Joseph Yeo
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| No. 8 – Meralco Bolts | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
September 7, 1983 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Xavier School |
| College | De La Salle University |
| PBA draft | 2006 Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall |
| Selected by the Coca-Cola Tigers | |
| Playing career | 2006–present |
| Career history | |
| 2006–2007 | Coca-Cola Tigers |
| 2007–2010 | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| 2010–2013 | San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters |
| 2013–2014 | Air21 Express |
| 2014–2015 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| 2015 | Barako Bull Energy |
| 2015–2016 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| 2016–present | Meralco Bolts |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Henry Lim Yeo (born September 7, 1983) is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted third overall by the Coca-Cola Tigers in 2006.
Yeo took his primary and secondary education at Xavier School and his collegiate education at De La Salle University. He was a part of the Green Archers team that completed its quest for four-peat by defeating Ateneo in the 2001 UAAP Finals. From a UAAP rookie year in 2001 where he averaged of 3.4 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 9.5 minutes per game, he improved this to an average statline of 11.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 23.3 minutes in the 2004 season.
In the PBL, he led his team, Harbour Centre Batang Pier, to its first PBL crown alongside ex-Ateneo star LA Tenorio by winning the 2006 Unity Cup Finals against Toyota Otis.
Yeo was drafted by the now-defunct Coca-Cola Tigers as third overall pick in 2006, just behind Kelly Williams and Arwind Santos. As a rookie, he played limited minutes as a reliever to Tiger’s main-man John Arigo. Despite the limited playing time, he still managed to average 10 ppg, 4.6 rpg and 1.2 apg in 26 minutes per contest halfway into the elimination round of the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup. However, this did not stop critics from calling him a bust and attribute this to his lacking in size to play the two-spot.
In 2007, he was traded, along with a future draft pick, to Sta. Lucia for former FEU forwards Mark Isip and Cesar Catli. As a Realtor, he effectively played his off-the-bench role, winding up as the team’s second-best scorer behind Kelly Williams with a 13.5-point average, and became a vital cog of the team that won the 2007–08 PBA Philippine Cup.
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