Purefoods Basketball

Drafted 9th overall by B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados in the 2010 PBA Rookie Draft

Name: Narciso Llagas Jr.
Nickname: Pari
Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6’4

PBL Team: Cobra Energy IDrink
College: University of the East
High School: San Sebastian-Cavite High School

After winning the Best Player of the Conference and Finals MVP in the Philippine Cup, James Yap has a big chance to gain his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award this year despite the Derby Ace Llamados (Purefoods TJ Giants) losing in the semifinals vs San Miguel.

While Kerby Raymundo was nursing with an injury, James Yap led almost all the games of the Llamados as their leading scorer among all the locals. Even though there were a lot of distractions physically and emotionally for James, he almost carried the team to another finals appearance. Yap averaged 23PPG against Rain or Shine in the Quarterfinals and 16.33PPG against the tight defense of San Miguel in the Semifinals.

Video of the i-Witness Documentary by Howie Severino titled “Bilog and Bola” featuring James Yap, shown on GMA 7

Please watch tonight’s i-Witness documentary featuring James Yap and Philippine Basketball by Howie Severino at GMA 7 after Saksi. Also featured in this documentary are UAAP players with provincial roots like Yap, Aldrech Ramos of FEU and Cocoy Hermosisima of NU.

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week (May 31 to June 6) James Yap was named Player of the Week again after leading Derby Ace Llamados to a big win vs San Miguel Beermen and Sta. Lucia Realtors. Yap scored 23 points and nailed a buzzer beater vs San Miguel for [...]

Today, June 1 is the birthday of Peter June Simon. From your purefoodsbasketball.com family Happy Birthday, God bless!

2010 PBA Fiesta Conference Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week (May 3-9) James Yap – 18.5pts and 4rebs James Yap led Derby Ace Llamados to 2 wins vs Rain or Shine (Recap) and Barangay Ginebra (Recap). Current standing of Derby Ace: 3-2

A few only noticed but James Yap had to endure a sore back in the recent PBA Philippine Cup, despite the nagging injury, James Yap still led Purefoods TJ Giants to another All-Filipino Championship and won the Best Player of the Conference award and Finals MVP. Yap has a minor scoliosis problem and intends to have a rehabilitation procedure before the 2010 Fiesta Conference.

Purefoods or now Derby Ace is looking for a season sweep in the coming Fiesta Conference, and James hopes to lead Purefoods again and this also might boost his chances in winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. But as of now, James has his sights in improving his defense in the next conference. James Yap averaged 17.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the recent PBA Philippine Cup.

Happy Birthday to James Carlos Yap (Born February 15, 1982)

Photo from pba.ph

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