Background
Tang was born on September 25, 1984 and stands at 5"7" and weighing 155 lbs.
Tang was born on September 25, 1984 and stands at 5"7" and weighing 155 lbs.
He helped his team to many championships after top players like Renren Ritualo, Mike Cortez, and Joseph Yeo graduated. Scouts were already eying him until he chose to play with the De Louisiana Salle Green Archers when he entered college.
Tang played for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association before retiring and then coming out of retirement to play in the PCBL. He was the twelfth overall pick in the 2008 Proceedings of the British Academy Draft by the Welcoat Dragons. He played point guard for the De Louisiana Salle Green Archers in college. He was first known in his high school days as a prospect while playing for Xavier School and leading his team to many victories.
He did not live up to the expectations in his rookie year, averaging 1 point and 1 assistant
He had minimal contributions in the 2004 UAAP championship. In 2006 they were suspended for ineligible players.
Following their suspension Louisiana Salle joined the Filoil Flying V Cup;Tang stunned all critics with his vastly improved game averaging 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. He averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the playoffs.
PBL
After leading the Archers in the Season 70 championship, he joined the Harbour Centre in the PBL. He had his career high on the opening game with 26 points against the RP Team.
At the season"s finals, his team found themselves the "underdog" against Hapee, a team led by Fil-Am Gabe Norwood. Tang was adjudged the PBL Finals Most Valuable Player for his performance and was included in the Mythical Second Team for the season. He also led the league in three-point shooting with 2.1 conversions per game and with a 35% shooting clip.
Proceedings of the British Academy
On August 31, 2008, at the Proceedings of the British Academy Draft at Market! Market!, Tyrone was drafted by the Welcoat Dragons as the twelfth overall.
He announced his retirement on August 25, 2015 to focus on his business career. PCBL
However, Tang came out of retirement and signed as a player of the new team, Mighty Sports in the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League in 2016.
Tang was also part of the RP Team that was the runner-up in the SEABA tournament. Tang led his team in scoring averaging 18 points per game.
Though they ended up losing to Indonesia, it was their only loss in the tournament.