Introduction
Chico A. Lanete (born August 1, 1979), from Ormoc City, Philippines, is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Fuel Masters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He grew up in Isabela, Basilan and then played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City during college before moving to Lyceum of the Philippines University.
College career
He and his brother Bon Bon both played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City before the former moved to Cebu and played for the University of the Visayas Green Lancers under coach Boy Cabahug, and the latter to the San Beda Red Lions under coach Frankie Lim.
Professional career
Lanete was an undrafted player in the 2007 PBA draft but was later signed by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants before moving to the Barangay Ginebra Kings.
In 2009, he was sigend by the Burger King Whoppers.
On January 5, 2010, he and Gary David were traded to the Coca-Cola Tigers for Alex Cabagnot and Wesley Gonzales.
In late 2011, Lanete was signed by the Meralco Bolts.
On January 25, 2012, Lanete was traded by Meralco to the Barako Bull Energy in exchange for Paul Artadi.
On March 20, 2012, Lanete was traded to the Petron Blaze Boosters in exchange for forward Marc Agustin.
On August 24, 2014, in the day of the 2014 PBA draft, Lanete returned to the Energy after being traded along with Jojo Duncil, San Miguel's 2014 second round pick (who turned out to be Gab Banal) and their 2016 first round pick in exchange of Barako Bull's 2014 third overall pick (which San Miguel used to pick Ronald Pascual).
PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
| 3P% | 3-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 | ||
Correct as of September 24, 2016
Season-by-season averages
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Purefoods | 49 | 18.8 | .364 | .309 | .768 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | .1 | 6.7 |
| 2008–09 | Purefoods / Barangay Ginebra | 46 | 18.8 | .335 | .234 | .787 | 2.5 | 1.8 | .9 | .1 | 5.5 |
| 2009–10 | Burger King / Coca-Cola | 29 | 22.7 | .426 | .290 | .587 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | .0 | 7.9 |
| 2010–11 | Powerade | 28 | 25.4 | .371 | .321 | .774 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 7.3 |
| 2011–12 | Meralco / Barako Bull / Petron | 32 | 17.0 | .324 | .194 | .735 | 2.3 | 2.8 | .9 | .1 | 5.2 |
| 2012–13 | Petron | 32 | 12.8 | .402 | .284 | .571 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .9 | .1 | 4.0 |
| 2013–14 | Petron / San Miguel | 26 | 8.7 | .361 | .160 | .647 | .7 | .7 | .7 | .0 | 2.6 |
| 2014–15 | Barako Bull | 34 | 24.9 | .433 | .172 | .709 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | .1 | 10.0 |
| 2015–16 | Barako Bull / Phoenix | 36 | 17.3 | .386 | .188 | .686 | 2.1 | 1.4 | .9 | .0 | 5.2 |
| Career | 312 | 18.6 | .380 | .254 | .714 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | .1 | 6.1 | |
Personal life
Lanete's father was a college basketball player while his brothers Von Harry (Bon Bon) and Garvo are into basketball too, with the latter also playing in the PBA with the NLEX Road Warriors.