Joseph Eriobu
Filipino-Nigerian basketball player
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Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. (born February 12, 1992) is a Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).[1][2]
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Eriobu in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 23 – Terrafirma Dyip | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | PBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | February 12, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | NU (2010) Mapúa (2012–2016) | ||||||||||||||
| PBA draft | 2016: 2nd round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Mahindra Floodbuster | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Blackwater Elite | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Winling | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Hong Kong Eastern | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Terrafirma Dyip | ||||||||||||||
Medals
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Collegiate career
Eriobu first played for the NU Bulldogs at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in Season 73 in 2010.[3][4][5] He later to the Mapúa Cardinals in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2012.[5][6] He sit out the Season 91 for academic reasons before returning in 2016 for Season 92.[6]
Professional career
Eriobu was a long-time player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 4th overall by the Mahindra Floodbuster in the 2016 PBA draft.[7][8] He would later play for the Phoenix Fuel Masters and Blackwater Elite before being left unsigned to any PBA team in 2019.[9]
He would play for Hong Kong Eastern in the ASEAN Basketball League.[9][10]
Eriobu would shift to 3x3, joining the Purefoods TJ Titans of the PBA 3x3 with the aim of eventually returning to the main 5x5 PBA league.[11]
Following his good performance with the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots during the PBA on Tour pre-season games, he officially signed a one-year deal with the team on August 22, 2023.[12] In August 2024, he was given a one-year contract extension by the team.[13]
On December 10, 2025, Eriobu was traded back to the Terrafirma Dyip in exchange for the Terrafirma's second-round pick in 2028.[14]
National team
Eriobu has played for the Philippines men's national 3x3 team. His team finished as silver medalist at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia to the host's team reinfored by naturalized players. He will suit up for the team again at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand.[15]
Personal life
PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
| 3FG% | 3-point field-goal percentage | 4P% | 4-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 |
As of the end of 2024–25 season[17]
Season-by-season averages
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | 4P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | Mahindra | 28 | 14.2 | .467 | .050 | — | .674 | 3.7 | .5 | .5 | .1 | 6.9 |
| Phoenix | ||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Phoenix | 19 | 8.8 | .463 | .111 | — | .667 | 1.5 | .3 | .4 | .1 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | Blackwater | 7 | 9.9 | .406 | .143 | — | .700 | 3.0 | .6 | .6 | — | 4.9 |
| 2023–24 | Magnolia | 26 | 7.8 | .444 | .286 | — | .600 | .8 | .3 | .3 | — | 3.2 |
| 2024–25 | Magnolia | 23 | 6.0 | .453 | .304 | .273 | .733 | 1.5 | .3 | .0 | — | 4.0 |
| Career | 103 | 9.5 | .455 | .213 | .273 | .674 | 2.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 4.5 | |
