Lastimosa

No. 6 – Blackwater Elite
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-09-03) September 3, 1990 Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school	Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
College	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
PBA draft	2013 Round: 2 / Pick: 20th overall
Selected by the Barako Bull Energy Cola
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2015	Barako Bull Energy
2015–present	Blackwater Elite
Career highlights and awards
NCAA Philippines Rookie of the Year (2010)

Carlo Dan Lastimosa (born September 3, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 20th overall by the Barako Bull in the 2013 PBA draft.

Early life

Lastimosa comes from a family of basketball players. He's the son of former Cebu team Mama's Love PABL player Danny Lastimosa, brother of the former captain of the UST women's volleyball team, Pamela Lastimosa, and nephew of PBA Legend and three-time Mythical Team awardee, Jojo Lastimosa. It was only natural then that the younger Lastimosa started playing basketball at the young age of five in their family's residence in the city of Cagayan de Oro. Watching his uncle Jolas play in professional basketball may have been a very big influence for Carlo to opt to make a career out of the sport later on and develop an ambition of following his uncle's footsteps by making it good in the PBA someday.

When he was young, he joined a MILO Best Training Center courtesy of his father. He then joined the varsity team of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan during his high school years, where he quickly became a subject of interest in the local basketball scene. He eventually participated in the Jesuits Athletic Meet, a basketball event between different Philippine Jesuit schools, back in 2007.

College career

It was during his stint at the Jesuit Athletic Meet in CDO first got the eyes of the scouts for his talent on the hard court. He was later then recruited by the Ateneo Blue Eagles Glory Be Team but was later released due to academic reasons. Jose Rizal University was willing to absorb him but he opted out and began in trying out to other schools. He was then part of the DLS-College of St. Benilde of the NCAA and played there for two seasons where he became the scoring leader on his rookie season. There he found his touches and eventually became the 2nd scorer in his team. He chose Hotel and Restaurant Management as his course.

Professional career

Barako Bull Energy (2013–2015)

He was drafted 20th overall by Barako Bull in the 2013 PBA draft. In his professional debut, during the final moments of Barako Bull’s 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup game against Air21, he was hit right in the face by Wynne Arboleda shortly after stripping the ball off the veteran Express guard.

Blackwater Elite (2015–present)

On July 2, 2015, Carlo Lastimosa was traded by the Barako Bull Energy to Blackwater Elite in exchange for Brian Heruela. Lastimosa's arrival at Blackwater earned him a starting spot, owing to lack of pure scorers in the team. On December 11, 2015, he scored his career-high 38 points, while making 14 out of 20 field goal attempts (5 out of 8 from beyond the arc).

PBA Career Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage
3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Correct as of September 27, 2015

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013–14	Barako Bull	28	14.5	.359	.250	.660	1.9	1.3	.5	.1	5.1
2014–15	Barako Bull	32	12.2	.434	.357	.528	1.1	.6	.3	.0	6.9
Career		60	13.3	.403	.308	.590	1.5	.9	.4	.0	6.1

References

Preceded by Sudan Daniel

NCAA Junior's Basketball Rookie of the Year 2010

Succeeded by Josan Nimes