John Wilson (basketball)

PBA career

Wilson was drafted by the Barangay Ginebra Kings seventh overall in the 2010 PBA draft.

On August 23, 2012, Wilson was traded to the Air21 Express. The trade was a part of a three team trade that involved Barangay Ginebra, Air21, and San Miguel Beermen.

On July 17, 2013, he, along with Nonoy Baclao, were traded Air21 to the Meralco Bolts in exchange for Carlo Sharma and Vic Manuel.

On May 22, 2015, he was traded by Meralco to GlobalPort Batang Pier in exchange for Kelly Nabong and then he shipped to the NLEX Road Warriors in exchange for NLEX's 2016 second round pick.

Post-PBA career

San Juan Knights (2018–2021)

On June 20, 2018, Wilson would make the move to the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, where he would play for the San Juan Knights. During his first stint in the MPBL, Wilson would become the first player in the league to reach the 1,000-point milestone. This goes alongside his two All-MPBL team selections, an all-star appearance in 2020. He also won the MPBL Most Valuable Player award for the 2019–20 season. Wilson is also a key player to both of San Juan's National Finals appearances in 2019 and 2020/21, where he won a championship during the former season.

Davao Occidental Tigers (2021–2023)

After two seasons with SJK and a short stint with Clarin Sto. Niño of VisMin, Wilson would transfer to the Davao Occidental Tigers, one of San Juan's rival teams. As the Tigers joined the Pilipinas Super League, so did Wilson, who in his two seasons with the team, won a championship in the Pearl of the Orient Cup, win Most Valuable Player in the succeeding DUMPER Cup, as well as a selection to the PSL's Super Five that same season.

GenSan/South Cotabato Warriors (2023–2024)

Wilson rejoined the MPBL for the 2023 season, this time with the GenSan Warriors. He would earn his second all-star selection and lead the team to its first playoff series win in the North Division quarterfinals against the Muntinlupa Cagers.

Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards (2024–present)

During the free agency and trade window of the 2024 MPBL season, the now-South Cotabato Warriors released Wilson. On June 14, 2024, he would sign with the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards.

Career statistics

As of the 2024 MPBL season, May 22, 2024

PBA

|- | 33 || 14.3 || .412 || .364 || .588 || 2.9 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 5.3 |- | 30 || 9.7 || .281 || .172 || .875 || 1.5 || .6 || .2 || .1 || 2.1 |- | 43 || 20.4 || .412 || .331 || .670 || 3.6 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 8.3 |- | 31 || 19.5 || .434 || .359 || .680 || 3.9 || 1.3 || .7 || .2 || 8.5 |- | 35 || 18.7 || .359 || .311 || .811 || 2.9 || 1.7 || .9 || .0 || 5.9 |- | 13 || 11.5 || .424 || .361 || .333 || 1.5 || .5 || .2 || .2 || 4.9 |- | 28 || 10.1 || .385 || .333 || .714 || 2.0 || .3 || .4 || .0 || 4.0 |- | 5 || 4.6 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || .4 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .4 |-class=sortbottom | 218 || 13.6 || .338 || .279 || .709 || 2.3 || .8 || .5 || .1 || 4.9

MPBL

|- | 36 || 28 || 24.1 || .399 || .307 || .809 || 6.6 || 2.4 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 13.8 |- | 41 || 39 || 27.6 || .421 || .381 || .813 || 6.5 || 2.5 || 2.4 || 0.4 || 19.3 |- | 32 || 32 || 26.6 || .387 || .321 || .797 || 5.5 || 2.5 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 16.1 |- | 9 || 7 || 19.2 || .388 || .362 || .774 || 4.9 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 11.9 |-

References

References

1. (August 23, 2012). "PBA: Air21 loads up via three-team trade with Petron, Ginebra". GMA News Online.
2. Joble, Rey. (July 12, 2013). "Air 21 sends Noy Baclao, John Wilson to Meralco for Vic Manuel, Carlo Sharma". InterAksyon.
3. Joble, Rey. (May 20, 2015). "Three-team trade sending Kelly Nabong to Meralco, John Wilson to NLEX awaiting PBA approval". InterAksyon.
4. Terrado, Reuben. (2024-06-14). "Mark Yee signs with Abra, John Wilson joins Nueva Ecija".
5. [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/John-Wilson/Summary/40308#International] Real GM