Jimmy Alapag

Jim Olmedo Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach and former player.

He serves as the player development coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He is nicknamed "The Mighty Mouse" and "The Captain".

Alapag is the youngest of six siblings, and his parents are both Filipino immigrants from Leyte.

He was born and raised in San Bernardino, California.

He said his greatest influence in playing basketball was his father and older brother Crispin.

He started playing basketball at the age of 3.

In high school, he was only 4'9" in his freshman year. He almost quit basketball in his second year, but his high school coach convinced him to keep working. In his senior year at Upland High, he averaged 15 points and nine assists.

He first played collegiate basketball at the University of La Verne.

He then transferred to a junior college and thereafter transferred to California State University, San Bernardino.

He established himself as a clutch three-point shooter for Cal-State San Bernardino.

In 2002, he had his first crack of Philippine basketball when he was invited by then-national team coach Jong Uichico to try out for the Philippine National Team bound for 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

He made the team but missed documents and a hand injury kept him from playing.

Alapag was selected 10th overall pick in the 2003 PBA draft by the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals and was considered the "steal of the draft".

A hand injury had lowered his draft stock.

He then signed a contract worth P11 million.

In a game against Ginebra, he was selected for his first All-Star game and also won the Three-Point shootout during that year's All-Star Weekend.

Later on, Alapag and slotman Asi Taulava led the Phone Pals to the All-Filipino Cup Championship by beating the Coca-Cola Tigers in the Finals, after overcoming the 0–2 deficit to the Tigers and winning the last four games in the series to capture its first ever title.

In the Reinforced Conference, they finished in 3rd place overall after being swept in the semifinals.

At the end of the 2003 season, he won the Rookie of the Year award by a huge margin after averaging 14.5 points, 7.02 assists and 6.54 rebounds per outing while shooting 35.4 percent from the three-point region.

In the 2004–05 PBA season, Alapag won his second mythical first team selection and co-MVP honors with teammate Taulava in the All-Star Game held in Cebu.

He also scored his career-high of 39 points in a Christmas Day loss.

He also led the Phone Pals to two straight Finals appearances but failed to win another championship against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Cup and against San Miguel Beermen in the Fiesta Conference.

In a win over San Miguel during the 2005 Fiesta Conference, Alapag had 12 assists.

He then missed consecutive three pointers in the last 17 seconds of a game against Red Bull Barako that led to Talk 'N Text falling to third place.

Talk 'N Text fell to the Air21 Express in the quarterfinals.

Talk 'N Text then started the 2006–07 Philippine Cup with three straight wins, with their third coming against the Welcoat Dragons from an all-around performance from Alapag, who had eight assists, seven points, three rebounds and one steal.

That conference, they lost in the semifinals to Ginebra.

In the Fiesta Conference, they made it all the way to the Finals, where they lost to the Alaska Aces in seven games.

Talk 'N Text then started the 2007–08 Philippine Cup with a record of 2–1, with their second coming against Ginebra from a 17-point performance from Alapag.

Later that season, they lost to Air21, in which he missed a game-tying three pointer in the final seconds of the game.

Several days later, he lost his running mate Taulava in a trade with Coca-Cola, but gained a new frontcourt partner in Ali Peek.

Talk 'N Text fell to the wildcard phase after finishing the conference 9–9.

They were eliminated by Coca-Cola in that phase.

During the 2008 Fiesta Conference, he had 25 points in a win over Air21.

He finished 2nd in the league in assists with 5.9 a game.

Talk 'N Text would reload in the offseason with top rookies Jared Dilinger and Jayson Castro.

They would win their first game of the season against Coca-Cola, in which Alapag hit a clutch free throw after the Tigers called too many timeouts.

Against the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants, he had a costly turnover off a pass to Renren Ritualo with 30 seconds left in the game.

This left enough time for Purefoods guard Chico Lanete to make the game-winning shot, and give Talk 'N Text their third straight loss.