View source for Rob Labagala

{{short description|Filipino basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image                 =
| image_size            = 300px
| caption               = 
| name                  = Rob Labagala
| position              = 
| league                = 
| team                  = 
| nationality           = Filipino
| birth_date            = {{Birth date and age|1984|07|05}}
| birth_place           = [[Talisay, Cebu]], Philippines
| height_ft             = 5 
| height_in             = 7
| weight_lbs            = 170 
| high_school           = [[Cebu Institute of Technology – University|CIT]] ([[Cebu City]])
| college               = [[UE Red Warriors basketball|UE]]
| career_start          = 2010
| career_end            = 2015
| career_position       = [[Point guard]]
| draft_year_pba        = 2010
| draft_round_pba       = 2
| draft_pick_pba        = 12
| draft_team_pba        = [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Barangay Ginebra Kings]]
| years1                = 2010–2013
| team1                 = [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Barangay Ginebra Kings / Barangay Ginebra San Miguel]] 
| years2                = 2014
| team2                 = [[Barako Bull Energy]]
| years3                = 2014–2015
| team3                 = [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]]
| awards                =
* [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA champion]] ([[2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup|2015 Commissioner's]])
* [[PBA All-Rookie Team]] ({{pbay|2010}})
* [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Blitz Game Co-MVP ([[2011 PBA All-Star Weekend|2011]])
}}
'''Roberts Raymond T. Labagala''' (born July 5, 1984) is a Filipino former professional [[basketball]] player. He last played for the [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] of the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA). Standing at 5 feet 7 inches, Labagala plays at the point guard position.

He played collegiate basketball at the [[University of the East]] where he was a benchwarmer who played the fewest minutes on the court. Shortly after graduating, he was picked with the 12th overall pick on the second round of the [[2010 PBA draft]] by the [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]]. He played short minutes on his rookie season due to the Kings' tight guard rotation. After his rookie season, he end up included in the All-Rookie team and being the [[2011 PBA All-Star Weekend|Rookie Blitz Game]] Most Valuable Player.

After three seasons with the Kings that was renamed to San Miguel on the last season of his tenure with the team, he was traded to the [[Barako Bull Energy]] for very similar [[Emman Monfort]]. As usual on his career, Labagala sat out mostly and played just 3 minutes per game in one season with the [[Barako Bull Energy|Energy]]. When Labagala's contract expired, he was left unsigned by his team and months later was signed by [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters]] where he won his first PBA championship.

==Personal life and amateur career==
Labagala was born on 5 July 1984 on [[Talisay, Cebu]] where he was also raised.<ref name=micohalili /> He studied and played high school basketball at the [[Cebu Institute of Technology – University]]<ref name=micohalili>{{cite web|last1=Halili|first1=Mico|title=The Final Score: What is Ginebra's Little Robbie Labagala doing in the PBA Finals?|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/219186/sports/the-final-score-what-is-ginebra-s-little-robbie-labagala-doing-in-the-pba-finals|website=GMA News|date=30 April 2011 |accessdate=April 30, 2011}}</ref> Labagala currently resides at [[Navotas]],<ref name=Labagala /> his wife's hometown where he currently owns a pastry bakeshop named after him, Little Rob's Cake Haus. Labagala is involved in training the youth of Navotas for improvement, he launched his own basketball camp on 2013.<ref name=Labagala>{{cite web|title=Rob Labagala's "Give Back" Basketball Camp|url=http://www.richarddy.com/rob-labagalas-give-back-basketball-camp/|website=www.richarddy.com}}</ref> Labagala is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref name=Labagala /> Labagala played collegiate basketball for the [[University of the East]]'s [[UE Red Warriors basketball|Red Warriors]]. Because Labagala spent little time on the court, his chances of being scouted by PBA teams that could bring him to the country's premier league was much smaller.<ref name=Labagala /> Labagala played the fewest minutes among the Red Warriors but was able to help the team's offensive capabilities through his passing ability and speed.

==Professional career==

===Barangay Ginebra Kings/San Miguel (2010-2014)===
Nobody thought that Labagala would set foot on a PBA court. His low playing time during his college years meant he was underrated. Labagala was among the oldest rookies in his class and the least-popular. Fortunately, he was picked with the twelfth overall pick of the [[2010 PBA draft]] by the country's most popular team which is the [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]].<ref name=micohalili /><ref name=Labagala /> Labagala poured in 8 points and 3 assists in his PBA debut in a loss against Alaska. He only played 19 games on his rookie season and poured almost 5 points and one assist per game. On his sophomore year, he played more games and more minutes and his statistics slightly went down to 3.87 in 14 minutes action per game.<ref name=PBAonline>[http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Robert-Labagala/426/ Player Profile] at PBA-Online!</ref> He helped the team in their playoff run on the [[2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup]]. The Kings went on the [[2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals|finals]] one-time on his third season where they got swept in a best-of-five series.<ref name=micohalili />

==PBA career statistics==
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Labagala Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Robert-Labagala/426/ |website=PBA-Online.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214044224/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Robert-Labagala/426/ |archive-date=February 14, 2017 }}</ref>

===Season-by-season averages===
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2010}}
| align=left | [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Barangay Ginebra]]
| 19 || 14.1 || '''.493''' || '''.481''' || .533 || .8 || 1.0 || '''.6''' || '''.1''' || '''4.7'''
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2011}}
| align=left | Barangay Ginebra
| '''30''' || '''14.2''' || .429 || .281 || '''.850''' || '''1.2''' || '''1.5''' || .2 || .0 || 3.9
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2012}}
| align=left | Barangay Ginebra
| 29 || 8.5 || .384 || .188 || .500 || .3 || .6 || .2 || .0 || 2.6
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2013}}
| align=left | [[Barako Bull Energy|Barako Bull]]
| 9 || 11.3 || .419 || .000 || .250 || 1.1 || 1.1 || '''.6''' || .0 || 3.0
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2014}}
| align=left | [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Talk 'N Text]]
| 8 || 3.6 || .250 || .000 || .500 || .1 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .9
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 95 || 11.3 || .422 || .305 || .627 || .8 || 1.0 || .3 || .0 || 3.3
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{2010 PBA draft}}
{{Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup Champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Labagala, Rob}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filipino men's basketball players]]
[[Category:UE Red Warriors basketball players]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Cebu]]
[[Category:People from Talisay, Cebu]]
[[Category:Point guards]]
[[Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players]]
[[Category:Barako Bull Energy players]]
[[Category:TNT Tropang Giga players]]
[[Category:Cebuano people]]
[[Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel draft picks]]