James Yap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Filipino basketball player
Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1982
Place of Birth: Escalante, Philippines
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About James Yap
- James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr.
- (born February 15, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
- Known by his nickname Big Game James, he had played for the Star Hotshots for twelve seasons winning seven PBA championships before being traded on 2016.
- He is also a 16-time PBA All-Star through 2004 to 2019, all as Starter. Yap had a successful high school basketball career at Bacolod Tay Tung High School and then at Iloilo Central Commercial High School, where he sparked his team to three consecutive Iloilo PRISAA titles.
- He then went on to play at the collegiate level for the UE Red Warriors and helped the team to the Final Four in 2002 after years of absence.
- However, the Red Warriors lost to the Blue Eagles, the eventual champions.
- In the following season of UAAP, Yap led the Red Warriors to the Final Four for the second straight time.
- Eventually in the semifinals series, the Warriors lost to the Far Eastern University Tamaraws.
- Nevertheless, Yap was named as the UAAP Most Valuable Player in 2003. Yap also played in the Philippine Basketball League from 2001 to 2004.
- He decided to declare his eligibility for the PBA Draft, and was selected the 2nd overall pick in the 2004 PBA draft by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.
- One of the focal points of the Purefoods offense, he is the 2005–2006 and 2009–2010 seasons' Most Valuable Player.
- He is also the 2009–2010 Philippine Cup Conference MVP.
- In 2014, along with Peter June Simon and Marc Pingris, he led his team to a historic grand slam, earning the 2013–2014 Commissioners' Cup and 2013–2014 Governors' Cup Finals MVP Award. One of the most popular players in the league, Yap is the third all-time leading scorer in Purefoods history, behind Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera.
- Since entering the PBA, Yap has been selected to start every All-Star Game.
- He has won the All-Star MVP award in 2012.
- He is also a many-time member of the RP Basketball Team.
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