Cris Bade
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| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| College | San Sebastian | ||||||||||||||
| PBA draft | 1994: 2nd round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Shell Helix | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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| ~1993 | Otto Shoes | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Shell Rimula X / Formula Shell | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Davao Eagles Socsargen Marlins Pangasinan Waves | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Laguna Lakers | ||||||||||||||
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Cris Bade is a retired Filipino basketball player who played for Shell Helix from 1994 to 1995.
Career
[edit]College
[edit]Cris Bade played college basketball for the San Sebastian Stags in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[2]
Club
[edit]Cris Bade played in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) and was with Otto Shoes in 1993.[3]
Bade was selected by Shell Helix in the 1994 draft of the Philippine Basketball Association and was the 12th overall pick. He went on to play for two seasons.[2][4]
He later joined the Metropolitan Basketball Association. He first joined the Davao Eagles for the inaugural 1998 season.[1] He also later suited for the Socsargen Marlins and the Pangasinan Waves before joining the Laguna Lakers in July 1999.[2][4][5] He played for the Lakers until 2001.[2][5]
National team
[edit]Bade played for the Philippine national team which won the gold medal in the 1993 SEA Games in Singapore.[2] This was despite challenges in forming a squad due to a dispute between the PBL and the Basketball Association of the Philippines.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Bade raised a family in the United States after his retirement.[2] He married with a woman named Lalanie with whom he has two daughters including Gabi who also became a basketball player.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Former Stag standouts make Davao Eagles solid, fighting unit". Manila Standard. February 27, 1998. p. 12. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Morales, Luisa (February 20, 2021). "Ex-PBA, MBA veteran Chris Bade proud to pass national team torch to daughter". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "3 players thumb noses on PBL, will go to Singapore". Manila Standard. May 24, 1993. p. 23. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b Morales, Luisa (November 12, 2025). "Like father, like daughter: Gabi Bade follows in ex-PBA player dad Chris' footsteps in WMPBL". One Sports. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b "Negros tackles Laguna today". Manila Standard. July 7, 1998. p. 12. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Greatest PH moment in SEA Games: Rag-tag team defies odds in 1993". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. November 22, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Gabi Bade - 2016-17 - Women's Basketball". University at Buffalo. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Reyes, Kate (June 2, 2022). "Meet Lee and Gabi, the badass daughters of PBA vet Cris Bade". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved December 21, 2025.