Jean Marc Prado Pingris Jr.[1] (born October 16, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Biñan Tatak Gel of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and the Pilipinas Super League (PSL).
He spent 14 seasons with the Purefoods franchise where he established his reputation as perhaps the best defender in the PBA for a long period of time and led them alongside James Yap and Peter June Simon to four-straight titles and a rare PBA Grand Slam as the San Mig Coffee Mixers in 2013–2014.
After his classes, he would study his lessons and do his homework then go to their barangay court to practice his "Jordan-like" skills in basketball.
During his collegiate years, he would go play for the varsity basketball team of the Philippine School of Business Administration.
Before the 2009–10 PBA season, Pingris and Magnolia teammate Ken Bono were traded to the Burger King Whoppers for superstar Arwind Santos and San Miguel's 2010 first round pick.
[5] In a Manila Bulletin interview, Burger King team owner Lito Alvarez further explained the trade: “The reason lang natagalan itong negotiation is we want a draft pick, not a player sa package because we already have 17 players including the three picks we’ll have in this Sunday’s draft.” Barely 24 hours after being shipped to Burger King, Pingris was released to the Purefoods TJ Giants after Purefoods agreed to surrender its first and second round picks in 2010 to Burger King.
[7] For all of his hard work and contributions in the B-Meg's 2012 PBA Commissioner's Cup championship run, Pingris was aptly nicknamed "Pinoy Sakuragi".
[10] On November 24, 2021, Pingris signed with the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.
[12] Pingris formally came out of retirement after signing a contract with another MPBL team, Imus SV Squad.